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Airport development and metropolitan planning in Hong Kong
2019
Hong Kong, one of the world’s major international airports, has responded to the challenge of congestion of an airport too small for a growing air traffic by building a new efficient airport, thus opening the way for a reconversion of the old airport site. This has allowed Hong Kong to strengthen its position as a global hub for air freight and international passengers, while being a core element of the ongoing spatial restructuration of the Pearl River delta, including a new town next to the airport and an intermodal center at the end of the HKMZ bridge-tunnel from Macau.
Ipotesi di ricostruzione virtuale della piazza maggiore a Noto Antica
2019
Today ancient Noto is a medieval archaeological site, yet to be discovered. After the 1693 earthquake, the ancient city of Noto, in the middle of the Baroque period, was rebuilt in another place and the ancient city was abandoned. The first excavation campaign in ancient Noto by Paolo Orsi dates back to the period between 1894 and 1896. In the following years there will be other excavation campaigns, in which other architectural and sculptural relics will be found. They are today part of the collection of the Civic Museum. The contribution focuses on the study of the piazza Maggiore (Main Square) site, the center of the ancient city and on the surrounding buildings. After analyzing the limi…
Riflessioni sulla topografia e urbanistica di Palermo trent'anni dopo
2021
In this work some new considerations and an update of the observations on the topography and urban planning of ancient Palermo are presented, thirty years after our article published in Kokalos 1987. It is noted that the hypotheses then formulated were confirmed by new archaeological excavations and new archaeological samples are proposed to solve open problems and create an archaeological open-GIS of the city accessible to all interested users and public administrations.
El rol de la presencia de un área silvestre protegida en el desarrollo local. Un estudio de caso en la Región de Aysén, Patagonia chilena / / / \ \ \…
2020
Resumen: Para probar si el desarrollo de una pequeña localidad puede ser impulsado por el turismo asociado a la presencia en su cercanía de un área silvestre protegida, se estudió el caso de Villa Cerro Castillo, en la Región de Aysén, Patagonia chilena. Para ello se hizo un reconocimiento de los emprendimientos turísticos en la localidad y se caracterizó a los prestadores de servicio en el lugar. Para evaluar la evolución de la dotación de servicios turísticos, se comparó la situación del año 2019 con la del año 2006. Como resultado pudo comprobarse que la existencia de servicios turísticos se multiplicó por 1,5 en los 19 años del presente siglo, manifestando, además, una mayor calidad y v…
Kultūrapmaiņas iespaids un “citādība” Vācijas pilsētu pirmajā koplīgumā starp Eizenhūtenštati un Zārluī no 1986 līdz šodienai
2018
Abstrakts: Šajā darbā izmantotā kvalitatīvā analīze apskata Vācijas pirmo veiksmīgi noslēgto starppilsētu sadraudzības līgumu starp Eisenhüttenstadt un Saarlouis pilsētām laika posmā no 1986. gada līdz šodienai. Esošie stereotipi un aizspriedumi, kas vēl joprojām eksistē starp bijušās Rietumvācijas un Austrumvācijas pilsētu iedzīvotājiem, pierāda, ka iepriekš valdošo režīmu atstātās sekas nav zudušas, kas apliecina šī vēsturiski nozīmīgā notikuma analīzes nepieciešamību un aktualitāti. Tēmas aktualitāti pierāda ne tikai esošie aizspriedumi, bet arī neatrisinātie konflikti divu valstu starpā, piemēram Ķīnā un Taivānā vai Indijā un Pakistānā. Darbā apskatītā tēma ilustrē kā valsts apvienošana…
Smart lighting in a historic context: a case study
2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address a project for lighting an old town in Italy. Its originality lies in the holistic approach that aims to fulfil several objectives. One is to reduce energy consumption by using efficient lamps and advanced control systems; the second one is to make the network viable and useful for many purposes by integrating ICT devices; the third one is to provide a new identity to the older part of the city by using new technologies and design concepts; while the last one is to ensure street and pedestrian safety according to codes and standards. Design/methodology/approach The plan of the city of Bagheria and the stock of luminaires of the city are analys…
Energy and Economic Comparison of Different Conditioning System among Traditional and Eco-Sustainable Building
2013
The use of bioclimatic principles can reduce energy demands and CO2 emissions in the building sector [1-. Costs are one of the most important barriers to a widespread adoption of the green architecture technologies [4-. The aim of this study is to compare the energy and economic performances of two buildings: a real residential bioclimatic building located in Cinisi (a small town near Palermo, Sicily) and an imaginary residential building supposed having the same geographical location, cubature, shape and orientation as the bioclimatic building but built by conventional building materials. The tools used for this study were TRNSYS and HOMER
Architecture of the settlement and infrastructural system. The sicilian landscape between Palermo and Agrigento
2013
La piena consapevolezza della modernità impone oggi di interrogarsi sulla nuova natura morfologica e dimensionale dei luoghi, per comprenderne il senso delle relazioni spaziali e tentarne un’elaborazione estetica. Il tema è stato sviluppato nell’ambito del paesaggio siciliano, in particolare, nel sistema definito da un attraversamento interno della Sicilia: la strada che, congiungendo Palermo con Agrigento, collega il mar Tirreno al Mare Africano, definisce una fascia territoriale ben identificabile in cui si manifesta una molteplicità di condizioni. Si elabora, in tal modo, un quadro interpretativo e progettuale all’interno di un vasto territorio contrassegnato dalla presenza di piccoli ce…
Body, town planning, and participation : the roles of young people and sport
2012
Holistic Approach to the Mediterranean Architectural Heritage at risk of abandonment: the case study of Montalbano Elicona (Italy)
2022
A conceptual and methodological renewal is needed in the field of formation, transformation and management of the built environment. This need also concerns the architectural heritage, a non-renewable resource threatened by various types of risk factors, including abandonment. A similar phenomenon (intended as a lack of usage, which leaves room for improper or harmful utilization) is juxtaposed with overuse (intended as too intense and continuous a usage), which today is even more unacceptable, due to the need for social distancing as part of the containment measures of COVID-19. There is a wide and varied case history regarding abandonment, with reference to possible causes and consequence…