The region of Tuscany embodies an interesting balance in that it is a highly populated region where most of the landscape has been shaped and developed by human hands and yet it still feels very organic and natural. There is a quality of life there and a close relationship between the Urbanity of the hill towns and the countryside that surrounds them that is unique, and has helped to drive the region's quality of life and the quality of its works.In coming to this region this year we were presented with the opportunity to closely study 4 of these hill towns where we attempted to find and understand the urban patterns that have shaped them, and how these patterns make the towns and region what it is, as well as how these patterns can point us to the ways that these towns manage to live. The project below is the first distillation of the team's findings and impressions that came out of this study in preparation for a research paper on this same topic.
