This volume collects the results of the international architectural design workshop Redesigning the medium-sized European city: the Driescher Hof in Aachen, held online from 21 to 30 November 2020 as part of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project ArchéA (Architectural medium-sized European city Arrangement). The workshop brought together five European schools of architecture — the University of Bologna, RWTH Aachen, the Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice), the University of Parma, and the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie (Rouen) — in a design exploration of a peripheral district of Aachen, the Driescher Hof, taken as an emblematic case of the contemporary European Zwischenstadt. The volume presents the methodological articulation of the experience through five urban-scale projects, preceded by theoretical essays on the periphery, urban composition, the morphogenesis of Aachen, and the taxonomy of the district's open spaces, and concluded by two critical readings of the design outcomes. The theoretical and design contributions document five distinct approaches — phenomenological, typological-morphological, demographic-functional, landscape-based, and densification-oriented — bringing into dialogue different European disciplinary traditions in addressing the theme of urban design in the contemporary city.
Il volume raccoglie i risultati del workshop internazionale di progettazione architettonica Redesigning the medium-sized European city: the Driescher Hof in Aachen, svoltosi in modalità online dal 21 al 30 novembre 2020 nell'ambito del progetto Erasmus+ ArchéA (Architectural medium-sized European city Arrangement). Il workshop ha coinvolto cinque scuole di architettura europee — Università di Bologna, RWTH Aachen, Politecnico della Slesia (Gliwice), Università di Parma, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie (Rouen) — nella ridefinizione progettuale di un'area periferica della città di Aachen, il quartiere Driescher Hof, assunto come caso emblematico della Zwischenstadt europea contemporanea. Il volume restituisce l'articolazione metodologica dell'esperienza attraverso cinque progetti di scala urbana, preceduti da saggi teorici sulla periferia, sulla composizione urbana, sulla morfogenesi della città di Aachen e sulla tassonomia degli spazi aperti del quartiere, e conclusi da due letture critiche dei risultati progettuali. I contributi teorici e progettuali documentano cinque approcci distinti — fenomenologico, tipologico-morfologico, demografico-funzionale, paesaggistico e densificativo — mettendo a confronto differenti tradizioni disciplinari europee nell'affrontare il tema del progetto urbano nella città contemporanea.
Aachen Driescher Hof. 5 Projects for the Suburbs of the City / Prandi, E.. - (2026), pp. 1-128.
Aachen Driescher Hof. 5 Projects for the Suburbs of the City
Enrico Prandi
2026-01-01
Abstract
This volume collects the results of the international architectural design workshop Redesigning the medium-sized European city: the Driescher Hof in Aachen, held online from 21 to 30 November 2020 as part of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project ArchéA (Architectural medium-sized European city Arrangement). The workshop brought together five European schools of architecture — the University of Bologna, RWTH Aachen, the Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice), the University of Parma, and the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie (Rouen) — in a design exploration of a peripheral district of Aachen, the Driescher Hof, taken as an emblematic case of the contemporary European Zwischenstadt. The volume presents the methodological articulation of the experience through five urban-scale projects, preceded by theoretical essays on the periphery, urban composition, the morphogenesis of Aachen, and the taxonomy of the district's open spaces, and concluded by two critical readings of the design outcomes. The theoretical and design contributions document five distinct approaches — phenomenological, typological-morphological, demographic-functional, landscape-based, and densification-oriented — bringing into dialogue different European disciplinary traditions in addressing the theme of urban design in the contemporary city.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
