Plans for the Historic Centre of isola Vicentina, Italy. Issues with Urban Morphology

The work concerns the recomposition of public spaces in the historic centre of Isola Vicentina, an ancient town near Vicenza, that presents significant alterations occurred during last century. It is part of a more general research about the urban structure in the little cities of Veneto region, in the North-East of Italy. The method adopted is based on studying the history of the place to understand the urban morphology of it. The physical specificity of the urban form is explored with the aim of elaborating a design process to reinforce the public space as a reference point for the community. Fundamental for the succeeding in the design process is the analyzing of the direct relation between a architectonic scale and a urban one. Isola Vicentina was one of the subjects the students on the course of Architectural and Urban Composition 2 at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the University of Padova specifically investigated as an opportunity to redesign the unity of the historic centre of this town that had previously been lost.