Foreword. ISUFitaly 2017

The Third ISUFITALY International Congress (ISUF Italy 2017) was held in Rome from February 23rd to February 24th and will host 75 participants, more than 40 coming from foreign countries and the others from the Italian Schools of architecture. The ISUF Italy was launching its third international congress after hosting in 2015 the Twenty-Second International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF Rome 2015) attended by 350 participants (800 abstract submitted) and publishing in 2016 the proceedings by U+D Editions, a monographic series launched beside the ISUFITALY offi cial Review (www.urbanform.it). The ISUF Italy 2017 has been organized in parallel sessions gathered together in three main themes: Theory – NewOld Methodologies for Contemporary Design in Historical City (16 papers); Reading – Tools and Analysis of Urban Fabric (37 papers); Design - Urban Space and Contemporary Design (23 papers). The papers accepted present the evidence of a balance of interests in theories and methods applied to historical and contemporary cities and a significative presence of case studies and design issues from Italy, Europe, Asia. The ISUF Italy was established in Rome in 2014 with an Opening Conference hosting eminent members of the Council of ISUF International, founders of ISUF local branches and a representative number of Italian academics experienced and interested in the themes traditionally discussed in the International Seminar of Urban Form.