Search results for "Vernacular"
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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…
The Urban-Rural Continuum. The Bioclimatic Approach to Design, Between Past and Future
2021
L’ambiente costruito rurale, insieme multiscalare di trasformazioni praticate dall’uomo per accogliere le attività collegate all’agricoltura, suggerisce varie riflessioni sull’approccio bioclimatico nel progetto di architettura. Il contributo mette subito in evidenza il tema del continuum urbano-rurale (luogo intermedio e contraddittorio che condensa le trasformazioni che stanno avvenendo nella contemporaneità, offrendo un banco di prova necessario per tutti i campi del sapere e per tutte le discipline tecnologiche) per evidenziare che la contrapposizione tra urbano e rurale non solo è superata nei fatti, ma anche è teoricamente inadeguata a identificare l’ambiente costruito rurale, nonosta…
Dossier : Lèxic i edició de textos catalans antics de medicina, ciència i tècnica
2017
An introduction to the monoraphic collection of articles that follow on this issue, on the subject mentioned in this title.
In Search of a Quality Culture: The Awkward Truths of an Indeterminate Maxim
2014
Abstract The paper explores the evolutions and realities of institutional “Quality Culture” (QC) and unpicks blurred definitions of QC that are to determine whether it has a valid voice in the modern quality assurance vernacular. The authors question whether QC is a practical and achievable goal, or if it is little less than a theoretical conceptual buzz-term that ignores the realities of existing impregnable structures or individual malaise barring real progress towards a process of quality enhancement. It queries whether a QC is equally achievable in the private sector and public sectors. Taking a tertiary educational institution and a cultural institution (opera company) as examples, the…
Audience involvement in creative media for development: Making sense of the semiotic interface
2017
This article explores the role that semiotic communication plays in the generation of narrative affect. It also draws on Suruchi Sood’s concept of audience involvement as being capable of increasing self-efficacy and collective-efficacy, both of which are crucial to behaviour change. It therefore, demonstrates how semiotic tropes are used in creative media narratives to elicit affect and in turn generate authentic audience involvement with the subjects of those narratives, a process which eventually has positive consequences for behaviour change communication. Hence, these narratives fueled by semiotics, become the threshing floor where potential audiences are drawn into pro-social discours…
La transmissió lingüística intergeneracional del català al País Valencià: una perspectiva territorial
2012
Aquest article fa una elaboració de les dades de l’Enquesta sobre la situació social del valencià. 2004 referides a la transmissió intergeneracional del català. Primerament aquestes dades se situen en el context de tot el domini lingüístic (els Països Catalans) i després són analitzades, des d’una perspectiva territorial, al País Valencià. La recerca ens fa adonar-nos que, sociolingüísticament, hi podem distingir dues comunitats de parla diferents d’acord amb la vitalitat que mostra el català en cadascuna. En la zona formada per les regions d’Alcoi/Gandia i València (sense la ciutat de València) i la part nord de la regió de Castelló el català obté guanys en el pas de pares a fills. L’altra…
Les glosses de Guillem Nicolau a la seva traducció de les 'Heroides' d'Ovidi (1390) : una proposta d'identificació
2021
According to a letter written in 1390, Guillem Nicolau attached a full commentary to his Catalan translation of Ovid’s Heroides. Although these glosses have not survived in any of the extant manuscripts of this translation, they have been preserved in a fifteenth-century manuscript containing an anonymous Castilian version of the Catalan text. In this article, the linguistic- and literary-based identification of these Castilian glosses with those written by Nicolau leads to a further examination of the relationship of the Catalan Heroides to the Latin commentary tradition. Evidence is given of Nicolau having used a Latin manuscript containing accessus and glosses from William of Orléans Bur…