Emerging Perspectives on Urban Morphology: Researching and Learning through multiple practices

EPUM is an international research project which aims at the integration of different urban form research and teaching approaches through pedagogic innovation and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The activities of this 28 months project (2017-2020) are funded by Erasmus+ and focus on the development of an innovative, open and inclusive system of teaching and training in urban form from a multidisciplinary perspective, capable of enabling the current and future generation of planning and design professionals to address comprehensively and effectively the variety of issues and challenges faced by contemporary cities. This website provides information about the project activities to partners and to other parties interested in the work of the project.

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InterActions_Implementing and evaluating multidisciplinary approaches to the teaching of urban form_09.10.2020

InterActions_Implementing and evaluating multidisciplinary approaches to the teaching of urban form_09.10.2020

JOIN US!!! 09.10.2020. The webinar InterActions_ Implementing and evaluating multidisciplinary approaches to the teaching of urban form, relates to the EPUM’s main aim to integrate different urban form research and teaching approaches through pedagogic innovation. The event aims to reflect on the outcomes of the […]

InterActions_ Initiating Collaborative Blended Learning in Urban Form Studies – EPUM event- 03.09.2020

InterActions_ Initiating Collaborative Blended Learning in Urban Form Studies – EPUM event- 03.09.2020

This online event aims to critically reflect on the outcomes of EPUM in relation to collaborative approaches to urban form studies (both in research and in teaching), facilitated by blended learning environments. It takes place in one of the lobby sessions of ISUF2020 online conference […]

“Interrupted Cities: The Buffer Zone of Nicosia”_University of Parma and EPUM Collaborative Learning Activities

“Interrupted Cities: The Buffer Zone of Nicosia”_University of Parma and EPUM Collaborative Learning Activities

Students of the Master’s Degree Seminar in Sustainable Urban Design, organised by prof. Marco Maretto, prof. Barbara Gherri and Prof Marta Calzolari at the University of Parma, initiated Collaborative Learning Activities in EPUM’ digital platform (epumplatform.eu).  In Spring and Summer 2020 the seminar theme is “Interrupted […]

THE POST PANDEMIC CITY AND THE RECOVERY OF THE LIMIT

THE POST PANDEMIC CITY AND THE RECOVERY OF THE LIMIT

An interesting article on the post-pandemic city by EPUM’s partner, Prof. Giuseppe Strappa, discusses “the prefiguration of a brand new urban life, freed from the infinite actual contingencies, which physically wraps itself and revolves around the urban nodes structuring it in to an organism and, together, […]

TEACHING INNOVATION IN URBAN MORPHOLOGY_EPUM 2nd MULTIPLIER EVENT_ROME 19.02.2020

TEACHING INNOVATION IN URBAN MORPHOLOGY_EPUM 2nd MULTIPLIER EVENT_ROME 19.02.2020

JOIN US IN ROME!! Sapienza University hosts EPUM’s 2nd Multiplier event. This event will focus on innovative approaches in teaching urban morphology. The EPUM project’s digital platform will be presented and discussed in detail, including among others topics on blended learning approaches, online teaching tools […]

Urban Form, (In)Equality and (In)Justice: Research and Education_EPUM Multiplier Event_Vienna 22.11.2019

Urban Form, (In)Equality and (In)Justice: Research and Education_EPUM Multiplier Event_Vienna 22.11.2019

This event brings together educators, students and professionals from various disciplines, to reflect on the relation between how different forms of (in)justice and (in)equality are spatially inscribed in the city and how architects, planners, sociologists, geographers, social and urban designers conceive and produce urban form. […]

SOCIAL LIFE AND URBAN FORM_TEACHING URBAN MORPHOLOGY_EPUM ROUND TABLE 4_AESOP 2019

SOCIAL LIFE AND URBAN FORM_TEACHING URBAN MORPHOLOGY_EPUM ROUND TABLE 4_AESOP 2019

The fourth Round Table of the EPUM project takes place during the AESOP 2019 conference in Venice and aims to further continue previous discussions of the benefits and challenges of applying the different morphological approaches to the teaching of urban morphology. The roundtable will focus […]

UNSETTLED SETTLEMENTS_EPUM 2nd International Workshop_NICOSIA 2019

UNSETTLED SETTLEMENTS_EPUM 2nd International Workshop_NICOSIA 2019

JOIN us in NICOSIA!!! The EPUM project organises a second International Workshop in Nicosia, Cyprus, in September 2019. Having as a starting point the complexity of factors that have shaped the city though time, the Nicosia Intensive Workshop seeks to understand conditions of the unsettled […]

Design practice and urban morphology: teaching combined morphological approaches to the next generation of practitioners-EPUM Round Table 3-ISUF2019

Design practice and urban morphology: teaching combined morphological approaches to the next generation of practitioners-EPUM Round Table 3-ISUF2019

The third Round Table of the EPUM project takes place during the ISUF2019 conference in Nicosia and builds upon previous discussions of the benefits and challenges of applying the different morphological approaches to the same case study of the historical centre of Porto during EPUM’s […]

PNUM Workshop 2019 – Design the city based on the analysis of urban form

PNUM Workshop 2019 – Design the city based on the analysis of urban form

BACK in PORTO!!! EPUM partners are participating in the design workshop of the Portuguese Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM), which will take place in Porto, 16-20 July 2019. The one-week workshop is focused on students, scholars, researchers and professionals in the areas of architecture, geography, […]