This course aims at introducing students to the theme of Public Spaces at diverse scales (from micro to macro), in a interdisciplinary matter, focusing issues such as the design of outdoor urban spaces and their systemic relation to landscape, infrastructure, building, communication, at several metropolitan scales and project-use experiences.

Moreover, the course is committed to develop a broad basis debate on issues of social, cultural, environmental, mobility matters with sites visits to recent works, debates and team work (analytical and strategic proposal) as a Public Space forum.  We aim at engaging students from different fields (Architecture, Urban Planning and Urban Design, Landscape, Geography, Social Sciences, and built Environment) with experts in deepening the discussion about public space, its values, meanings, as an urban trigger to change paradigm.