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STRATEGIE PER LA RIQUALIFICAZIONE ENERGETICA DELL’EDILIZIA SCOLASTICA IN CLIMA MEDITERRANEO
2018
Il patrimonio edilizio italiano è composto principalmente da costruzioni realizzate nel secondo dopoguerra, quando la speculazione economica e l’urbanizzazione hanno prodotto edifici con caratteristiche di scarsa qualità architettonica ed energetica. Agire sul rendimento energetico degli edifici esistenti, adattandoli alle caratteristiche richieste dalla normativa, a parità di condizioni di comfort, rappresenta una strategia importante per la riduzione dei consumi energetici e per la tutela dell’ambiente. Attraverso l’applicazione di tecnologie e metodologie innovative e la scelta di investimenti adeguati, il retrofit energetico può rappresentare, oggi, la principale opportunità di crescita…
Reviving earthen architecture in Palestine: The added significances of the building sustainability and an opportunity for the future
2016
Several attempts have emerged recently in Palestine aiming to find an economical-environmental alternative building material beside the widely-used natural stone as a main building material, due to some factors related to the cost and the negative effects of stone mining areas on the local environment. Similar attempts had a certain response to the peculiar social needs and economic situation there. The efforts led to revive earthen architecture on organizational and individual levels, producing a certain number of earthen buildings in the last few years. In order to evaluate the appropriateness of earth as an alternative raw material in Palestine, the paper outlines the general advantages …
THE "PALAZZETTI" OF PANTELLERIA - MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND GENIUS LOCI INTERPRETATION
2006
Mediterranean architecture, through its millenary history, expresses itself even through particular handmade that deeply characterized the country. The building treasure inside the Islands surrounding Sicily presents particular techniques and building systems that exploiting natural resources gave life to the original handmade and building technologies which are extremely functional and valuable in terms of eco-sustainability. Talking about architecture in Pantelleria means discovering ancient links about materials, techniques and the landscape. The Island is famous for its "Dammusi" (and "Palazzetti"), interesting handmade both for their morphological characteristics and for their technolo…
Tiled vaults in western Sicily. Originality and continuity of an imported building technique
2012
Abstract The search for alternatives to wood for floorings has led to very interesting experiments on vaulted structures, with diffusion in specific areas. We analyze the Sicilian ones consisting of three layers of tiles with plaster, introduced in the mid-eighteenth century, reinterpreted with the local materials and building culture, with original and ingenious solutions as to seismicity of area. The oldest examples in Palermo date back to the period following the earthquake of 1726, considered a good solution because of their lightness and presumed monolithic structure, able to reduce the pressure on walls. This report is an assessment of this building system, that we found during many r…
Partizione verticale mobile sostenibile
2016
La partizione utilizza un pannello costituito da un telaio in legno che si sviluppa attorno a un riquadro centrale, le cui dimensioni si riferiscono alla misura standard del tatami giapponese (cm 90 X 180). Tale riquadro è chiuso da una stuoia di canne schiacciate, che su un lato rimane a vista e sull’altro è rivestita da un intonaco in terra cruda addizionata di piccoli frammenti di paglia. Il pannello si presta ad essere utilizzato in modo versatile per realizzare partizioni verticali mobili all’interno di abitazioni e si configura come prodotto coerente con la scelta di sostenibilità edilizia. 1) Mobile vertical partition, including a system of assembly that uses materials that have a lo…