INSULA URBANĂ CA MORFEM. Inserții pe Calea Moșilor
THE URBAN BLOCK AS MORPHEME. Insertions on Calea Moșilor

Summary/Abstract: The process of analyzing and proposing insertions in the Calea Moșilor protected area draws attention to the role that the urban block has or can have in urban development: is it a passive element or an active tool? Commenting on two projects carried out in the fourth year of studies under the framework theme “Conversion: expansion, rehabilitation, sustainable construction”, we will refer to the identity of this morphological element in terms of understanding the city as a body. To this purpose, the course of analysis will be considered as a study of process-based typology (the concept of Caniggia and Maffei) and the course of design as being oriented towards the integral object, rather than towards an integrated object (Ellin's concept of integral urbanism). These observations, which emphasize the importance of stages, reveal the need to define the term used for the urban block as a morpheme and not just as a constituent element, thus reaffirming its active role and creative potential in urban development.

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