From the program:
The research in the fields of Urban Morphology and Building Typology in the last 50 years has considered primarily the “form of the built environment”. Most recently, designers seem to have similar approaches in designing public spaces by considering above all the “form of buildings”, conceived as standalone objects, and therefore incapable of establishing meaning and form relationships with the landscape. We should also reconsider the impact of “the void’s form” on the quality of life, on the inhabitants, and on the climatic aspects of the contemporary city. This Blended Intensive Programme intends to reconsider the Form of Public Spaces, (squares, gardens, parks, and streets) within the Contemporary City by applying the morphological analysis methods to selected meaningful cases, and through experimental design experiences.
The Blended Intensive Program “Form of Urban Voids” is a design workshop organised by the Architecture Department of “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, in collaboration with six other international universities (RWTH Aachen University, the University of Málaga, the University of Cyprus, Dokuz Eylül University, the University of Lisbon and the 'Gh. Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iaşi).
Virtual Component:
I session - 17th July 2026
II session - 24th July 2026
III session - 28th Agust 2026
IV session - 11th September 2026
In-Presence Component:
31st August 2026 - International Conference The Form of Urban Voids
Alessandro Camiz ("G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara), Urban enclosure
Carlos Dias Coelho, José Miguel Silva (Universidade de Lisboa), The square. Old spaces, new meanings
Hümeyra Birol (Dokuz Eyül University), Reforming the Urban Void and Reproducing Publicness: The Transformation of Konak Square
Guido Cimadomo (Universidad de Malaga), Urban voids in Malaga: the dream for an urban forest
Nicola Carofiglio (RWTH Aachen University), Public Spaces and Stadtraumkunst
5th September 2026 - Keynote Lecture
Uwe Schröder (RWTH Aachen University), The Spatiality of the City
31st August - 6th September 2026 - International Design Workshop
Veranstaltung: The Form of Urban Voids
Anmerkung/en: BIP 2026
Ort: "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara (Italien)
Datum: 17-07-2026 -