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Tipologia, materiali e costruzione: i prospetti colonnati pubblici in Sicilia dall’età post-unitaria al ventennio fascista, tra reminiscenze archeolo…

2020

The paper analyses the debate in Sicily on the construction of the monumental colonnaded porticoes that characterise the facades of public edifices built on the island from the post- Unification period to the Fascist regime. The pronao of the Massimo Theatre in Palermo (from 1875) marks the climax of a cultural movement, which, for almost a century, was to associate the neo-Greek style with public buildings and the material of choice of Sicily’s church building tradition in a deterministic manner. Calcarenite was used to build the peristyles of the temples of the archaic and classical age, with imposing, tapered and grooved columns consisting of overlapping sections. In the Fascist period, …

Public Colonnaded Façades Sicily XIX-XX century Materials ConstructionSettore ICAR/18 - Storia Dell'Architettura
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Superfici materiche nella percezione della scena urbana

2013

La percezione della scena urbana: superfici architettoniche. Gli interventi d’alterazione corticale nelle architetture dei centri minori del Parco delle Madonie modificano progressivamente il paesaggio urbano nei centri antichi. La parte più esterna di materia veicola l’immagine delle architetture e possiede un ruolo essenziale nella percezione dei quartieri storici che ancora caratterizzano i centri della riserva naturale; ma la tendenza a rimuovere le finiture storicizzate e le patine del tempo comporta l’alterazione irreversibile del carattere dei centri antichi. Doveva essere ovvio che sarebbe stato essenziale conservare i segni del tempo, che denotano l’autenticità materiale della part…

Restoration façades plaster urban sceneSettore ICAR/19 - RestauroRestauro facciate intonaco scena urbana
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Integrazione di celle fotovoltaiche ibride nel vetromattone

2012

L’invenzione riguarda l’integrazione del vetromattone con celle solari ibride (organiche/inorganiche), conosciute come Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSC). La combinazione del vetromattone con le DSC consente di migliorare le prestazioni del prodotto originario rendendolo in grado di produrre energia pulita. Le caratteristiche di trasparenza e isolamento termo-acustico del prodotto possono essere regolate agendo sulla configurazione delle DSC. Il prodotto può essere assemblato a formare pannelli fotovoltaici per la realizzazione di facciate traslucide energeticamente “attive” in varie condizioni luminose (condizioni di luce diffusa o artificiale) e indipendentemente dall’angolo di radiazione so…

The integration of Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSC) with the glassblock is disclosed. The combination of the two technological elements the glassblock and the DSC module enhance their own peculiarities. The final complete product is ready-made for installation owns the qualities of the glassblock and produces sustainable energy at the same time. The transparency and the thermo-acoustic insulation may be modulated according to the specific requirements of each case of installation. The product may be used for example to create PV panels for glazed and translucent façades that are able to perform efficiently in all light conditions (even in diffuse light also converting internal artificial light) that are not dependant on the angle of the solar radiation and do not suffer from the high operative temperatures of functioning due to the peculiarities of the DSCs. DSCs are made of economic and biocompatible materials and are produced with low-cost and highly productive printing methods on rigid or flexible substrates. With the integration of DSC modules with the glassblock PV panels coincide with the envelope itself so that they do not need any further structures to be installed on and allow the possibility of subtract from the price of the panel the price of the substituted building element allowing further economies. DSCs can be printed in different colours and with various patterns offering to designers and customers the possibility of intervening on the glassblock aesthetical aspect also taking advantage of the peculiar modularity of the glassblock for larger compositions of drawings on the building’s façade. Seven Hypotheses of integration are discussed in order to obtain DSC-integrated glassblock ready for the construction of a precast and dry-assembled PV panel which can use the horizontal and vertical cavities between the glassblocks to house plastic profiles where the electric interconnections and the steel bars -useful for improve the mechanical resistance of the panel- are integrated.Settore ICAR/10 - Architettura Tecnica
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GReen roofs and façades agriculture (GRF) for supporting building energy efficiency

2011

energy efficiency urban ecology green roofs and façades eco-buildingsurban ecologygreen roofs and façadeseco-buildingsenergy efficiency; urban ecology; green roofs and façades; eco-buildingsenergy efficiency
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