TEMA

Tag: Conservation

  • Ancient wooden roofs in the area of Genoa: an almost intact 17th century salt warehouse

    The study on the wooden structure of the roof of the former Salt Warehouse in vico Malatti 13, in ancient Genoa port area, presented here, is part of a broader research plan including PRA (university research project) 2016 “The archeology of architecture in the restoration site” of DAD – Dipartimento Architettura e Design of Genoa (Italy) with Universidad del Pais Vasco – Facultad de Letras, Departamento de Geografia, Prehistoria y Arquelogia (Spain), PRA 2018 “Conservation and restoration: methods of analysis and strategies of monitoring” of DAD (Genoa-Italy) with CISAPSI – Coordinamento Intercomunale Studi e Analisi del Patrimonio Storico della Svizzera Italiana (Fado-Switzerland) and PRA 2019 “Conservation and restoration: methods of analysis and strategies for the maintenance of the material and restoration: strategies for a quality project” of DAD (Genoa-Italy). The roof under study has a special structure: the trestle structure. This building tehnique was very common in Genoese context between the 15th and 18th century. Nevertheless this technique had not yet been widely studied. Another very special feature, the roof remained almost intact since 17th century, when it was built. The difficulty of access and direct inspection of the roof structure, combined with the need for constant monitoring for its conservation, required a particular methodological effort, and an analysis procedure was identified making use of several sources and multiple tools. Beside the characterization and technological specificity of this roof, the methodological aspect is a very interesting one, as it could be adopted also in other similar contexts.

    Acknowledgements

    We thank prof. Giorgio Mor for technological analysis, arch. Gerolamo Stagno and arch. Linda Secondini for instrumental analysis and Dr. Riccardo Forte for supporting the archival part.

    Author contribution

    Paragraphs 2-4-5-6 are all to be attributed to G. Calvi and D. Pittaluga, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7 to D. Pittaluga, all photos and drawings are by G. Calvi (except those for which specific attribution has been provided). Conceptualization, methodology: D. Pittaluga, Investigation: G.Calvi, Funding acquisition, resources: D. Pittaluga, Supervision: D. Pittaluga, Writing original draft: G.Calvi, D. Pittaluga, Writing-review&editing: D.Pittaluga

    Funding

    PRA 2016-(DAD)Department of Architecture and Design of Genoa (Italy) – Departamento de Geografia, Prehistoria y Arquelogia Universidad del Pais Vasco- Facultad de Letras and PRA 2018 DAD (Italy)- CISAPSI- Switzerland Italy, PRA 2019 DAD (Italy).

  • The construction of the historic theatres in the Sicilian area: knowledge as a tool for their rehabilitation

    Abstract

     

    In Sicilian area, as well as elsewhere in Europe, the theatres built between the last decades of the XVIII century and the beginning of the XX century are progressively disappearing because of integrations and substitutions required by the new “modernity”, the change of use of the building itself that do not respect the original purpose. Nevertheless, beyond the updates caused by the respect of the new laws concerning the security in public spaces and a great confidence in concrete, there are still many theatres witness of this very interesting typology. This study recognizes and analyses the peculiar elements of major and minor theatre structures.

  • Rehabilitation technology of traditional architecture: managing coexistence between conservation and innovation

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    The study presented in this abstract focuses its attention on the rehabilitation by the technological point of view of traditional architecture that belongs to historical city nucleus. Which building technology characteristics are considered as constant, and which ones are considered as changeable, in today rehabilitation practice, with respect to the problem of managing the coexistence between conservation of the cultural values and innovation to respond to contemporary exigencies? This study tried to answer this question by applying a comparative case study strategy.

  • Traditional iron building elements in Etnau2019s territory: the front doors

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    In the study of traditional construction equipment the building elements in iron are generally present little if neglected at all. In the historical centres, also in eastern Sicily, you can see the widespread presence of iron works such as railings, front doors, shelters. The documentation of their geometrical and constructive aspects, therefore, becomes an important factor for the preservation of the urban image. The analysis here conducted on the ironworks, in eastern Sicily, has been done to identify their formal and constructive aspects and define their mensiochronological parameters

  • The recovery manuals as operational instruments for intervention on the built heritage

    Abstract

    After a critical analysis of the context (by defining the state of the art and the conditions imposed by the environment), it could be
    possible set the project, identifying different steps in the design process, aiming to synergistically conjugation the technological,
    constructive and materical aspects, as well. The aim is to reconsider the definition of the possibility of intervention on the built
    environment to design recovery interventions a system in which the technical and cultural variables not neglect in a dichotomous relationship between them, but as a part of the same process.