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Casorezzo (Milano): un cineteatro "scolpito al centro di un'agricola contrada"
No full textSpesso edifici moderni o contemporanei vengono abbandonati, trasformati o distrutti senza comprenderne il valore, come il cine-teatro S. Giorgio, di Casorezzo (MI), realizzato negli anni ’50 per volontà di Don Luigi Quadri con il contributo della cittadinanza e non solo, e, dal 2003, a seguito della chiusura, in stato di abbandono. Progettato dall’ing. Alberto Guzzardella di Milano, l’edificio è caratterizzato da una grande sala di 380 posti e altri spazi di servizio, con dettagli costruttivi e decorativi accuratamente studiati, soprattutto dal punto di vista acustico. Nel tempo è stato usato per diversi spettacoli ed è stato soggetto a vari interventi che ne hanno parzialmente trasformato l’architettura
Ferro ghisa e metalli nell’architettura del primo Novecento a Legnano: uno studio per la salvaguardia e la conservazione
Full text linkThe diffusion of iron and others metals, while belonging to an ancient tradition, between XIX and XX century experienced a growing scientiphic and tecnical innovation which has given rise to various applications with a progressively widespread use on a large scale, whose value is not generally recognized, especially in the case of structural, degraded or obsolete elements.
The paper, based on an archival research in comparison with the reality, is aimed at analyzing the diffusion and the applications of metals at the beginning of XX century in Legnano, a little-known provincial town, which has lost much of its architectural heritage, in order to understand what has been produced with this material and to create an useful instrument of knowledge for designers, technicians and workers, to allow the recognition of its value and properly address interventions on it.
Legnano, in fact, a former agricultural village which became an industrial town in the XX century, had a huge and sudden urban expansion characterized by the use of a combination of traditional and innovative techniques and materials. Here metal structures were primarily used by local industry in the industrial and utilitarian buildings, with a crescent use of these materials in all typologies of architecture, as constructive and decorative elements or street furniture, with additional applications, by making them protagonists of a tecnological season that must be protected and can not be forgotten
La diffusione e le applicazioni del calcestruzzo ai primi del '900 nei centri di provincia: studi per la conservazione - Il caso di Legnano (MI)
Full text linkThe diffusion of cement and concrete since the end of the XIX century has given rise to various applications with a progressively widespread use on a large scale.
The paper is aimed at analyzing the diffusion and the applications of the concrete at the beginning of the XX century in a provincial town, in order to understand what has been produced with this material outside the major cities, and to allow the recognition of its value and properly address interventions on it.
The analyzed case is Legnano, a former agricultural village which became an industrial town in the XX century, with a consequent urban expansion characterized by the use of both traditional and innovative techniques and materials. Between these the reinforced concrete was imported in the 1901 from Milan and used for bridges on the Olona river, water tanks or industrial buildings, but also for civil architectures, albeit limited to the floors. It started a slow evolution of ceiling systems and patents and encouraged debate on local journals. The use of decorative concrete was also massive: Legnano did not experience an artistic season generating new languages, but had more "epidermal" features with basic and simplified shapes, often related to "utilitarian" buildings
Instruments for the preservation and promotion of the 20th-century built heritage: the case study of Legnano (MI)
No full textOur country is characterized by a wide historical and architectural built heritage dating back to the 20th century, which strongly distinguishes the urban fabric of our cities. This is, however, very often not adequately acknowledged, resulting in demolitions or indiscriminate interventions causing radical changes, though there have been countless battles to spread awareness of the need for its preservation and protection.
This is the case with Legnano (MI), for example, which in the last two centuries has undergone some structural economic changes, which have influenced its architecture and urban planning, thus engendering profound modifications in the architectural aspect of this agricultural village, often through the demolition of a part of its built heritage. This sudden expansion, started from the end of the 19th century, has left us with a relatively "young", diffuse and heterogeneous built heritage, with its peculiarities and contradictions, which is unknown to most of the actors of transformations and requires protection.
This paper, which focuses on this case study, aims to examine the tools carried out in Italy and in other European countries for the protection of 20th-century architecture, which have involved and sensitized the population on cultural values. It also intends to suggest some actions that can be achieved by the Legnano public administration, by analyzing some virtuous processes spontaneously created by individuals or Local Associations. These are in tune with a need of "memory" that is essential, in order to make regulations, guidelines or best practices to be endorsed by the actors of the transformations, since they are based on the detailed knowledge of the local situation and on the awareness of the value of the existing heritage
Bucharest and Modern Neighbourhoods: Instruments for the material conservation, rehabilitation and transformation management of 20th century diffuse built heritage
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Architecture and ways to build between 1900 and '30s in Legnano. A census to the preservation and promotion of twentieth century architecture
No full textLa tesi deriva da un percorso di dottorato in co-tutela con il Comune di Legnano e nasce dalla volontà di tutelare e valorizzare il patrimonio architettonico della città dal 1900 agli anni ’30 del Novecento, frutto di una stagione costruttiva derivante dallo sviluppo industriale che tra XIX e XX secolo portò un modesto borgo agricolo a diventare uno dei principali centri industriali italiani. Tale patrimonio, pur essendo ricco ed eterogeneo, è però oggi sconosciuto ai più e sottoposto a continue manomissioni, mutilazioni o alterazioni che stanno progressivamente portando la città ad una perdita di identità. Da ciò è scaturita la necessità di creare uno strumento conoscitivo riguardante tale architettura ed i relativi modi di costruire, atto a sensibilizzare innanzitutto amministratori, tecnici e cittadini, primo passo per la creazione di un ‘Osservatorio per l'architettura del XX secolo a Legnano’, in grado di gestirne le trasformazioni nel tempo.
Del costruito esistente e di quello ormai scomparso sono state analizzate le peculiarità e caratteristiche, i materiali e le tecnologie utilizzate, i progettisti e gli esecutori, la cultura tecnica ed architettonica sottesa alle scelte progettuali e linguistiche, in riferimento al contesto territoriale e socio-economico in cui ciascuna architettura si situa, per dare senso e continuità ai singoli episodi inquadrandoli in una rete. A partire dalla selezione e censimento degli edifici è stato poi realizzato un inventario topografico ed una serie di schede a più livelli di approfondimento, con allegata la relativa documentazione, accompagnati da strumenti di ausilio quali tabelle comparative e mappe tematiche. Il lavoro di ricerca ed il censimento effettuati rappresentano il primo e fondamentale approccio alla tutela, quale strumento conoscitivo atto a suggerire le successive azioni di salvaguardia e valorizzazione, che vengono demandate agli Enti preposti, a partire dalla necessità di aggiornamento degli strumenti urbanistici per arrivare a processi di sensibilizzazione e partecipazione, ormai indispensabili di fronte ad un patrimonio di tali dimensioni e caratteristiche.The thesis comes from a doctoral program in co-supervision with the Municipality of Legnano and derived from the desire to protect and enhance the architectural heritage of the city from 1900 to the '30s. This is the result of a constructive season resulting from industrial development which occurred between nineteenth and twentieth century and which transformed a modest farming village into one of the main Italian industrial centers. This heritage, while being rich and heterogeneous, however is unknown and is subjected to continuous alterations, mutilations or changes, which are gradually bringing the city to a loss its identity. From this was born the need to create a cognitive tool on this architecture and related ways to build, aimed to sensitize administrators, technicians and citizens, as the first step to the creation of an 'Observatory for twentieth century architecture in Legnano' , able to manage its changes in time.
About the existing and disappeared heritage have been analyzed the peculiarities and characteristics, materials and technologies used, the designers and builders, the technical and architectural culture underlying design and language choices, related to its geographical and socio-economic context, to give meaning and continuity to individual episodes tying them into a network. Starting from the selection and census of buildings it was made a topographical inventory and a series of sheets to multiple levels of detail, with related documentation, accompanied by tools such as comparison tables and thematic maps. The search and the census carried out represent the first and fundamental approach to the protection, as cognitive instrument to suggest further actions of preservation and promotion. Among them there is the need to update planning instruments and to set up processes of awareness and participation, indispensable in front of an heritage of such dimensions and characteristics.DIPARTIMENTO DI ARCHITETTURA E STUDI URBANI26DI BIASE, CAROLIN
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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