the ecological city
master class
How to Read and Design Cities as Living Systems
Cities are increasingly covered with ecological imagery, yet many remain organized through systems that produce heat, flooding, automobile dependency, sealed ground and fragmented public life.
This master class gives architects, urban designers, landscape architects, planners and advanced students a practical method for reading cities through the relationships between soil, water, vegetation, climate, mobility, public space, proximity and urban form.
It is not a video summary of the book. It is a professional learning experience focused on diagnosis, comparison and application.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Learn how to move beyond green imagery and evaluate the deeper ecological systems that shape urban life.
1. READ THE HIDDEN CITY
Understand the invisible systems beneath urban form: soil, water, climate, infrastructure and metabolism.
2. DISTINGUISH IMAGE FROM STRUCTURE
Recognize when ecology genuinely organizes the city and when it remains branding, decoration or compensation.
3. DIAGNOSE URBAN SYSTEMS
Evaluate mobility, public space, canopy, biodiversity, proximity and urban form through a common framework.
4. APPLY A PROFESSIONAL METHOD
Use the Ecological Diagnostic Framework to analyse real neighborhoods, masterplans and urban projects.
THE COURSE
Approximately five hours of professional video lessons organized into twelve modules, combining direct teaching, diagrams, urban photography, comparative analysis and real-world case studies.
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From Green Image to Ecological Structure
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The Hidden Layers of the City
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Soil as Living Infrastructure
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Water as Urban Structure
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Urban Nature Beyond Decoration
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Shade and Thermal Comfort
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Mobility and the Asphalt City
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Proximity and the Ecological Neighborhood
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Urban Form and Ecological Performance
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The Ecological Diagnostic Framework
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Comparative Urban Case Studies
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Beyond the Industrial City
MORE THAN A VIDEO COURSE
Learn how to move beyond green imagery and evaluate the deeper ecological systems that shape urban life.
12 Professional Learning Modules
Ecological Diagnostic Framework
The Ecological City Digital Book
Comparative Case Study Sheets
Downloadable Workbook
Final Applied
Exercise
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Francesco Procacci is an Italian urban designer and strategic advisor with more than twenty years of international experience in master planning, urban design and landscape.
Educated at Politecnico di Milano, he has worked extensively across Europe and Southeast Asia, including more than fifteen years in Vietnam. His professional experience combines urban design, ecological thinking, development strategy and the direct observation of cities across very different climatic and cultural conditions.
The Academy brings together this professional experience, his published research and a growing body of visual urban analysis developed through books, lectures and public writing.
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Early subscribers will also receive access to a free introductory lesson before the official launch.