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Luisa Lombardo
Smart technological tools for rising damp on monumental buildings for cultural heritage conservation. A proposal for smart villages implementation in the Madonie montains (Sicily)
The Madonie district, in the inner Sicily, is composed of 21 villages, custodians of heritage, traditions, and values that constitute the identity of this area, now exclusively entrusted to the collective memory of an increasingly elderly and inactive population. In the study area, full of tangible and intangible heritage, technological tools, can revitalize and reuse examples of architecture, especially monumental, whose main problem is a deep rising damp affecting the masonry. That is particularly critical for the historic/traditional architectures. This research implements, in one of the villages of the enclave, a new technology system, namely Information and Commu- nication Technology (…
I borghi interni in Sicilia: recupero dell’identità e strategie di valorizzazione
La promozione di studi e ricerche volti al recupero e alla valorizzazione delle aree interne marginali e dei centri minori, indirizzati a supportare Regioni, Comuni e cittadinanza locale, estremamente utili all’individuazione di soluzioni più opportune per lo sviluppo sostenibile e la valorizzazione di luoghi e architetture, ha suggerito la ricerca che in questo saggio si vuole illustrare, rivolta a investigare – in prima battuta e in termini generali – i caratteri identitari dell’area montana interna siciliana delle “Madonie” e nel dettaglio, invece, il borgo “Pusterna” del comune di Petralia Sottana. Si verificheranno, per quest’ultimo, i livelli di comfort indoor raggiungibili nell’ambit…
The role of the hospital pharmacy in the storage and supply of antidotes
Cases of poisoning have been analyzed with the aim of estimating both the incidence and the seriousness of such xenobiotic effects, the major determinant agents, and the related antidotes used in hospital departments. From 2009 to November 2012, a survey of the availability of antidotes in the emergency room services was carried out in all hospital pharmacies under the Palermo Health Authority: Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, ARNAS Civico di Cristina Benefratelli, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello. Figures show that the majority of poisoning events were caused by the use/abuse of drugs, especially psychopharmaceuticals, alcohol and narcotic substances. This overdose of m…
Patrimonio storico e accessibilità dei centri minori del Parco delle Madonie in Sicilia
Il massiccio montuoso appenninico delle Madonie, sito nella costa settentrionale siciliana tra i fiumi Imera e Pollina, accoglie nei suoi 39.679 ettari ben 21 centri storici minori sparsi, custodi di un patrimonio di tradizioni e valori che costituiscono l’identità dei luoghi, ormai affidata esclusivamente alla memoria collettiva di una popolazione sempre più anziana e inattiva. Posizionati tra l’altitudine minima del paese di Alimena di 218m s.l.m. e la massima di Geraci Siculo di 1.077m s.l.m., i piccoli e grandi borghi si dispongono da costa a monte, distanti dai grandi centri di agglomerazione urbana e di servizio. Caratterizzati da un patrimonio edilizio fortemente legato alle tradizio…
Rethinking inner areas. A multidisciplinary approach to the revival of the territories.
[...] Our little villages have never been as interesting as they are now, they have the feel of the past and still manage to take in even the atmosphere of this time. They have strengths and intensities that we don’t know how to draw on because we don’t look at them, we don’t know how to love them. [...] There is discomfort, there is loneliness, but there is also beauty. This is the starting point, the proper use of our ruins. [...] - Per un buon uso delle nostre rovine, from the book “Terracarne”, 2011, Franco Arminio
Progetto sostenibile di edilizia residenziale a Marsala: “Casa Salina”
The present research work aims at the design of a sustainable building, a small holiday home single-family house in Villaggio San Teodoro, Marsala (TP). A territorial classification, the assessment of the climatic data and a study of the solar paths made possible the most passive strategies for the improvement of indoor and outdoor comfort. Interesting and reasoned was the study of the prevailing winds and the relative positioning and sizing of the openings, including on the roof, in order to favor natural ventilation inside the building. The effectiveness of these solutions have been proven by fluid dynamics analyzes with Ansys Fluent software, Revit and Daylight Visualizer in order to det…
Madonie Smart Villages Technological Sustainable Design for Sicilian Inner Rural Areas
The EU is promoting the enhancement of marginal rural areas. In the Mediterranean area, in Sicily, there is the “Madonie” District, an inner rural area with 21 municipalities suffering of depopulation and lack of work despite to their natural and architectural potentials. The pandemic situation has pointed out the necessity of a better life quality that could be guarantee with the creation of smart villages, collaborating urban centers. The purpose of the research is to enhance these territories with technological sustainable design to enable urbanization and digital innovation and to their development. Rehabilitation must be guaranteed using technologically eco-efficient strategies and fun…
La street art come motore di recupero e rigenerazione urbana delle aree interne. Un progetto condiviso per lo sviluppo di smart villages nell'area Madonita
The Madonie district, one of the 72 pilot areas of the National Strategy for Inner Areas in Italy in the center of Sicily, is composed by 21 municipalities that really have a great potential, due to their historical background and natural landscape, but it needs new strategies to emerge. Many people from northern cities have returned to their home villages in recent years, to live and work, but they have not found some important and necessary services as there are in smart cities, and to date, these villages do not adopt smart strategies. Many changes need to be made, one solution is to transform them into smart villages through rehabilitation, such as improving the historic center with str…