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FACELIFT FOR A NEW PORT AREA IMAGE: THE CASE OF PALERMO
2012
The renewal of the urban look (Urban Facelift), starting from the harbor zones, could play a crucial role for the development of the whole city. This study will analyze the case of Palermo port area, considered as the “face” of the city. Sicily is indeed an island, therefore, because of its natural and infrastructural features, the sea is still the privileged connection with the world. For this reason, the urban renovation in the city of Palermo has begun just with its coast area. The tested methodology will combine the Urban Faces with the present state evaluation criteria by involving different stakeholders. After that, the Urban Faces will be associated with possible and suitable future …
Strutture preesistenti come appoggio per le absidi a Cagliari nel XIV secolo
2015
The paper addresses the issue of the reuse of existing structures as a starting point for the construction of churches, paying particular attention to religious architecture built in Cagliari starting from the 1320s. The study focused in particular on some churches whose apses were built exploiting the presence of earlier defensive structures either abandoned or damaged during the Aragonese siege of Cagliari Castle (1324-26). As suggested by evidence found in the built-up architecture, in the architectural production after the Aragonese conquest of the city it is possible to find traces of a building strategy that involved the reuse of abandoned towers for the construction of apses, convert…