Dal comportamento al sistema: i punti critici di interfaccia dell'involucro edilizio nei sistemi costruttivi tradizionali. Evoluzione del quadro normativo e dei componenti verso la possibilità di certificare il "sistema"

The present research, beyond offering a picture of prior art on the components for the construction of basic skins in traditional “on wet” coverings, and on the criticalities of interface to light of the current regulatory framework and the situation of the construction market, puts to system and analyzes the nodal issues characterized in the relationships that elapse between the vertical closing and the other classes of involved technical elements in the definition of a covering. In specific the search heads to characterize with of the complex existing relations between the indications expressed from the enforced norm in the three withins taken like reference - energetic, acoustic and seismic -, the technological applicative necessities in the nodal issues indicated and the performances offered from the coverings realized in this way. Such distance not only places in evidence an increasing necessity of innovation in the within of the components, but - and perhaps above all – in that of the putting in work and the management of the constructive process of that type of coverings defined here like traditional

L’integrazione tra involucro e impianti per l’efficienza energetica: due casi pilota

Negli ultimi anni, è andata diffondendosi in edilizia l’esigenza di progettare l’involucro come una vera e propria macchina in grado di offrire prestazioni elevate ed adattabili alla continua variabilità delle condizioni al contorno. In due edifici pilota, realizzati nella provincia bolognese, è stato possibile applicare un modello di involucro a comportamento dinamico in sinergia con il più idoneo mix di fonti energetiche, rinnovabili e non, grazie alla messa a punto di una metodologia di valutazione del corretto rapporto tra prestazioni energetiche dell’involucro e sistemi impiantistici in base a tipologia edilizia, orientamento e destinazione d’uso. I risultati che hanno permesso la realizzazione di questi due edifici sono frutto di un'intensa attività di ricerca, coordinata dal Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Ferrara sotto la responsabilità scientifica di Fabio Conato, con la collaborazione del Laboratorio Larco e di diverse imprese

Neuroaesthetics of Art Vision: an Experimental Approach to the Sense of Beauty

Objective NEVArt research aims to study the correlation between a set of neurophysiological/emotional reactions and the level of aesthetic appreciation of around 500 experimental subjects during the observation of 18 different paintings from the XVI-XVIII century in a real museum context. Methods Several bio-signals have been recorded to evaluate the participants’ reactions during the observation of paintings. Among them: (a) neurovegetative, motor and emotional biosignals were recorded using wearable tools for EEG (electroencephalogram), ECG (electrocardiogram) and EDA (electrodermal activity); (b) gaze pattern during the observation of art works, while (c) data of the participants (age, gender, education, familiarity with art, etc.) and their explicit judgments about paintings have been obtained. Participants were invited to respond during the observation of paintings, reporting the degree of pleasantness, perceived movement and familiarity with the painted subject. Results Each recorded bio-signal will be correlated with the explicit evaluations obtained by participants during the museum experience. These results may contribute to enlarge the theoretical framework on the physiological, cognitive and emotional responses of people when viewing pictorial artworks. Conclusion The NEVArt research, both in term of technical skills and upgrade in neuroscientific awareness, can be the basis to proceed with a set of further research topics in the near future. Ground-breaking and statistically significant observations can be derived from the present research, mainly at the biological, medical and didactical point of view by paving the way for many other multidisciplinary research developments on art exhibit, architecture, etc