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Vernacular and bioclimatic architecture and indoor thermal comfort implications in hot-humid climates: An overview
2018
Abstract Sustainable urban development, especially in disadvantaged regions, has increasingly gained a major strategic priority. New settlements and urban regeneration programs have to achieve an improvement of social life quality, promote economic growth and increase environmental protection practices and proper use of local resources. In this framework, building environment development must exploit natural resources with responsible approach by using local materials and traditional techniques. In this end, indoor comfort and energy consumption have to match the territories needs. Low energy and passive heating/cooling techniques should be considered as a valid option in many building proj…
Compatible rehabilitation of the Sicilian rural architecture: the case study of "Calcibaida" in Caltavuturo
2020
The Sicilian common typological form of rural estate is the masseria, typical of the latifundium. More particularly, it is a large fortified farm built to control and manage a vast land-property, the old fiefdoms. This paper will analyse the masseria Calcibaida as an eminent example of the mentioned Sicilian rural world. Calcibaida is located in the territory of Caltavuturo, in the centre of Sicily, within the mountain landscape of the Madonie mountains. The complex consists of a compact aggregate of buildings with an internal courtyard and a close large warehouse, further embellished by a fine drinking trough. The typological characteristics, materials and construction technologies of the …
A Sustainable and Zero Energy Healthcare Facility in Mozambique
2016
Sustainable urban development, especially in economically disadvantaged regions, has increasingly become a major strategic priority. New settlements and urban regeneration programs have to improve the quality of social life, promote economic growth, increase environmental protection practices, and ensure the appropriate use of local resources. In that framework, a well-structured healthcare service is commonly conceived as vital for urban development. In response, this paper proposes the construction of one such healthcare facility in a deprived urban area in Maputo, Mozambique. Prioritising typical pillars of sustainability, the project’s design considers traditional building typology and …
A still to be explored heritage: stone and earthen architecture in Sicily / Un patrimonio ancora da esplorare: architettura in pietra e terra in Sici…
2011
Gli impieghi a fini costruttivi della terra cruda, che pure nelle civiltà mediterranee hanno trovato espressioni consistenti e talvolta ancora vegete, proprio in Sicilia non hanno avuto riconosciuto sinora un ruolo significativo nel pur ricchissimo patrimonio culturale dell’isola. Tuttavia, oggi sembra acquisita la consapevolezza che questo materiale costruttivo è stato usato anche in Sicilia, costituendo un campo di indagine che merita di essere ancora esplorato, non solo in ambito archeologico. Lo stato dell’arte evidenzia discontinuità rispetto alle tradizioni costruttive in crudo attestate dai ritrovamenti archeologici. Il contributo approfondisce altri impieghi della terra (murature in…
Terracruda in Sicilia: dal Patrimonio Architettonico alle potenzialità contemporanee
2013
La terra cruda in Sicilia si collega ad una continuità tecnologica comune all'intera area mediterranea. Fino a pochi anni fa, si conoscevano soltanto i mattoni crudi in contesti archeologici, databili fino all'età ellenistica. Alcuni recenti studi hanno confermato l'esistenza di questa tecnica costruttiva in età moderna a Cefalu', nella costa settentrionale della Sicilia. Anche se quasi evanescenti queste tracce possono dar forza all'idea di attualizzare la terra cruda nella contemporanea produzione edilizia siciliana. Earth architectures in Sicily can be linked to a technological continuity common to the whole Mediterranean basin. Until few years ago, we knew only examples of adobe buildin…
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN INSULAR ITALY: HERITAGE TO PRESERVE AND VALUE
2021
The Mediterranean civilisation, in its millenary history, has also expressed itself through particular artefacts that have strongly characterised the territory. Knowledge of the artefacts that "qualify" a territory, both in historical and material terms, is a necessary prerequisite for tackling the planning and management problems relating to their protection and conservation. The architecture of the "vernacular" is linked to domestic life, customs, the "dialects" of places and the essence of the Genius Loci. The building heritage of the islands surrounding Sicily features special building techniques and systems that exploit natural resources to generate original artefacts and extremely fun…