The “Mandolesi Pavilion”: an information model for a process of integrating multidisciplinary knowledge

The Mining Engineering Pavilion was designed by Enrico Mandolesi in 1962. It represents an icon heralding the transition from masonry to reinforced concrete and the use of “new” materials. Its recovery may become an important starting point for integrating all scientific levels, from the construction history, which reconstructs the history of the project and that of the building site, up to the most sophisticated energy diagnoses that include the definition of an integrated information system on the building, to be used in cutting-edge style with the BIM approach or even with experimentation in a first-step evolution towards a cognitive building

The building information modeling for the retrofitting of existing buildings. A case study in the University of Cagliari.

Italy's very consistent buildings stock has become the major field for real estate investments and for the related projects and actions. The urge of working on built environment is however facing some crucial issues. The first is the lack of documentation on the construction history and on the real constructive layout of existing buildings (in terms of components, installations, plants, etc.). The second is the poor activity in surveying their current status, with reference to use (energy behaviour, real consumptions, etc.) and maintenance (conservation status, previous maintenance works, compliance with current regulations, etc.). These obstacles cause a deep inefficiency in the planning, programming and controlling of requalification and/or refunctionalisation works. Starting from these assumptions, this paper shows the findings of a research shared by the Politecnico of Milan and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture of the University of Cagliari. It is aimed at testing the use of building information modeling (BIM) to structure the necessary knowledge to evaluate intervention scenarios. The research is focused on the Mandolesi Pavilion of the University of Cagliari, designed by Enrico Mandolesi. It is a highly stimulating architectural object because it incorporates values that require a conservative approach, but at the same time, like most contemporary buildings, it was designed and built for innovation and not for “long duration”. The work has actually led to the realization of a BIM model of the case study. It represents the first prefiguration of an approach that develops from construction history and continues with advanced diagnostics on the statical and energy performances of the building. The model formalizes knowledge and information on a significant building, aimed at its management. It allows also the setting of intervention scenarios that can be evaluated with real-time simulations of cost, time and ROI

ARCHITETTURE, INFRASTRUTTURE E PAESAGGI MINERARI COSTIERI DEL SULCIS IGLESIENTE.

Il presente percorso di ricerca, tuttora in atto, ha per oggetto l’archeologia industriale realizzata a partire dalla seconda metà dell’ottocento nei paesaggi costieri del Sulcis-Iglesiente, storico compendio minerario della Sardegna. Ed in particolare nei siti di Portixeddu, Buggerru, Cala Domestica, Masua, Funtanamare e Nebida. Oltre che ad un’ indagine attenta ed integrata sugli oggetti attraverso il nesso progetto e costruzione il lavoro mira a fornire una piattaforma di conoscenze atte ad orientare l’ampia strategia di tutela e valorizzazione messa in campo dalle amministrazioni locali. Attraverso la stretta collaborazione tra Sardegna Ricerche e un gruppo multidisciplinare dell’Università di Cagliari, guidato dal prof. Antonello Sanna, si intende definire un progetto integrato volto alla tutela dei valori culturali e ad un tempo connesso in modo inscindibile con la diagnostica dei materiali e con le tecnologie atte al loro recupero