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E-Learning for Architecture
No full textIt has been for a few years now that new technologies have been entering the learning
field and new educational methods are taking full advantage of these available
technologies, testing and verifying the possible synergy between teaching innovations
and the changes that these technologies have already brought to the practice and to
project designs of professional studies. Education is undergoing a rapid process of
evolution, particularly in Higher Education where there is a concurrence between
technological advancement due to e-learning and the need to modify traditional
educational models. For these reason many universities and teaching institutions are
strongly pointing towards long-distance teaching environments, such as telematic
universities that train students who are not obliged to attend lessons, giving them
maximum flexibility in time and learning mode, thanks to e-learning environments
implemented in Internet. The Council of Europe (Lisbon 2000) has set a major aim for
Europe to become before 2010 "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge society in
the world, with sustainable economic growth, higher and better employment, and greater
social cohesion". In March 2001 the Council of Europe presented an e-learning action
plan calling for a significant program of updating and coordination between European
education systems. These include:- developing and integrating ICT in education and
training;- developing high quality educational materials;- creating flexible infrastructures to
make e-learning accessible to all;- promoting a universal digital instruction;- creating
lifelong learning opportunities
The Nature of Sustainability in Architectural Design
No full textWith reference to the current research of the LaMA - DiAP, Sapienza University of Rome, the aim of this paper is to present a system of design strategies that endeavor to create more environmentally and socially sustainable architecture. This requires a critical departure from traditional practices, starting at the formative stage, as defined by Edward Maria’s 2030 Challenge (http://architecture2030.org/): first a change is required in education, making ecological literacy a central tenet; then a change in design, to reduce CO2 emissions by building activity by 50%. The methodology of research has been developed through teaching and research experience and assumes an alternative approach to design education, to deliver different results making the education process itself innovative, interactive and sustainable, and demanding smart buildings with the same characteristics. The building process must constitute the epicenter of innovation in the study of sustainable technologies, representing in itself a testing ground for advanced “solutions in progress” which are continually integrated, evaluated and replaced. The result of this sustainable education model is the design of an architectural organism conceived according to bioclimatic strategies for minimal environmental impact, using recycled materials and meeting the highest standards of energy efficiency. The knowledge base on sustainable design is constantly expanding, requiring active research contributions that will be explained through the presentation of different case studies
Verso una rigenerazione operante della città
No full textIn the name of regeneration, the study on the historical city and the deep linkage between
city and architecture is renewed. For years at the heart of the political agenda in Europe and
worldwide, “urban regeneration” not only implies a comparison with history, but also global
objectives of social inclusion, economic upturn, environmental sustainability. A design project is
more difficult when placed in a historical context left to decay, a melting pot of different people
and a crucial point in the metropolitan layout that calls for a complete and complex renew of
the relation between architectural design and urban morphology. This is the case of the San
Lorenzo district in Rome, an urban island intra moenia once was recognised for its archaeological-
monumental heritage that is now recognisable for its anthropological-cultural mixité. This
article aims to define guidelines and strategies that qualify design when it fits into a consolidated
urban fabric, highlighting the role of morphology as an analytical prerequisite for interpreting
the built landscape and a synthetic one for configuring new spaces as a natural evolution of
reality. The challenge of contemporary design lies both in understanding and respecting the inner
logic of a specific city neighbourhood and in making it unique and operating within a more
complex and cross-scale system. Regenerating does not mean generating again, but knowing
how to continue creating unity, continuity and vitality of the urban organism
Podgorica: from the lastest to the next generation of european capitals
No full textPodgorica, a name that means “city under the mountain”, is one of the Europe's youngest capitals.
As its long history has shown, it is the result of an ongoing rebuilding process: Greek colony,
Roman crossroads of rivers and trade, Ottoman fort-gate. After suffering conquests, wars, more
than seventy bombings during World War II, it was completely reconstructed in the form of a 20th
century soviet city. Based on a floodplain, it shows a hybrid morphology by matching compact
urban fabrics to the scattered icons of political and economic power. Today, Podgorica is a
dynamic growing city sustained by a close-knit network of international funds in order to become a
city in the 21st century. Nevertheless, the rapid transition from a post-socialist model to
globalization caused a loss of identity and sense of place. The aim of the research is to bridge the
knowledge gap of a relatively recent city and to understand its developing dynamics in the name
of innovation and continuity: how can Podgorica represent the next generation of European
capitals? Through an integrated approach between morpho-typological analysis and design
experimentation, this study attempts to figure out new spatial matrices of urban growth taking into
account the traditional home living, the surrounding landscape nature, the functional and
economic site vocation. Planning a third-millennium city still means acknowledging the architecture
as a vehicle of regeneration and cultural connection between past, present, and future. Keywords:
Rebuilding Process, Identity, Innovation and Continuity
Ri-Habitat Roma. Per una dimensione pubblica dell'abitare
No full textRichiamando l'attenzione su un concetto di urbanità che oggi appare spesso logorato o impoverito, capace di riconoscere come proprio orizzonte di riferimento i diritti di base di tutti i cittadini - ovvero citando Serena Vicari Haddock: "lavoro, educazione, salute, abitazione, partecipazione alla sfera pubblica, riconoscimento delle diverse identità culturali - il contributo mira a presentare alcune ipotesi di rigenerazione urbana in relazione a quattro quartieri pubblici romani realizzati negli anni Cinquanta del XX secolo: Valco San Paolo (1950-1952), Villa Gordiani (1950-1952), Tuscolano II (1950-1954), San Basilio (1951-1954). Pubblicazione dell'intervento della Giornata di studi "RIGENERERARE LE PERIFERIE URBANE. Ricerche strategie progetti". Roma, 18 maggio 2015, Facoltà di Architettura, Sapienza Università di Roma
Sustainable Renovation of historical urban settlements outdoor spaces
No full textMuch of the Italian architectural heritage consists of buildings and related open spaces in a state of poor maintenance, in prevalence designed without knowing that energy would become a cutoff point of our way of life and our future. The aim is to present a study on the renovation of this heritage of urban landscape and to get a widespread environmental quality, wellbeing for the population and a decrease in the energy consumed in the public sector
L’Ex-Arsenale militare dell’Arcipelago de la Maddalena: Proposta di riuso e di strategie progettuali per il patrimonio militare. Ex-military Arsenal of La Maddalena Archipelago: Proposal of reuse and of design strategies for the military heritage
No full textThe complex of Marinarsen former Military Arsenal, located in La Maddalena Island along the East side of the original military settlement, was born in 1895. Its more recent history sees first the disposal and, in the 2007, the retraining and reuse in order to host the G8 International Summit. In 2009, at almost complete reconstruction, at the cost of about 200 million euro, the G8 Summit is moved to L'Aquila so the facilities entrust to MITA Resort in order to convert it into an extra luxury tourist receptive pole (this operation was unrealized). At the present, the seabed’s failure reclamation and the related court cases do not allow the effective use and leave these facilities in a serious state of disrepair, totally unused. So the Ex-Military Arsenal reflects, in its present neglected state and the contemporary infinite opportunities, an identity’s liminality stage (suspended among a renewed ecological feeling, the development of tourism and the downsizing of military role) with which the whole Archipelago is facing today. The study have conduct to a design proposal of identity declination consistent with the limits that a territory so vital and at the same time fragile imposes and focuses on the reuse of 2 buildings of the complex: the Pavilion of the Sea/ex Carbonaia and the House of the Sea of architect Stefano Boeri. The confrontation with the site have driven to a reflection on the role of architecture and planning and on the limits of the desire to define absolute and unambiguous solutions, as opposed to adapting the project to a system of temporal reality that cannot be uniquely defined but accompanyed in its continuous evolution
26. Ámbito 4. Forma y sentido del espacio público. Una lectura morfológica de la ciudad informal
No full textComunicación de Deborah C. Lefosse; Rosalba Belibani para ISUF-H
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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