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Ripensare strategie e soluzioni tecniche per la riqualificazione del costruito: i quartieri INA-CASA a Catania. Rethinking strategies and technical solutions for the building refurbishment: the INA-CASA districts in Catania

Antonella Guida e Antonello Pagliuca (A cura di) "Colloqui.AT.e 2016. MATER(i)A. Materials, Architecture, Technology, Energy/Environment, Reuse (Interdisciplinary), Adaptability" ISBN 978-88-492-3312-4, 2016

All'inizio degli anni cinquanta l'Italia, devastata dal secondo conflitto mondiale, con i piani Fanfani e Tupini (1949) attua un imponente programma di edilizia residenziale pubblica che oltre a dare risposta ad un'emergenza sociale (disoccupazione, domanda di alloggi, etc.), in maniera implicita, rilancia anche la professione di architetto. I nuovi quartieri, in cui edifici e spazi aperti sono pensati in stretta relazione, oggi definiscono sia il tessuto urbano della città sia le periferie, queste ultime molto spesso caratterizzate da degrado urbano e sociale. La ricerca intende indagare l'esperienza dell'Ina-Casa a Catania, ponendosi due obiettivi: censire questi insediamenti, analizzandone gli aspetti architettonici, distributivo-funzionali, tecnico-costruttivi e le prestazioni in essere del sistema edilizio, e definire linee-guida per una riqualificazione degli edifici attenta all'istanza di sostenibilità sociale, economica e ambientale della società attuale. Il contributo, che costituisce un primo rapporto della ricerca in corso, documenta secondo differenti livelli di descrizione un insediamento realizzato a Catania, di cui andrebbe compreso il valore patrimoniale e di risorsa per la rigenerazione della città.

The post-earthquake reconstruction. The recovery of the casali in the northern suburbs of Naples

THE SOCIAL CITY. Urban Development and Housing Projects in Berlin and Naples in the Post-War Era – A Comparison: Theoretical Models, Implemented Projects, Social and Political Impacts Today, 2022

The paper will focus on the reconstruction in the suburban areas of Naples after the 1980 earthquake.This event, which took place on November 23rd, was a tremendous disaster for the provinces of Avellino, Salerno and Potenza, but also for Naples it was a dramatic episode in terms of victims and destruction. The 1980 Irpina earthquake was also remembered for the extensive reconstruction program that was planned especially for public housing. With the law 119/1981, which gave Naples extraordinary funds for the reconstruction, in the Neapolitan suburbs and in its metropolitan area, approximately 7000 units were planned. In districts like Soccavo, Pianura, Chiaiano, Piscinola, Marianella, Miano, Secondigliano, San Pietro a Patierno, Sant'Antimo, Ponticelli, Barra, San Giovanni a Teduccio and others, much important architecture was built. Most of these projects were the result of a significant study to recover these historical districts, once autonomous casali. Among the most important public housing complexes, we must include the works of Michele Capobianco in Miano, which contributed to redefining a new typology of courtyard housing. The paper will deal with some of Capobianco’s works, together with architecture of other important authors (like Franco Purini, Costantino Dardi, Francesco Venezia and so on) in this important season of Neapolitan reconstruction.

Preserving tangible heritage. Strategies for the consolidation, the construction site, and the reduction of the seismic risk of the urban aggregates of the Italian Apennines: the village of Castel d'Alfero (FC)

Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2019

The essay proposes first a reflection on the settlement structure of the urban aggregate of Castel d’Alfero (FC), whose story takes place in the phase of population following the collapse of the Roman Empire and the introduction into the Savio valley of feudal power. The analysis focuses on the environmental and architectural system and on the dynamics that led first to the settlement, whose reasons lie in the structuring of specific production and travel systems, and second the abandonment, induced both by environmental characteristics and socio-cultural conditions, that nevertheless favored a model of urban development. Given these premises, the paper continues with careful considerations of the methods and strategies for securing, consolidating and, most importantly, jobsite activities coordination, which have now, more than ever, decisive role for the success of a proper conservation project in "technically adverse" areas. The fragility of these contexts, not only in r...

Il remodelage. Uno strumento per la rigenerazione del costruito / The "remodelage". A tool for the regeneration of buildings

Since its creation, the European Commission's "European Green Capitals Award" has been awarded to cities with more than 10.000 inhabitants that have promoted smart territorial planning policies. As an initiative of the French Ministère du logement, de l'égalité des territoires et de la ruralité, the "EcoCité, ville de demain" program promotes the cooperation between local administrations in order to address environmental and ecological issues. From December 2015 through September 2016, some of the leading cities in urban transformation that have won the title of European Green Capital, or have declared EcoCité, contributed to the study days of the seventh edition of the "Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Biennale". The book "European Green Capitals. Esperienze di rigenerazione urbana sostenibile/Experiences of Sustainable Urban Regeneration" edited by G. Cappochin, M. Botti, G. Furlan and S. Lironi (LetteraVentidue, Siracusa) illustrates the strategies and good practices that have led several European urban regions to become beacons of innovation.