Dr. Stefano Cozzolino, Stadtplaner

Studierte Urban Planning and Policy Design an der Polytechnic University of Milan, Italien und promovierte an der Polytechnic University of Milan. Studien- und Forschungsaufenthalte an der University of West of England, Bristol, am Purchase College, New York, und an der University of Amsterdam. Stefano Cozzolino ist anerkannter italienischer Stadtplaner.
Themenschwerpunkte:
- Das Wechselspiel zwischen Stadtplanung und der Entwicklung sozialräumlicher Strukturen
- Komplexe Systeme, Selbstorganisation und spontane Ordnung in Stadtsystemen
- Landnutzungsethik und Planungsrecht
Kontakt:
Telefon: +49 (0) 231 9051-237
E-Mail: stefano.cozzolino@ils-forschung.de
Publikationen (Auswahl)
- Cozzolino, Stefano; Moroni, Stefano (2022): Structural preconditions for adaptive urban areas: Framework rules, several property and the range of possible actions. In: Cities 130, 103978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103978. (online first 20.09.2022)
- Slaev, Aleksandar D.; Cozzolino, Stefano; Nozharova, Boriana; Ilieva, Jetchka (2022): The spontaneous rules of spontaneous development. In: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 49, 9, 2392–2408. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221090963. (online first 02.05.2022)
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2022): Book Review: Beauregard, Robert A. (2021): Advanced Introduction to Planning Theory. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. In: European Planning Studies 30, 12, 2618-2620. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2033931. (online first 31.01.2022)
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2022): On the spontaneous beauty of cities: neither design nor chaos. In: URBAN DESIGN International 27, 43–52. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-021-00170-w. (online first 18.08.2021)
- Cozzolino, Stefano; Moroni, Stefano (2021): Multiple agents and self-organisation in complex cities: the crucial role of several property. In: Land Use Policy, Vol. 103, Article 105297. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105297. (online first 01.02.2021)
- Rauws, Ward; Cozzolino, Stefano; Moroni, Stefano (2020): Framework rules for self-organizing cities: Introduction. In: Environment and Planning B, Vol. 47, Issue 2, pp. 195–202. doi: 10.1177/2399808320905377. (online first 05.02.2020)
- Cozzolino, Stefano; Polívka, Jan; Fox-Kämper, Runrid, Reimer, Mario; Kummel, Olivia (2020): What is urban design? A proposal for a common understanding. In: Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 25, Issue 1, pp. 35–49. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2019.1705776. (online first 10.01.2020)
- Moroni, Stefano; Rauws, Ward; Cozzolino, Stefano (2019): Forms of self-organization: Urban complexity and planning implications. In: Environmental Planning B, online first July 18, 2019. doi: 10.1177/2399808319857721.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2019): The (anti) adaptive neighbourhoods. Embracing complexity and distribution of design control in the ordinary built environment. In: Environmental Planning B, online first June 19, 2019. doi: 10.1177/2399808319857451.
- Moroni, Stefano; Cozzolino, Stefano (2019): Action and the city. Emergence, complexity, planning. In: Cities, online first, pp. 42–51. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.01.039.
- Cozzolino, Stefano; Ombretta, Caldarice (2018): Institutional contradictions and attempts at innovation. Evidence from the Italian urban facility planning. In: European Planning Studies, online first 10 October 2018. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2018.1531973.
- Moroni Stefano; Buitelaar, Edwin; Sorel, Niels; Cozzolino, Stefano (2018): Simple Planning Rules for Complex Urban Problems: Towards Legal Certainty for Spatial Flexibility. In: Journal of Planning Education and Research, online first, pp. 1–12. doi: 10.1177/0739456X18774122.
- Buitelaar, Edwin; Cozzolino, Stefano (2018): The (ir)relevance of economic segregation. Jane Jacobs and the empirical and moral implications of an unequal spatial distribution of wealth. In: Cities. The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.02.027.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2018): Reconsidering Spontaneity and Flexibility after Jane Jacobs. How do they work under different kind of planning conditions?. In: Cosmos+Taxis, Vol. 5, Issue 3+4, pp. 14–24.
- Cozzolino, Stefano; Buitelaar, Edwin; Moroni, Stefano; Sorel, Niels (2017): Experimenting in urban self-organization: Framework-rules and emerging orders in Oosterwold (Almere, The Netherlands). In: Cosmos + Taxis, Vol. 4, Issue 2+3, pp. 49–59.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2015): Insights and reflections on Jane Jacobs’ legacy. Toward a Jacobsian theory of the city. In: Territorio, No. 72, pp. 151–157. doi: 10.3280/TR2015-072022.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2017): The City as Action: The Dialectic Between Rules and Spontaneity. PhD Dissertation.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2023): A crisis of lost values: rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty, democracy and complexity. In: Portugali, Juval (Hrsg.): The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 220–245.
- Cozzolino, Stefano; Moroni, Stefano (2020): Conditions of actions in complex social–spatial systems. In: de Roo, Gert; Yamu, Claudia; Zuidema Christian (eds.): Handbook on Planning and Complexity. Cheltenham, pp. 186–202 = Research Handbooks on Planning.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2018): Pianificazione urbanistica e città creative. In: Cavazzoni, Filippo: Il pubblico ha sempre ragione? Presente e future delle politiche culturali. Torino, pp. 45–56.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2018): The Creative City: Reconsidering Past and Current Approaches from the Nomocratic Perspective. In: Calabrò, Francesco; Della Spina, Lucia; Bevilacqua, Carmelina (eds.): New Metropolitan Perspectives. ISHT 2018. Cham, pp. 606–614 = Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 100. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92099-3_68.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2017): Spazio pubblico e periferia. L’esperienza di boccaleone open space nell’area del viadotto a Bergamo. In: Adobati, Fulvio; Peretti, Maria Claudia; Zambianchi, Marina (eds.): Iconemi 2016. Paesaggi della creatività. L’arte pubblica per la rigenerazione sociale e territoriale. Bergamo, pp. 69–76.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2015): Il caso di Almere e la nuova sfida urbanistica olandese: Da un modello blueprint a do it by yourself. Atti del primo convegno nazionale dei dottorandi italiani dell’architettura, della pianificazione e del design. LetteraVentidue Edizioni, pp. 288–302.
- Cozzolino, Stefano (2015): Il valore dell’azione: condizioni pubbliche per una città aperta all’innovazione. In: Atti della XVIII Conferenza nazionale SIU, Italia ’45–’45. Rom, Mailand, pp. 957–962.
- Polívka, Jan; Reimer, Mario; Cozzolino, Stefano; Eichhorn, Sebastian; Fleischer, Janne Jakob; Fox-Kämper, Runrid; Goede, Paul; Kummel, Olivia; Leyser-Droste, Magdalena; Lübker, Susanne; Monkenbusch, Franziska; Pehlke, David; Schulwitz, Martin; Specht, Kathrin; Stark, Martin; Stroms, Peter; Wilms, Stefan (2020): Corona 2020 and beyond: Der Unsicherheit durch Flexibilität entgegentreten. Dortmund = ILS-Working Paper 2. // Polívka, Jan; Reimer, Mario; Cozzolino, Stefano; Eichhorn, Sebastian; Fleischer, Janne Jakob; Fox-Kämper, Runrid; Goede, Paul; Kummel, Olivia; Leyser-Droste, Magdalena; Lübker, Susanne; Monkenbusch, Franziska; Pehlke, David; Schulwitz, Martin; Specht, Kathrin; Stark, Martin; Stroms, Peter; Wilms, Stefan (2020): Corona 2020 and beyond: Embracing Uncertainty in Spatial Planning, Urban Management and Design. Dortmund = ILS-Working Paper 2.
Vorträge (Auswahl)
- The uneasy marriage between urban beauty and planning: the conceptual misunderstandings threatening this relationship. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2023 „Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence“, 14.07.2023, Łódź, Polen.
- A crisis of lost values: rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty, democracy and complexity. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2023 „Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence“, 12.07.2023, Łódź, Polen.
- Complexity of design and/or design for complexity? Towards a better integration of complexity thinking in urban planning and design. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Complex [cognitive] cities: Sensing, Planning and Design in urban Transformations“ der AESOP Thematic Group on Planning and Complexity, 20.04.2023, Manchester, England.
- Stealing (and learning from) the old concept of beauty for urban planning. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Beg, Steal or Borrow“ der AESOP Thematic Group on Planning Theories, 17.03.2023, Videokonferenz.
- Where does urban beauty come from? The formation and evolution of the most appreciated neighbourhood in Dortmund. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2022 „Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice“, 26.07.2022, Tartu, Estland.
- Urban Beauty: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2022 „Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice“, 26.07.2022, Tartu, Estland.
- Structural preconditions for self-adaptive cities: framework rules, several property and the range of possible actions. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung der AESOP Thematic Group Planning and Complexity „Sensing the city“, 21.07.2022, Tallinn, Estland.
- A crisis of lost values: rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty and democracy. Vortrag auf der Annunal Conference der AESOP Thematic Group Ethics, Values & Planning und des ILS „Operationalizing the Just City“, 25.02.2022, Videokonferenz.
- Institutional preconditions for self-organizing cities: Several property, framework rules and the range of possible actions. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „The Geography of the Law“ der Polytechnic University of Turin, 13.–14.12.2021, Turin, Italien.
- On the spontaneous beauty of cities: neither design nor chaos. Vortrag im Rahmen des ISUF21 – International Seminar of Urban Form der Universiteti Polis of Tirana, 30.06.2021, Videokonferenz.
- Cities, cultural actors and the pandemic: it is time to deal with this issue! Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Social Disruption and Urban Complexity. Reflective thoughts on how Covid-19 transforms cities and their planning” der AESOP Thematic Group “Planning & Complexity”, 27.11.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Beyond design. How Property Patterns Influence Self-Organising Process of Change in the Built Environment. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Session der REAL CORP 2020 Aachen, 16.09.2020, Videokonferenz.
- The (Anti) Adaptive Neighborhoods. Embracing complexity and distribution of design control in the ordinary built environment. Vortrag auf der 5. Dortmunder Konferenz Raum- und Planungsforschung „Räume neu denken – Planung in einer Welt im Wandel“, 17.02.2020, Dortmund.
- Property, action and urban self-organisation. Vortrag im Rahmen des Symposiums on Case Studies in Self-Governance, 26.10.2019, London, Großbritannien.
- What urban design is and what it is not. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2019 “Planning for Transition“, 11.07.2019, Venedig, Italien.
- Adaptive Cities – Mitigation, Adaptation, Innovation. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2019 “Planning for Transition“, 10.07.2019, Venedig, Italien.
- Action, property and self-organisation. Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2019 “Planning for Transition“, 10.07.2019, Venedig, Italien.
- Urban Design and Property Rights. Vortrag im Rahmen eines Research Workshops der Polytechnic University of Milan und des ILS Dortmund, 19.06.2019, Milan, Italien.
- Rediscussing Jane Jacobs today in Italy. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung Jane’s walk (Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico), 31.05.2019, Rom, Italien.
- Anti-adaptive urbanism. Planning and design responsibilities. Vortrag im Rahmen der Fourth Cosmos + Taxis Conference „Spontaneous Urban Planning at the Intersection of Markets, Democracy and Science“, 25.05.2019, Vancouver, Canada.
- Action and the City. Emergence, Complexity, Planning. Vortrag im Rahmen des Annual Planning & Complexity Meetings: Emergent Patterns in the Built Environment, 09.11.2018, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- The anti-adaptive-neighborhoods: is urban design the only problem, or do we underestimate other relevant planning conditions? Vortrag auf dem AESOP Annual Congress 2018 „Making Space for Hope“, 12.07.2018, Gothenburg, Schweden.
- The Creative City: Reconsidering Past and Current Approaches from the Nomocratic Perspective. Vortrag im Rahmen des International Symposium on New Metropolitan Perspectives, 23.05.2018, Calabria, Italien.
- The evolution of emergent socio-spatial configuration in planning. Vortrag auf der 3RD Cosmos + Taxis Conference, Istituto Bruno Leoni, 17–19.11.2016, Mailand, Italien.
- Simple relational rules for emerging social-spatial orders. Vortrag auf der EURA Conference 2016 „City lights. Cities and citizens within, beyond, notwithstanding the crisis“, 16.–18.06.2016, Turin, Italien.
- The city without planners: the extreme case of Liberland. Vortrag auf der EURA Confrence 2016: „City lights. Cities and citizens within, beyond, notwithstanding the crisis“, 16.–18.06.2016, Turin, Italien.
- How urban planning constrains complexity and spontaneous order: the relation between action space and framework rules. Vortrag auf der Conference „Jane Jacobs 100: her legacy and relevance in the 21st Century“ der Delft University of Technology und Rotterdam Erasmus University College, 24.–25.05.2016, Delft, Niederlande.
- The role of actions. Public conditions for an open society. Vortrag auf der Italia 45–45, XVIII Conferenza Nazionale Società Italiana degli Urbanisti, 11.–13.06.2015, Venedig, Italien.
- Which rules for resilient cities. Global Growth Agendas: Regions, Institutions and Sustainability. Vortrag auf der Konferenz der Regional Studies Association, 24.05.2015, Piacenza, Italien.
- Self-Adaptive Cities. Gastvortrag an der Utrecht University, 13.11.2023, Utrecht, Niederlande.
- Urban Complexity: Action, Property, Beauty (and What Planners Don’t Say About Them). Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „OPEN SUMMIT 2023“ von Prometheus – Das Freiheitsinstitut, 30.09.2023, Berlin.
- An urban anti-adaptability detector. Gastvortrag an der University of Groningen, 28.02.2023, Groningen, Niederlande.
- On urban beauty and its peculiarities. Gastvortrag an der Tel Aviv University, 09.02.2023, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- A crisis of lost values. Rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty and democracy. Seminarvortrag an der Polytechnic University of Milan, 07.10.2022, Milan, Italien.
- Self-adaptive urban areas. Gastvortrag an der University of Groningen, 11.03.2022, Groningen, Niederlande.
- The intangible beauty of cities and conditions to stimulate it. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung “Intangible Venice” der RWTH Aachen University, 19.11.2021, Aachen.
- Adaptive urbanism. Reasons, examples and tactics. Gastvortrag an der University of Groningen, 09.03.2021, Videokonferenz.
- Action and the city. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Open Lecture der Universiteti Polis of Tirana, 05.03.2021, Videokonferenz.
- A new research field and some open questions. Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops „Time-sensitive planning and design for adaptive neighborhoods” des ILS – Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung in Zusammenarbeit mit Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Groningen University, RWTH Aachen University, Polytechnic University of Milan, Utrecht University, 11.02.2021, Videokonferenz.
- On the spontaneous beauty of cities: neither design nor chaos. Vortrag im Rahmen eines PhD-Workshops an der Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft der Leibniz Universität Hannover, 27.01.2021, Videokonferenz.
- Venice between museification and depopulation. Is it right to pay for visiting it? Vortrag auf dem Workshop “Dreaming about Venice“ an der RWTH Aachen University, 13.11.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Jane Jacobs. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Lehrveranstaltung an der Politecnico di Milano, 06.11.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Adaptive reuse and urban heritage regeneration in times of Covid 19: the perspectives of those who lead the sector? Vortrag im Rahmen der ROCK Open Knowledge Week “Cultural Heritage leading urban futures” des ROCK Networks, 30.10.2020, Videokonferenz.
- You can’t zone beauty. Framework-rules for self-organizing cities. Vortrag bei der Israel Planning Association, 29.10.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Redeeming urban resilience: perspective on morphology (and urban design). Vortrag im Rahmen des PhD Excellence Course „Can urban resilience be redeemed?” an der Politecnico di Torino, 29.10.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Why are some areas more spontaneous than others? Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops on gentrification auf dem WORLD ANTHROPOLOGY DAY 2020, 30.05.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Cities after covid-19: A market urbanist perspective. Teilnahme an einer Expertenrunde im Rahmen eines Online-Workshops der Zaha-Hadid Architects, 23.05.2020, Videokonferenz.
- Urban Resilience: Action, Property and Self-Organisation. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Online-Veranstaltung der Politecnico di Torino, 04.05.2020, Videokonferenz.
- What is urban design? A proposal for a common understanding. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung der Universität Groningen, 10.03.2020, Groningen, Niederlande.
- Neighborhood revitalization: why is adaptability so important? Vortrag im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung der Universität Groningen, 09.03.2020, Groningen, Niederlande.
- Venice between depopulation and museification. Is it fair to pay to visit it? Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung “Policy Breakfast” des Bruno Leoni Instituts, 21.02.2020, Mailand, Italien.
- Jane Jacobs – The kind of problem a city is. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Lehrveranstaltung an der Politecnico di Milano, 18.10.2019, Mailand, Italien.
- Adaptive and anti-adaptive forms of urbanism. Principles, examples and challenges. Vortrag im Rahmen der Vorlesung „Land use ethics and the law“ an der Polytechnic University of Milan, 12.04.2019, Mailand, Italien.
- The idea of organic planning. Vortrag im Rahmen der Vorlesung „Land use ethics and the law“ an der Polytechnic University of Milan, 11.04.2019, Mailand, Italien.
- Complexity and simplicity in the built environment. Causes, problems, implications. Vortrag im Rahmen einer Lehrveranstaltung an der University of Groningen, 28.02.2019, Groningen, Niederlande.
- Embracing Complexity and Distribution of Design Control in the Ordinary Built Environment. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Cities, Culture & Economy“ an der State University of New York, Purchase College, 28.11.2018, New York, USA.
- (Anti) Adaptive Neighbourhoods – Embracing complexity and distribution of design control in the ordinary built environment. Vortrag an der RWTH Aachen, 23.11.2018, Aachen.
- Organic Planning in the Netherlands: the case of Almere Oosterwold. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Land-use Ethics and the Law“ an der Politecnico di Milano, 23.03.2018, Mailand, Italien.
- The Anti-Adaptive Neighborhoods. Vortrag im Rahmen der Konferenz „New Science and Action for Complex Cities“ der University of Florence, 14.– 15.12.2017, Florenz, Italien.
- Jane Jacobs: life and ideas. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Spatial Planning and Design“ an der University of Groningen, 27.10.2017, Groningen, Niederlande.
- Simple Rules for Complex Urban Problems. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Spatial Planning and Design“ an der University of Groningen, 26.10.2017, Groningen, Niederlande.
- Jane Jacobs, the Anti-Planner. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „City Spatial Analysis“ an der Polytecnico di Milano, 10.10.2017, Mailand, Italien.
- Simple Planning Rules for Complex Urban Problems. Vortrag auf der Konferenz „Changing Cities 2“ des Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, 22.–26.06.2015, Porto Heli, Peloponnes, Griechenland.
- People in Urban Space. A Jacobsian Perspective. Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Urban Planning“ an der Polytecnico di Milano, 07.06.2017, Mailand, Italien.
- Toward a Jacobsian Theory of the City. Vortrag am Purchase College, 22.04.2015, New York, USA.
- Il caso di Almere e la sfida urbanistica olandese. Da un approccio blueprint a do it by yourself. La ricerca che cambia. Vortrag auf der Convegno Nazionale dei dottorati di Architettura, Pianificazione e Design, Iuav di Venezia, 19.–20.11.2014, Venedig, Italien.
Lehrauftrag an der RWTH Aachen, Fakultät für Architektur
- Unfolding city complexity (Seminar), SoSe 2020, SoSe 2021, SoSe 2022, SoSe 2023
- Complex cities, self-organization and planning (Seminar), WiSe 2019/2020, WiSe 2020/2021, WiSe 2021/2022, WiSe 2022/2023, WiSe 2023/2024
- Neapolitan Complexity: the Everyday Life of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Exkursion und Workshop), SoSe 2023
- Flexible Cities and Design for Adaptive Neighbourhoods (Seminar), SoSe 2019
Lehrauftrag an der University of Groningen, Niederlande
- Design Standards and Conditions (Seminar), SoSe 2018
Lehrauftrag an der Universität Polis of Tirana, Albanien
- Emergent urbanism between formality and informality (Workshop im Rahmen der Tirana Design Week; gemeinsam mit Kacani, Artan), SoSe 2021
Lehrkraft an der Politecnico di Milano, Italien
- Land-use Ethics and the Law, 2012–2017
- Gast im Expertengremium „Freedom in practice“ der Rising Tide Foundation
- Leiter der Thematic Group „Ethics, Values and Planning” von AESOP – Association of Eurpean Schools of Planning
- Gutachter für die Israel Science Foundation
- Experte und Gutachter für das Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS) (2021)
- Forschungsstipendiat, Observatory of Resilient Practices, Polytecnico di Milano, Italien (2017–2018)
- Berater im Bereich „law simplification and land-use plan revision“ der Gemeinde Gorgonzola, Italien (2017)
- Beratungstätigkeit im Bereich Community Participation in Planning (CPIP), zusammen mit Ulster University (UK), Community Places (UK), und der University of Aveiro (Portugal), Polytecnico di Milano, Italien (2015–2016)
- Gutachter für folgende Fachzeitschriften:
- Cities
- Cosmos + Taxis
- Environment and Planning B
- LAND
- Land Use Policy
- Planning Theory
- Planning Theory and Practice
- Sustainability
- Territorio