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Il sistema cava-concimaia nella Fossa della Garofala a Palermo
During the 60s and 70s of the 20th century, the widespread construction of new buildings in the agricultural areas around the city centre of Palermo have changed the original landscape. A rare exception is represented by an area called Fossa della Garofala; in this place the topic of “stratification” creates a connection between the geological history and the most recent anthropogenic interventions. Here, one of the places of greatest interest where the signs of a very distant past and a very recent past gather and the epigeal and hypogeal dimensions are put in an immediate relationship is certainly the original system consisting of a quarry and a so called concimaia. If on one hand, the co…
Il rilievo del sistema della cava, delle stanze e della concimaia
Il rialzo di perriera che, con un dislivello di circa sei metri, definisce il confine fisico tra la cittadella universitaria e l’area libera sulla quale si attesta a Nord-Ovest l’alto sbarramento edificato di Corso Pisani è certamente uno dei luoghi più emblematici che informano il paesaggio della Fossa della Garofala. La presenza della cava/grotta e di una piccola ed originale architettura in ferro - copertura della cosiddetta concimaia - arricchisce di significati espliciti e simbolici questo margine interno alla città che rappresenta una discontinuità nel tessuto urbano ed un’inaspettata oasi, artificialmente naturale, di pace e tranquillità. Si deve, probabilmente, a Carlo Giachery la r…
Filigree constructions vs solid constructions. The relationship between structure and architecture in the contemporary age
Historically, building shape and structure have been designed, in solid construction, at the same moment. Their relationship is evident in the organization of the building inner space. On the contrary, in filigree construction, the interior space isn't often directly defined by the structure and the separation between building's interior and exterior is much more clear especially if we consider contemporary architectures where filigree structures are frequently used. The paper points out the role of structure in relation to the building shape in the contemporary age. Different architectures have been analysed (such as high-rise and free-form buildings) in order to put in evidence the criter…