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Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
The documentation of the urban historical heritage is the preliminary step to identify the correc... more The documentation of the urban historical heritage is the preliminary step to identify the correct strategies for its protection and enhancement. To achieve this aim it is necessary to acquire a graphic documentation at the different scales of detail required by a multi-layered system as the historical landscape; this complexity can now be explored integrating traditional and digital survey methods and representation methodologies. Traditional methods, in particular, are characterized by a direct contact with places; this condition guarantee a deepest perception and a total immersion in the landscape integrating and giving quality to the considerable amount of data offered by recent technologies; this approach has been applied in the survey of the historical city of Cagliari in which the medieval districts of Marina, Stampace, Villanova and Castello retain a great part of the modern walled system built since the fourteenth century until the first half of the nineteenth century and a...
International Journal of Heritage Architecture: Studies, Repairs and Maintence, 2017
The present article illustrates an interdisciplinary methodology for the protection of fortified ... more The present article illustrates an interdisciplinary methodology for the protection of fortified old towns and the management of their possible future transformation. Specifically, the study has developed a process of investigation to support the identification, assessment and conservation of material evidences related to the urban walls inside old towns. The disciplinary fields involved in the research are mainly history, drawing and restoration, supported by diagnostics on materials and structures, urban planning and sustainable design. The testing area is the walled city of Cagliari, a typical Mediterranean fortified settlement, highly stratified with a wide chronology of structures and interesting military constructive techniques. The research develops a working structure for the reasoned collection of contributions belonging from different disciplinary fields. The complex set of information implements a detailed knowledge plan conceived as a vulnerable risk map. Landscape and visual perceptions of the surrounding environment are also considered. The complex mosaic of interdisciplinary knowledge has been the basis for the proposal of effective policies for protection in order to forecast, guide and control possible transformative scenarios. Contemporarily, the management plan includes some strategic actions for the fruition and enhancement of the walled perimeter, such as new touristic paths or entertainment and sporting areas. Criteria and methodology resulting from this article seem to be easily applicable to other contexts, especially in the Mediterranean settlements.
Il presente contributo si prefigge di porre le basi, attraverso una prima indagine grafica della ... more Il presente contributo si prefigge di porre le basi, attraverso una prima indagine grafica della cartografia storica, di uno studio più ampio sulla forma urbana del centro agricolo di Villamassargia. Attraverso l’osservazione delle rappresentazioni cartografiche ottocentesche e di un progetto della seconda metà del Cinquecento per dotare il borgo di una cinta di difesa e dell’indagine sul campo, vengono proposte alcune carte di sintesi relative ad una prima lettura della forma urbana del centro.
Since several years, a regular biennial appointment is the International Congress of Expresion Gr... more Since several years, a regular biennial appointment is the International Congress of Expresion Grafica Arquitectonica (EGA), now in its XVII edition, and held at the Universidad Politecnica of Alicante, organized by the Spanish teachers of the drawing area, in this case belonging to the Departamento de Expresion Grafica, Composicion y Proyectos of the same university (read more).
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
The documentation of the urban historical heritage is the preliminary step to identify the correc... more The documentation of the urban historical heritage is the preliminary step to identify the correct strategies for its protection and enhancement. To achieve this aim it is necessary to acquire a graphic documentation at the different scales of detail required by a multi-layered system as the historical landscape; this complexity can now be explored integrating traditional and digital survey methods and representation methodologies. Traditional methods, in particular, are characterized by a direct contact with places; this condition guarantee a deepest perception and a total immersion in the landscape integrating and giving quality to the considerable amount of data offered by recent technologies; this approach has been applied in the survey of the historical city of Cagliari in which the medieval districts of Marina, Stampace, Villanova and Castello retain a great part of the modern walled system built since the fourteenth century until the first half of the nineteenth century and a...
International Journal of Heritage Architecture: Studies, Repairs and Maintence, 2017
The present article illustrates an interdisciplinary methodology for the protection of fortified ... more The present article illustrates an interdisciplinary methodology for the protection of fortified old towns and the management of their possible future transformation. Specifically, the study has developed a process of investigation to support the identification, assessment and conservation of material evidences related to the urban walls inside old towns. The disciplinary fields involved in the research are mainly history, drawing and restoration, supported by diagnostics on materials and structures, urban planning and sustainable design. The testing area is the walled city of Cagliari, a typical Mediterranean fortified settlement, highly stratified with a wide chronology of structures and interesting military constructive techniques. The research develops a working structure for the reasoned collection of contributions belonging from different disciplinary fields. The complex set of information implements a detailed knowledge plan conceived as a vulnerable risk map. Landscape and visual perceptions of the surrounding environment are also considered. The complex mosaic of interdisciplinary knowledge has been the basis for the proposal of effective policies for protection in order to forecast, guide and control possible transformative scenarios. Contemporarily, the management plan includes some strategic actions for the fruition and enhancement of the walled perimeter, such as new touristic paths or entertainment and sporting areas. Criteria and methodology resulting from this article seem to be easily applicable to other contexts, especially in the Mediterranean settlements.
Il presente contributo si prefigge di porre le basi, attraverso una prima indagine grafica della ... more Il presente contributo si prefigge di porre le basi, attraverso una prima indagine grafica della cartografia storica, di uno studio più ampio sulla forma urbana del centro agricolo di Villamassargia. Attraverso l’osservazione delle rappresentazioni cartografiche ottocentesche e di un progetto della seconda metà del Cinquecento per dotare il borgo di una cinta di difesa e dell’indagine sul campo, vengono proposte alcune carte di sintesi relative ad una prima lettura della forma urbana del centro.
Since several years, a regular biennial appointment is the International Congress of Expresion Gr... more Since several years, a regular biennial appointment is the International Congress of Expresion Grafica Arquitectonica (EGA), now in its XVII edition, and held at the Universidad Politecnica of Alicante, organized by the Spanish teachers of the drawing area, in this case belonging to the Departamento de Expresion Grafica, Composicion y Proyectos of the same university (read more).
