Report - Settlements, Public Spaces and Dwelling
Author: Dr. Malvina Istrefaj , Franklind Jesku, Albi Alliaj, Gabrielle Giau, Laura Sacchetti, Antonello Aquilano
Affiliation: PhD IDAUP/ POLIS University & Ferrara University
Introduction
Each year the research activity promoted by the Ph.D. workshop is aimed at a specific topic, which is then open for debate and critical analysis by each PhD student individually, to develop their capacity for operating within any given planning context by developing theoretical tools, able to generate design processes and new research paths. The International PhD of POLIS University, Tirana and Ferrara University in Architecture and Urban Planning is the framework for this research activity. With a focus on cities and architecture, the workshop, which is aimed at the 37-th and 38-th cycle PhD candidates, builds on the research work that has been done in the past and is still being done by POLIS University’s Department of Scientific Research, Department of Applied Research within the FKZH, Faculty for Research and Development, and Observatory of the Mediterranean Basin (OMB) unit.
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