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G. Ighany
L’identità mediterranea nel Patrimonio Architettonico fra permanenza e innovazione / The Mediterranean identity in Architectural Heritage between permanence and innovation
I contributo fornisce un quadro delle ricerche del Dottorato in Recupero e fruizione dei contesti antichi The text focuses the researches of PhD Course on "Recupero e fruizione dei contesti antichi"
The passive cooling system from tradition to innovation: wind Towers
The work presented by Golnaz Ighany, tutored by Maria Luisa Germanà, is a scheme that shows a synthesis of her PhD Research concluded in March 2011. The aim of the research was exploring the potential of using passive cooling systems and natural ventilation with special attention on wind towers. The study was focused on traditional passive cooling strategies which had been used in Middle East and Mediterranean areas. More particularly, the most common types of wind towers were analyzed in relation to different aspects: from the typology analysis to the dimensional one, from materials to systems and construction processes, from “live welfare” to energy efficiency. In parallel, it was conduct…
Delphi: dall'omphalos cosmico al Museo Archeologico
The permanent exhibition in the Archaeological Museum, which focuses on the history of the Delphic temenos and the events related to the famous oracle and omphalos, is analyzed through the complex and delicate relationship which the contemporary museum building has established with his context, as the archaeological site of Delphi can be read as an open-air museum, which was able to accumulate and settle inside its perimeter, in a variety of declinations, the architecture and the art of ancient Hellas.
Liberty: sul restauro di Villa Antonietta a Palermo
Tra le moltissime costruzioni Liberty a Palermo, quest’articolo descrive Villa Antonietta, un edificio poco noto e di oscura attribuzione. Di recente è stato realizzato un’intervento di restauro; qui per brevità, si descrivono soltanto alcune questioni legate al tema del colore nel Liberty che in questa Villa sono stati riproposti con principio filologico a partire dalle preesistenze presenti a Mondello dove la Villa ha sede.