Master Thesis in Sustainable Architecture & Landscape Design at Politecnico di Milano, 2022.
This ‘research by design’ project critically argues about commercial-led productions of “fast”cities in Kosovo and their post-war transformations, particularly...
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Master Thesis in Sustainable Architecture & Landscape Design at Politecnico di Milano, 2022.
This ‘research by design’ project critically argues about commercial-led productions of “fast”cities in Kosovo and their post-war transformations, particularly the city of Ferizaj. It further analyses in depth significant layers and factors from which the city was historically developed; elaborates patterns of transformations in the city centre and the city edges; illustrates uncontrolled urban growth, land changes, lack of public spaces, infrastructural chaos, abandoned landscapes, neglected agriculture, water pollution, industrial production, cultural values of identity and heritage; discusses about different contemporary and experimental approaches in urban planning; and introduces design strategies of layered, multi-scale, natural based solutions on how to tackle the fast urban growth issue and how to apply the slow food movement philosophy in urbanism, landscape and lifestyle combined in
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