Entre sagrado y profano. El espacio público en Sicilia

El espacio público es la "prueba de fuego" de la comunidad que lo habita y lo vive, y al mismo tiempo actúa como paradigma de estructuración del tejido urbano, contraparte del entorno construido, lugar de celebración por excelencia de las funciones colectivas. Las dominaciones que gobernaron Sicilia han dejado en heredad una gran cantidad de episodios físicos, que inlcuso en el campo de los espacios públicos, son testigos de calidad urbana y social, por su representación, por las soluciones arquitectónicas, por la teatralidad invocada. En el pasado y el presente, el espacio público en Sicilia celebra la ciudad, decretando el éxito y a veces el fracaso. Un camino a través de algunos casos ejemplares informa sobre algunas de las historias de los espacios públicos en Sicilia, entre lo sagrado y lo profano.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

THE SIGNS OF WATER

Signs of Water. A hidden waterscape in Palermo is recovered from the oblivion through a process consisting in a territorial analysis, a careful reading of ancient maps and historical archives, a deep design of new landscapes trancing the signs of the passage of water in a land where water has a permanent role along the centuries. A vast agricultural territory covers the Conca d'Oro valley, where lays the city of Palermo: rich in landscape, environmental and archaeological heritage, only some areas were subtracted from the intense construction and speculative activity that characterized the history of the city in the sixties and the seventies of the twentieth century. The main goal of this study is the recovery of the park and the enhancement of all the elements of interest and importance within it, today in a degraded condition. These include not only the historical artifacts but also the vegetation system and the remaining specimens of the nineteenth-century park of the former Orléans estate. The theme of water is the guiding thread of the project: water in its various forms pervades the territory. The water as the origin of the area in which the river Kemonia flowed, and the "water system" of Arabic derivation, with all the elements that compose it, are a design inspiration and the park is endowed with a water museum which tells its history and origin, forming a new attraction in the park but also in the University, in direct contact with it. Inside the park a strong landscape component is certainly the presence of all the artifacts that make the water system for the irrigation of the park of Orléans, all made following the principle of collection and storage of water , coming from the Arabic heritage. For all these characteristic elements, the restoration is planned, in particular of the larger tanks, the gebbie , which are suitable to become points of interest and attraction of the park through their commissioning, making all these places more usable, as some tanks are hidden for the lack of pedestrian connections suitable for their exploitation

The Study of the Scale through Space. Teaching Innovation Experience among Architecture Schools: Malaga, Seville and Palermo

The educational innovation project object of this communication focuses on the scale problems that arise in the projects of territorial planning carried out in architecture schools, but also in the loss of the scale concept related to thought and drawing. The project involved collaboration among the Schools of Architecture of Malaga, Palermo and Seville with the aim of carrying out a practical exercise among the students of two subjects that, working on different scales, addressed similar concepts. In particular, following an PBL methodology based on collaborative projects, the planning of the N-340 road in the city of Nerja (Málaga) was carried out. Firstly, the territorial scale is addressed in the subject of Urbanism IV at the School of Architecture of Malaga, proposing the continuity of its development at the scale of landscape design in another place and with other designers of the course of Landscape Laboratory at the School of Architecture of Palermo. Besides, having verified that the academic results have been -in general terms- more satisfactory, the project has allowed consolidating the academic relationship between the three schools, which has translated into the development of complementary training actions

AGRIGENTO: RISORSE, CRITICITA' E OPPORTUNITA' DI UNA PICCOLA CAPITALE

Saggio sul ruolo possibile di Agrigento come piccola capitale e il ruolo che assume e potrebbe assumere nel territorio

La riqualificazione delle aree verdi come elemento strategico dello sviluppo urbano sostenibile

Questo volume affronta il tema del rapporto tra aree verdi e sviluppo urbano sostenibile,studio svolto nell’ambito di una più ampia ricerca sulla sostenibilità. Il volume è articolato in tre parti: il primo capitolo affronta temi di natura generale sui concetti e le interpretazioni della “ sostenibilità” ,in particolare con riferimento al ruolo dei parchi nel processo dello sviluppo urbano sostenibile. Il secondo capitolo si occupa del ruolo delle aree verdi in diversi contesti urbani,attraverso alcune esperienze italiane e straniere. Il terzo capitolo descrive il caso di studio affrontato nella ricerca: Palermo e il Real Parco della Favorita; introduce questa terza parte una carrellata sul sistema del verde a Palermo,affrontando il problema a partire dall’attuazione delle previsioni contenute negli strumenti urbanistici del dopoguerra. Nei paragrafi successivi si affronta lo studio del parco,partendo dalle vicende storiche,attraverso i duecento anni di vita fino ai giorni nostri. Conclude questo capitolo una i potesi di assetto che coinvolge in un sistema unitario il parco e le ville storiche che ancora punteggiano la Piana dei Colli (con relativi giardini e pertinenze),il cui disegno naturale produce uno scenario di incomparabile bellezza,esaltato dagli artifici delle “ gemme” superstiti del patrimonio storico monumentale della Piana dei Colli e del parco. Corredano il volume nove tavole di analisi e di progetto relative al parco e al sistema paesaggistico della riserva e della Piana dei Colli

Patrimonio urbano y planeamiento: la protección del paisaje patrimonial a través del planeamiento especial

El presente capítulo tiene como objeto aproximarse a la metodología docente de la asignatura Patrimonio Urbano y Planeamiento, optativa que imparte el Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio en quinto curso del Grado en Arquitectura (Plan 2010) y del Grado en Fundamentos de Arquitectura (Plan 2012) de la Universidad de Sevilla