Search results for " degraded environments"
showing 2 items of 2 documents
INTRODUZIONE
2021
This volume is an anthology of scientific papers and essays from different national academic institutions on the regeneration of degraded environments and the tools of participation aimed at building a sustainable project. Papers were presented in September 2020 in a cycle of study seminars entitled 'Transformation, Regeneration and Participation' organised by the University of Palermo, in the International Conference 'Scenarios of Abusive Housing' and in the Round Table 'Designing Participation', in International seminary ‘ATS Architectural Technology and Sustainability. What regeneration?’ in November 2007, October 2008 and July 2011 respectively, in Agrigento, Palermo and Kos (Greece). A…
HISTORICAL SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES AIMED AT FINDING NEW TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTS TO RECOVER
2005
The “building recovery” has been the key point of various talks that, since the ‘60s, have regarded planning and urban landscaping. The reinforced concrete-ruled XXth century has generated buildings that have resulted technologically flawed, if not altogether unattractive. These flaws can be justified by premature use of certain techniques (not will-known the necessity of historical research), but this can not justify the modern degraded townships, the loss of local urban characteristics and the environmental unbalancing. Where sites are of XXth century cultural heritage? Which are the methodologies for documenting and managing? This research is aimed at analysing new techniques and materia…