Territories – Rural-urban Strategies

In the book launch at the University of Palermo, the editors Prof. Maurizio Carta, Prof. Jörg Schröder, Maddalena Ferretti, Barbara Lino will present “Territories—Rural-urban Strategies”, in cooperation between the University of Palermo and the University of Hannover. The discussion of the launch is led by Prof. Andrea Sciascia, director of the Department of Architecture of the University of Palermo, and by Prof. Paolo La Greca, President of the Sicilian section of the National Institute of Urban Planning.

The research “Territories—Rural-urban Strategies”, funded by DAAD focuses on innovative planning and design approaches towards rural-urban constellations. The book collects urban and territorial planning, architecture and landscape projects and research for 41 places in Europe, with 32 international contributions from Italy, Germany, and Spain. “Territories” engages in the potentials of rural-urban interfaces for a vision of territorial futures of innovation and resilience. The organisation of the research has been coordinated by Prof. Maurizio Carta, Dipartimento d'Architettura, Università degli Studi di Palermo, and by Prof. Jörg Schröder, Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft, Leibniz Universität Hannover.

In the launch also a new research project will be presented and started: “Dynamics of Periphery”. The aim of this new project in the cooperation of the University of Palermo and the University of Hannover is to explore potentials of marginality in urban and rural contexts: How can the innovative role of polycentric habitat contribute to a refreshed understanding of territorial qualities as incentive for economic growth?  “Dynamcis of Periphery” is part of the University Dialogue Programme of DAAD for 2017-18, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the book launch at the University of Palermo, the editors Prof. Maurizio Carta, Prof. Jörg Schröder, Maddalena Ferretti, Barbara Lino will present “Territories—Rural-urban Strategies”, in cooperation between the University of Palermo and the University of Hannover. The discussion of the launch is led by Prof. Andrea Sciascia, director of the Department of Architecture of the University of Palermo, and by Prof. Paolo La Greca, President of the Sicilian section of the National Institute of Urban Planning.

The research “Territories—Rural-urban Strategies”, funded by DAAD focuses on innovative planning and design approaches towards rural-urban constellations. The book collects urban and territorial planning, architecture and landscape projects and research for 41 places in Europe, with 32 international contributions from Italy, Germany, and Spain. “Territories” engages in the potentials of rural-urban interfaces for a vision of territorial futures of innovation and resilience. The organisation of the research has been coordinated by Prof. Maurizio Carta, Dipartimento d'Architettura, Università degli Studi di Palermo, and by Prof. Jörg Schröder, Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft, Leibniz Universität Hannover.

In the launch also a new research project will be presented and started: “Dynamics of Periphery”. The aim of this new project in the cooperation of the University of Palermo and the University of Hannover is to explore potentials of marginality in urban and rural contexts: How can the innovative role of polycentric habitat contribute to a refreshed understanding of territorial qualities as incentive for economic growth?  “Dynamcis of Periphery” is part of the University Dialogue Programme of DAAD for 2017-18, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.