857 research outputs found
Tutore Danilo Galluzzo - Metodologie di analisi dei segnali sismici per lo studio degli effetti di sito.
No full textPrototyping the city: goals and issues
No full textAs cities organizations are facing major urban and technological transformations, European citizens are taking possession of their cities, collaborating or acting for its the renewal . Which kind of tool are set up to think and produce the public space together ? How to make these bottom-up initiatives sustainable ?
Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale is a European project, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union 2014-2018. Gathering 12 partners from 11 coun- tries led by Cité du design Saint-Etienne, it explores how inhab- itants reinvent the contemporary city through experimentation and surveys. This publication is a collaborative research work, made from more than 80 case studies collected by the partners in Europe. They tell about actions led by creative citizens to transform their urban environment. Researchers from Cité du design Saint-Etienne, the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano and Urban Planning Institute of The Republic of Slovenia Ljubljana provide a state of the art of these initiatives. Analysing these multiple examples, they investigate how urban dwellers participate, get organized and collaborate with creative profes- sionals to prototype more liveable cities
Destino dei beni costituiti in fondo patrimoniale in caso di fallimento del suo titolare
No full textL’autore svolge una lettura critica del provvedimento in epigrafe, che, oltre a confermare, per le controversie sorte prima dell’entrata in vigore della recente riforma della legge fallimentare, l’indirizzo della Suprema Corte precedentemente consolidatosi in argomento - nel senso della non attrazione dei beni costituiti in fon- do patrimoniale all’attivo fallimentare e della carenza, in capo al curatore fallimentare, di legittimazione processuale alla loro liquidazione - afferma l’estensibilità dell’evocato principio anche alle procedure fallimentari apertesi dopo l’entrata in vigore del d. lgs. 9 gennaio 2006
A first 3-D shear wave velocity model of the Ischia Island (Italy) by HVSR inversion
No full textFollowing the Mw 3.9 earthquake that occurred in the Ischia island (Naples, southern Italy) on 21 August 2017, the local monitoring seismic network was significantly improved in terms of both number of stations and instrumentation performance. Due to the huge amount of collected seismic ambient noise data, in this paper we present a first 3-D shear wave velocity model of the island retrieved from the inversion of horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio curves by fixing the shear wave velocities (Vs) and modifying the thicknesses to get the corresponding 1-D Vs models. We are confident about the robustness of the attained models since the inversion process provided a good convergence towards the best-fitting solutions. Then, a first 3-D velocity model was obtained by contouring all the 1-D models obtained for the selected seismic stations to highlight possible lateral variations of the layer thicknesses and to reconstruct the morphology of the deeper interface characterized by a high-impedance contrast. A good correspondence between the 3-D Vs model and the geological features of the island was observed, especially in the northern sector where most of the stations are installed. In particular, the top of the high-impedance contrast interface appears deeper in the northern coastal areas and shallower in the central sector. This result agrees with the structural settings of the island likely due to the resurgence of Mount Epomeo
A time-based approach for the social spatialization strategies in retail design
No full textIn the context of the developing Smart City, media revolution has changed user’s behavior in the allocation of time and space, their perception turns to hybrid in real and virtual space. Digital technology changed their shopping activities and experiences in personal and social environments. As retail activities become more accessible at any time and location, and as omni-channel retailing disrupts retail stores\u27 monopoly on shopping activities, brick-and-mortar retailers face to the threat of online shopping and must transform in this context. Within the theory of urbanism, the concept of chrono-urbanism is proposed as a critical step to question in depth people’s lifestyles, production and consumption, to be aware of the existing dissociation between space and time. From the perspective of sociology and design disciplines, a time-based approach proposes a response to this phenomenon, where interior design could no longer be the same as before, because the fluidity of time would have reshaped the space. So, due to the intervention of time which conduct a dynamic form of spaces, how will time and digital tools intervene in the customization of shapes, dimensions and possible interactions? When referring to the user\u27s activities and experiences, how will the interactive dimension be able to manage retail spaces in an adaptive way according to the demands of an increasingly diversified society? And how to develop a framework and chronotopes to coordinate retail space design for measuring the performance of social and shopping activities? This research seeks to investigate the interplay between digitalization, social activities, and user experience in the design of retail spaces, through an interdisciplinary perspective focused on time-based design. To achieve this objective, the research employs a two-phase approach. The first phase involves an exploratory study, which incorporates interpretive research of existing literature, structured expert interviews, and the development of grounded theory. The second phase involves an experimental study that tests the developed design approaches and culminates in synthesizing the findings and a conclusion. This research aims to develop a time-based approach and chronotopes as design tools that can support the design process of future retail spaces. The early finding shows that digital technology in retail space design has changed how people interact with physical spaces and each other. The relationship between physical and digital places is primarily a time-based relationship that alters the form of spaces resulting from this chrono-spatiality approach. The time paradigm introduces key performance indicators (KPIs) that are measurable, customizable, logistically efficient, and energy-saving. Smart devices have been mainly used to protect and build a cocoon, connect to a network of digital belonging, and share information and traces of movements and lives. Retailers are redefining the value of physical retail spaces by blending experiences, communications, and interactions with consumers to build connections and communities both online and offline. It can be determined that time-based design has a positive impact on the field of spatial deformation and human-centered enhancement of people\u27s quality of life
Co-designing public spaces
No full textIn recent years grassroots initiatives related to public spaces increased defining a process of urban regeneration. It is led by communities of users, starting from their needs and mainly related to a combination of spaces and services. The transformation of the city is sometimes temporary, related to occasional events or to figure out some solutions (i.e urban furnishing, tactical urbanism) to prototype and test some scenarios and collect data and feedback to transform them into permanent deign outputs.
Designers have usually the role of activators and facilitators, guiding the set of stakeholders in the process of definition of the solutions.
This chapter analyzes and discusses co-design processes about the transformation of public spaces in the context of applied research activities driven by the authors. In particular, the focus is on the change of some key areas in the Nolo district in Milan and some spaces in primary and secondary schools in Milan, Turin and Padua led by the Polimi Desis Lab, a research team based at the Design department of the Politecnico di Milano
Riccardo Chiaradonna e Gabriele Galluzzo (eds.), Universals in Ancient Philosophy, Edizioni della Normale, 2013, pp. 545
No full textThe text offers a Critical Review of "Universals in Ancient Philosophy" by Riccardo Chiaradonna and Gabriele Galluzzo. The author critically reflects on the book by considering its methodologies, its arguments, and its relation with other books of the same type and on the same subject.Il testo propone una Lettura Critica del libro "Universals in Ancient Philosophy" di Riccardo Chiaradonna e Gabriele Galluzzo. L'autore riflette criticamente sul libro considerandone le metodologie, gli argomenti e il nesso con altri libri dello stesso tipo e sullo stesso argomento
Emilia Romagna and Malta: A comparative ethnobotanical study
No full textBackground: A comprehensive ethnobotanical study was conducted on two Mediterranean regions which crossed
over in the past through several cultures. Although the two regions have distinctive geographical and cultural
characteristics, the aim of this study was to determine potential ethnobotanical similarities between the two
regions.
Methods: This desk research involved the thorough examination of the floral species that thrive in these two regions
and ethnobotanical information collected from reliable sources. Once the information was collected, the data was
sorted and organized into matrices and then analyzed statistically.
Results: Following a thorough search for common plants within the two regions, 193 taxa, distributed in 72 plant
families, were identified. The three predominant families, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae and Apiaceae, were selected
according to the popularity of medicinal uses of the taxa within the families (10.4 %, 7.8 % and 5.2 %, respectively).
The popular therapeutic ratios for taxa within the Asteraceae, Lamiaceae and Apiaceae families varied between
0.14-1.00, 0.17-0.82 and 0.27-0.60, respectively. It was observed that the most targeted therapeutic system was the
gastrointestinal system covering several ailments that included gastric disturbances, liver and biliary conditions,
and intestinal problems.
Conclusions: It can be concluded that although, these two regions are distinct from each other, the two regional
communities share the common understanding that the health status of an individual depends on the maintenance
of the health of the digestive system. Today, several studies support this relationship, with scientific evidence and
the use of natural products for their medicinal, nutraceutical and functionality in everyday life
Genus as Matter in Aristotle’s Metaphysics. A Reconsideration
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher
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