TEMA

Tag: Rehabilitation

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

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    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.