Search results for " Liberty architecture"
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REHABILITATION, ENHANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF ART NOUVEAU BUILDINGS
2016
Since ancient times every era has produced a particular architectural heritage with different materials and with the use of different construction. This study aims to make a contribution in terms of knowledge and the architectural heritage of the 20th century, recovery, and in particular those representing the Sicilian architecture known as Liberty architecture. The study explores the relationship between architecture, materials, construction techniques and the building restoration and enhancement problems. The main purpose of this research is on the one hand the analysis and technological knowledge of the architectural heritage and the other to study the types of …
Liberty winter gardens in Palermo: contamination from solar design
2020
At the end of the 19th century, the city of Palermo boasted a tradition of steel elements that could include the most beautiful railings and light steel structures of the time. The paper shows how the technological, formal and spatial aspects of the metallic construction was derived by the application of Central Europe areas examples to the local reality, providing notions on designs, experimentations and originalities. Canopies, verandas, winter gardens and orangeries are architectural elements in iron and glass that represent an added value for the building, they improve the life quality of the people who live there. In particular, in the Liberty architecture these elements took shape thr…
Liberty winter gardens in Palermo: contamination from solar design
2020
At the end of the 19th century, the city of Palermo boasted a tradition of steel elements that could include the most beautiful railings and light steel structures of the time. The paper shows how the technological, formal and spatial aspects of the metallic construction was derived by the application of Central Europe areas examples to the local reality, providing notions on designs, experimentations and originalities. Canopies, verandas, winter gardens and orangeries are architectural elements in iron and glass that represent an added value for the building, they improve the life quality of the people who live there. In particular, in the Liberty architecture these elements took shape thr…