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...dalla terra al mare. L'isola felice
2021
“…l’idea non deve essere spiegata, deve sentirsi, deve uscire, deve essere dentro quello che hai fatto” Mauro Staccioli Immaginare uno spazio per un cerchio perfetto, che ha già trovato nell’estensione del paesaggio il suo ambiente ideale, conduce a una trasposizione di senso. Un’inversione che dal reale attraversa l’immaginario per tornare ad essere concreta, almeno nel piano bidimensionale di un disegno. Un percorso necessario a misurare un invaso che dalla terra conduce all’acqua per farci abitanti di un’isola minima. Sospesa tra due suoli troppo lontani per congiungersi e troppo vicini per ritenersi estranei essa dà forma alla precarietà del quotidiano, all’inquietudine del presente, al…
I festeggiamenti per le incoronazioni a Palermo di Vittorio Amedeo II (1713) e Carlo III (1735): musica, spettacolo e cerimonia
2018
Le entrate e le rispettive incoronazioni a Palermo di Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia e Carlo III di Borbone sono state analizzate sotto diversi punti di vista. Tuttavia gli aspetti musicali sono stati finora poco considerati, se non a margine di studi più generali sulla vita musicale palermitana. Il presente contributo è riservato in modo specifico alla cornice sonora dei due eventi, dimostrando come questa costituisse un elemento essenziale al funzionamento della festa e al soddisfacimento dei suoi scopi. Le descrizioni e le testimonianze iconografiche propongono spunti di indagine sulle modalità di esecuzione e sui rapporti con il contesto celebrativo, fornendo anche informazioni sulle occa…
L'agriculture urbaine : une agriculture juridiquement comme les autres?
2019
International audience; En plein essor, l'agriculture urbaine se présente comme un défi pour le droit agricole, construit sur un paradigme géographique et sociologique : la ruralité. Dès lors, comment saisir juridiquement ces nouveaux projets productifs, aux formes variées et aux modèles économiques souvent hybrides ? Est-ce aux acteurs urbains de s'adapter à des règles venues d'ailleurs, ou au droit de se tordre pour accompagner le mouvement d'une agriculture des villes, qui questionne celle des champs ?
Globalization and the Decline of Character
2017
Architecture can hardly cope with the universalization of culture increasingly present in the modern world. This universalization has been, as we know, brought about by the technocratic culture sprang from the Scientific Revolution. Husserl, notoriously, has de ned this process as the “Crisis of European Science”. Following him, remarkable phenomenology and existentialist thinkers have reflected on this theme. The impossibility of reducing the complexity of human life and know edge to instrumental standardized procedures is a cornerstone of that reflection and it is, in my view, hardly questionable. Despite this, as we know, the positivistic attitude within present culture is the leading on…
The vegetation of a historic road system in the suburban area of Monte Pellegrino (Palermo, Sicily)
2020
Knowledge of the processes by which plants colonize old structures is a key element for nature-based design both in urban and suburban contexts. This paper analyses the natural vegetation on walls and in other microhabitats of the roadway structures of Monte Pellegrino (606 m a.s.l.) near Palermo (Sicily), built in the first half of the 1900s. The historical road has particular construction and architectural features, and its characteristics have been maintained to this day. The route, approximately 16 kilometers long, is well integrated within a site of high naturalistic value which has been designated as a Special Area of Conservation (ITA020014) of the Natura 2000 network, and it is also…
Long Term Efficiency Analysis of Infiltration Trenches Subjected to Clogging
2018
Abstract: In recent years, limitations linked to traditional urban drainage schemes have been pointed out and new approaches were developed introducing more natural methods for retaining and/or disposing of stormwater. Such practices include infiltration and storage tanks in order to reduce the peak flow and retain part of the polluting components. The impact of such practices on stormwater quantity and quality is not easily assessable because of the complexity of physical and chemical processes involved. In such cases, integrated urban drainage models may play a relevant role providing tools for long term analysis. In this study, the effect of the clogging phenomenon has been assessed by m…
Urban water quality modelling: a parsimonious holistic approach for a complex real case study
2010
In the past three decades, scientific research has focused on the preservation of water resources, and in particular, on the polluting impact of urban areas on natural water bodies. One approach to this research has involved the development of tools to describe the phenomena that take place on the urban catchment during both wet and dry periods. Research has demonstrated the importance of the integrated analysis of all the transformation phases that characterise the delivery and treatment of urban water pollutants from source to outfall. With this aim, numerous integrated urban drainage models have been developed to analyse the fate of pollution from urban catchments to the final receiving …
Il problema del restauro nella conservazione architettonica della Basilica San Leone
2009
Il testo indaga i problemi "compositivi" relativi al progetto di restauro e conservazione architettonica della basilica San Leone di Assoro.
Chiese e tessuti urbani. L'esperienza di Pasquale Culotta, dai riferimenti internazionali alle forme primarie.
2012
Pasquale Culotta, architect of churches, plays a leading role in this essay. This choice is pertinent to the theme of the conference on urban renewal, and allows recognizing some peculiar aspects of Culotta design activity, the largest part of which was carried out with Giuseppe (Bibi) Leone, who recently passed away. We can affirm that every architectural project by Culotta and Leone is always an urban project, in the sense that it’s founded on the fabric of old centers, or, as in the case of the churches built in the suburbs, has created new connections in urban areas previously characterized by shapeless asphalted spaces. Against random suburban spaces, the churches designed by Culotta a…
Association between residential proximity to environmental pollution sources and childhood renal tumors
2016
FI=3.835 (año 2016), Q1 Background: Few risk factors for childhood renal tumors are well established. While a small fraction of cases might be attributable to susceptibility genes and congenital anomalies, the role of environmental factors needs to be assessed. Objectives: To explore the possible association between residential proximity to environmental pollution sources (industrial and urban areas, and agricultural crops) and childhood renal cancer, taking into account industrial groups and toxic substances released. Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study of childhood renal cancer in Spain, including 213 incident cases gathered from the Spanish Registry of Childhood T…