“Transitional Morphologies”. An Urban Paradigm

The contribution aims to illustrate some of the joint unit studies, precisely one aimed at innovative diagrammatic representation of cities in transition as a (conceptual and instrumental) tool, and the other able to manage the development of cities' shapes in the future through innovative urban codes based on form. From this point of view, the transition is concretely addressed through the use of a diagram and urban coding. The first is an instrument to reconnect the shape and the relation on a multiscalar level. The second links the urban regeneration process inside the city centre and human needs. With this contribution are illustrated some of the goals of the Transitional Morphologies Joint Research Unit to ground flexible regeneration processes by describing and handling the meaning of the transition in the urban environment.