Designing the Ideal City of Aristotle’s Thought

The interdisciplinary research project aimed to represent ideal cities based on the thought expressed by Aristotle in the Politics. From the text of the philosopher and based on archaeological traces of 4 cities of the ancient world (Miletus, Agrigento, Olynthus, Metapontum), ideal cities were created, built in compliance with the characteristics of the site and considering the most suitable political shape for them, trying to mimic Aristotle’s thought. For the philosopher, the ideal form of the city is inseparable from its political form, both in force and form; albeit the geographical characteristics of the site must be functionally different. Physical contexts of the four cities chosen have been the starting point for the identification of the political form and, consequently, of the urban shape; this is designed by assembling architectural types of the Greek world. The results were presented by models made with 3D printers.