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Caleidoscopico Mercato Ballarò: ampio spazio alla ricerca-azione a Palermo
2019
The proposal to trigger regenerative processes in the urban and social fabric in an unstable context is the foundation of this research-action developed with a systemic approach, first observing the environment built in its entirety and subsequently overcoming the limited concept of interventions, over time and in space, through three priority criteria: resilience, adaptability and transformability. These criteria activate a design strategy in complex systems to respond to situations of environmental, social and economic instability. A double tension guides this research in the field through continuous operations of distancing4 and interaction with institutions, associations, marketers and …
The Configuration of Space Through Architecture in the Thinking of Gadamer
2017
Although Gadamer stresses the importance of temporality, historicity and tradition, the aim of this contribution is to underline the uniqueness of architecture in Truth and Methods’ investigation relative to the essence of a work of art. The uniqueness of architecture for Gadamer lies not only in the fact that it gives space for the expression of all other kinds of artworks; a building has to be to understood as self-sufficient and as autarchic, but also as inscribed in the concrete historical life. A further aspect of the uniqueness of architecture originates in the fact that a building determines our way of life or our dwelling even in a political sense.
Reflections on the Other Side. A Southern Iberia Origin for the First Pottery Production of Northern Morocco?
2021
Archaeological works in Morocco (the Spanish-Moroccan team) were funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant AGRIWESTMED (Origins and spread of agriculture in the western Mediterranean region) coordinated by L.P.-CH. Processing works were performed thanks to a IJCI-2016-27812 -Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities-Universidad de Granada, Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion Agreement (2016, by RMMS), and by funding provided in the framework of project "Archaeobiology of the Neolithic of the Southern Iberian Peninsula" (NeArqBioSI) A-HUM-460-UGR18 by Consejeria de Economia, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad. FEDER Programme - Andalusian CouncilGranada University. Fi…
The effect of Water on passive cooling systems in the Arab-Norman architecture of the Zisa Palace in Palermo
2019
This paper shows the theories argued by some historians with reference to the working of natural water passive cooling systems employed in the Zisa Complex. Albeit such theories are seminal attempts to understand passive water systems, they have no scientific evidence. This study instead concentrates on a more rigorous treatment that enabled to set up a robust framework for designing a historical water passive system such as the Salsabil, which in fact was conceived and developed in an empirical way. Several historical buildings of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture include relevant artefacts useful to control humidity and temperature through water passive systems . The archi…
Hans J. Morgenthau´s Turn from International Law to International Relations: A transition affected by History
2018
Este texto aborda el papel que las consideraciones históricas desempeñaron en un movimiento teórico sustancial: el paso que a partir de los años cuarenta se produce desde el Derecho Internacional a las Relaciones Internacionales en tanto que principal disciplina ordenadora del ámbito interestatal. Se tomará a Hans J. Morgenthau como el ejemplo más claro de este movimiento. Al igual que tantos otros intelectuales europeos exiliados en Estados Unidos, el cambio de continente y de contexto académico implicará para Morgenthau el salto del estudio del Derecho al estudio de la Política. Para explicar este movimiento y, en concreto, el peso que la Historia tiene en él, se estructurará el artículo …
Cultural content of lighting for the discovery of archaeological heritage
2013
Archaeological sites, built landscapes of the past, represent the identity heritage for future generations. The aim of this article is to investigate and demonstrate the importance of the cultural identity reinforcement, which can be achieved by enhancing the historical heritage through the use of artificial lighting. The charm of an archaeological site or a monument comes from the perception of its whole environmental context, both for the functional lighting and the enhancement of the artistic and monumental. Light can turn into concrete matter both in interiors, in archaeological and urban spaces: combining innovative technologies, artificial light can be used to change the world, to sha…
Arquitectura rural y puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural en Sicilia
2020
espanolLa contribucionpretende examinar los resultados que las medidas de puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural aportan a la arquitectura rural y al paisaje sicilianos, centrandose en la mejora de la construccion en las zonas rurales y sobre la posible capacidad de devolver centralidad y valor adecuado al territorio, en quanto recurso multifuncional, capaz de garantizar servicios fundamentales para el bienestar de las comunidades locales y de conservar el patrimonio historico, cultural y paisajistico. A tal efecto, se analizaun caso de estudio de recalificacion de un ejemplo arquitectonico siciliano EnglishThe work proposes to examine the results that measures to redevelopment of the cult…
Architettura rurale e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale in Sicilia
2020
La contribuciónpretende examinar los resultados que las medidas de puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural aportan a la arquitectura rural y al paisaje sicilianos, centrándose en la mejora de la construcción en las zonas rurales y sobre la posible capacidad de devolver centralidad y valor adecuado al territorio, en quanto recurso multifuncional, capaz de garantizar servicios fundamentales para el bienestar de las comunidades locales y de conservar el patrimonio histórico, cultural y paisajístico. A tal efecto, se analizaun caso de estudio de recalificación de un ejemplo arquitectónico siciliano. The work proposes to examine the results that measures to redevelopment of the cultural heritage…
«History’s stained canvas»: Uses and appropriations of medieval past in Enlightenment Historiography. The case of Peter «the cruel»
2020
The aim of this paper is to explore the political meanings of the medieval past in the historical understanding of individuals in the 18th century. Beyond the familiar Gothic myth, I will focus on the multilayered image of the monarch Peter of Castile (1334–1369), considered cruel, lustful and passionate in the eyes of enemies and historians. The aim is to analyse the different attitudes towards and uses of this historical figure (one that was quite problematic given the cultural values of the period), ranging from the most negative of connotations to the most passionate of defences and including some more ambiguous stances. For this analysis, I will explore certain Enlightenment debates th…
Lope and the Creation of Contemporary Heroes: «La nueva victoria de don Gonzalo de Córdoba» y «La nueva victoria del marqués de Santa Cruz»
2013
Lope defended the usefulness of history presented on stage, that is, theatre’s function of preserving and creating a collective memory. In the case of La nueva victoria de don Gonzalo and La nueva victoria del marqués de Santa Cruz, this playwright dramatized military events that took place immediately before the composition of these plays. In this article i will analyze the fundamental traits of those texts in relation to Lope’s desire to please his patrons and, at the same time, to participate in the making of a Spanish national identity, which intensified during the first years of king Philip IV’s reign through different media, among them painting and theatre. This paper ends reflecting …