The aftermath of the Emilia 2012 earthquake damages and the safeguard of the rural anthropized landscape

In seismic-prone areas with spontaneous built heritage, extensive measures are needed to protect critical tangible features and intangible values made of vernacular construction techniques. Operating strategies should be continuously improved, starting with the damage survey and moving through the provisional safety measures to the final intervention. An example of the methodology used to preserve the distinctive values of the anthropized countryside landscape in the Emilia lowland is illustrated in this paper by identifying spontaneous evidence derived from the practical knowledge of rural cultures. Through an analysis of historic construction methods, it is possible to comprehend informal architecture by exploring brick masonry constructions, as well as their variances. Although their vulnerability is attributed to the lack of materials and modest construction methods, spontaneous architecture, far from being endangered as the result of seismic sequences, contributes to the distinctive nature of the anthropized rural landscape. In addition, preserving spontaneity increases collective memory and the image of a time

Being passed on to future generations: the instances of Ponte a Santa Trinita in Florence and the Genbaku Dome in Hiroshima for the conservation of architectural heritage at risk.

In the history of architecture and in the design experience applied to pre-existing buildings, a topic that requires a further investigation concerns how to act after a disastrous events; the second post-world war reconstruction of architectural heritage places is certainly one of the most interesting issues of the twentieth century history because, paradoxically, it seems to show a factual contiguity with the cultural environment of that specific historical phase. In fact, if the identified reasons for the reconstruction of Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence are referred to a heteronomous category like mercy, we could not notice anything but the proximity to Curzio Malaparte thought, playing a similar role in his novel “La pelle. Storia e Racconto” (1949) for the reconstruction of the Italian social subject, that came out of the war badly. Certainly, the exclusive circumstances to re-arrange significant parts of the society image in that specific time, constituted an occasion, aware to scholars like Cesare Brandi, Roberto Pane and many other intellectuals, to activate a virtuous process of modernization in expressive traditions, still hostage of figurative iterations, completely far from what was recognized as appropriate to a process of innovation and rationalization. Particularly significant is the condition of worship places for which, since the former years of the second world war, the discussions were held over the proper application of new formal language, whether used as supplement or new figurative act, and the honest disclosure of modern material, first of all the concrete. The indications given by the ecclesiastical hierarchy both in theologically documents, like the encyclical letter on the Mediator Dei liturgy (1947), or in more operational recommendations, like those by the Central Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art, show a specific interest in the modern protection of architectural heritage due to operative suggestions for a better sacred halls re-functionalization. Therefore, the dialectics between aesthetic lies and figurative mercy let us imagine unexplored areas of reflection not only limited to Idealist philosophical indications, perhaps in many ways already passed, but more focused on a prospect for understanding the extant experience to meet the spiritual expectations of contemporary men. In despite of so many cultural efforts made since the fifties of the twentieth century, from the architectural scale to the urban size, till to the environmental dimension, projects are often designed only on roots of theoretical, administrative, technical or economic rules, neglecting the importance of moral foundations, regarding psychological and social reasons, as highlighted by Roberto Pane repeatedly. Therefore, suggesting a study on these instances seems very timely, as we are experiencing a period that, due towar devastations in Afghanistan, Palestine or Iraq, makes necessary give tangible and attentive solutions to problems that await a response; these answers might be really respectful of the Psychology of contemporary citizens, and be able to support effective actions addressed to the conservation of material evidence of cultural traditions

Il castello di Durazzano

Lo studio presenta la lettura storiografica, incentrata tra la fase protorisnascimentale durazzesco-catalana ed il rinascimento maturo, del castello di Durazzano (Benevento) attraverso documenti d'archivio e lo studio delle tecniche costruttive

Metodologie e analisi per la neutralizzazione dell’umidità di risalita in apparati litoidi

Il progetto di ricerca è finalizzato alla valutazione del processo di neutralizzazione dell’umidità da risalita capillare attraverso l’installazione di due tipologie di impianto Domodry®, a unità singola e a due unità sincronizzate. L’efficacia dell’azione di normalizzazione del contenuto umido nelle murature storiche verrà stimato attraverso prelievi di saggi campione da sottoporre a misurazioni secondo il metodo gravimetrico, ex Norma UNI 11085:2003

Integrated Technologies for Smart Buildings and PREdictive Maintenance

The preservation and the regeneration of the existing built heritage is still characterized, even in the context of an increasing digitization of the value and supply chain, by inefficient time and costs management, along the whole life cycle, as well as by discontinuity and lack of information on the one hand, by redundancy and duplication of data on the other. Accessibility, usability and feasibility in order to univocally implement information, also by real–time monitoring, are areas of growing interest to all actors of the building and construction value–chain, with particular reference built heritage knowledge phase, as well as for the stakeholders of complementary industries as ICT, for the development of integrated digital solutions for data acquisition, modeling and visualization

INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE PLANNED CONSERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.

The paper will consist of three paragraphs in which will be treated, particularly in the first, the problems related to the planned conservation strategies, according to a critically informed approach applied to historical buildings, and new computer technologies. In the second, on the other hand, will be contextualized the strategic objectives conjugated according to brick architecture issues; and finally, the third section will show a case study as an example of good practice. The main objective is to separate the discussion from a mere succession of conservative actions, by carrying out the argument on a much properly theoretical subject with special emphasis on the architectural approach to the conservation issues based, in the first place, on the knowledge of used materials, on the supply tracks and, finally, on the common placing methods. The knowledge of these aspects is not secondary, because it properly involves those distinctive aspects of a technical culture that has been able to give different forms to the same material at different times; and not only that, in fact, depending on how, for example, a wall is laid changes its behaviour to deterioration issues and, as a result, the actions to be taken, under equal conditions, may be different. The challenge, of course, is to ensure the conservation of architectural heritage through preventive and planned actions, by postponing isolated intervention to exceptional events supported by a meticulous maintenance and monitoring activity

La Settima edizione del Premio Domus Restauro e Conservazione: Sessione Tesi. The 7th Edition of the Domus international Prize for Conservation and Preservation: the Theses Division

Presentazione degli esiti della competizione per l’anno 2018 sui temi della conservazione e del restauro architettonico, promosso dal Dipartimento di Architettura di Ferrara con il sostegno di Fassa BortoloThe conservation and architectural preservation issues illustrated by the outcomes of the competition promoted by the Department of Architecture in Ferrara with the Fassa Bortolo suppor

“After the Damages”, International Summer School. Strategie di mitigazione e prevenzione sul territorio costruito attraverso la progettazione e la gestione del rischio

I rischi naturali e causati dall’uomo, le loro conseguenze e il loro impatto sulla società in termini di danno non possono essere eliminati, ma i limiti di tolleranza ai loro effetti possono essere aumentati riducendo così il livello di potenziale disastro. Perché ciò possa accadere, è necessario che avvenga un attento confronto sulle procedure adottate nella gestione di crisi come quelle che negli ultimi dieci anni hanno colpito la pianura padana e le regioni centrali dell’Italia, per comprendere quali politiche hanno avuto un esito positivo e quali condizionamenti hanno caratterizzato le eventuali inefficienze. Questo è l’obiettivo del progetto di alta formazione After the Damages, realizzato attraverso un ampio confronto internazionale su diverse realtà, diverse tipologie di rischio e diversi approcci alla mitigazione del rischio.It is assumed that natural and anthropic hazards, their consequences, and, most of all, their impact on society in terms of damage cannot be removed. However, the limits of tolerance to their effects should be increased, thus reducing the level of potential disaster. Pursuing this aim, a careful comparison should take place on the procedures adopted in the management of crises, such as those that affected the Pianura Padana and the central regions of Italy in the last ten years, to assess which policies have had a positive outcome and which constraints characterized any inefficiencies. This is the objective of the After the Damages high training project, carried out through a wide international participation on different contexts, different kinds of risk and different approaches to mitigation