"LINKING TERRITORIES"
Research by Design Workshop 2015 UPDP PhD Programme Politecnico di Milano / ESA École Speciale d'Architecture de Paris

Milan, Italy | Paris, France
• PhD Programme in Urban Planning, Design and Policy (UPDP)
Dastu – Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
Politecnico di Milano
• Diplome d'Etude Superieure en Architecture des Milieux (ADM)
École Speciale d'Architecture de Paris

Research by Design Workshop 2015
LINKING TERRITORIES. RURALITY, LANDSCAPE AND URBAN BORDERS.
STRATEGIES FOR THE WESTERN REGION OF MILAN

Linking Territories is a joint workshop organized by the PhD Programme in Urban Planning, Design and Policy (UPDP) of the Politecnico di Milano and the DES "Architecture des Milieux" of the École Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris. 
10 international PhD Candidates + 10 international post graduate students will work together to propose visions and actions for the western region of Milan. Beside the design activities the workshop will have two public seminar in Milan and Paris with the participation of Pieter Versteegh and Pierre Donadieu as key note speakers.



THEME
Rural areas close to the urban fabric no longer serve their adjacent towns: the relation between production of food, energy and consumption at the base of the economy of the past has completely changed, likewise the balance between landscape and built environment. On the other hand, cities have blurred their borders and "intermediate territories" – between the dense city and the spread city – are still out of focus. The relationship between urban and rural is at the centre of the debate, which investigates how these two dimensions can be re-imagined in order to better share resources and to foster opportunities for sustainable development. [...]
The workshop has a double aim:
• To widen the view on changing relationship between urban and rural areas, by involving different communities of research and practice.
• To define experimental proposals able to enhance new spaces of co-habitation between different "urban" and "rural" way of life, redefining in the end the concept of rurality and its relation with the urban condition.

WORKSHOP COORDINATORS
• Antonella Bruzzese, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano
• Annarita Lapenna, ADM, Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris

ADVISORY BOARD
• Paola Pucci, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano - coordinator of the UPDP PhD program.
• Antonio Longo, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano
• Chris Younes, head of Postmaster Course Architecture des Milieux, Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris
• Stephane Bonzani, Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris
• Isabel Herault, Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS IN MILAN AND PARIS CONFERENCE
• Pieter Versteegh, Western Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg
• Pierre Donadieu, École nationale supérieure de paysage de Versailles-Marseille

TUTOR
• Giulia Fini, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

PROGRAM
The workshop is organized in working sessions and public conferences, and it is structured in three parts:
• The first part starting activities will introduce the subjects, will propose a reflection about the relationship between rural and urban, will explain and show the situation in Milan;
• The second one intensive work will involve students from the two universities working together to develop the Strategies for the western region of Milan;
• in the last session final presentation professors, students and speakers will discuss the workshop outcomes

May 2015 | MILAN | Starting activities
• May 5th | Public Conference
• May 6th  | Expo visit
• May 7th | Site visit: the West of Milan

June/July 2015 | MILAN | Intensive workshop
• June 29th / July 4th | internal session of work with tutors and external guests

September 2015 | PARIS | final presentation
• September 21th | Internal session of work
• September 22th | Internal session of work
• September 23th | Site visit at the Plateau de Saclay

FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE FULL PROGRAMME IN DOWNLOAD.

INFORMATIONS AND CONTACTS
• Antonella Bruzzese (Workshop Coordinator)
E: antonella.bruzzese@polimi.it
• Giulia Fini (UPDP PhD Programme Tutor)
E: giulia.fini@polimi.it
PhD Programme Office at DAStU, Politecnico di Milano
• Marina Bonaventura
E: marina.bonaventura@polimi.it
T. +39.02.2399.5165