4,434 research outputs found
Asymmetries in the Italian regional system and their role model
No full textThe chapter illustrates the multidimensional and devolutionary asymmetry characterising Italian regionalism, both in terms of constitutional law and of powers transferred to and used by the regions. The chapter also argues that, over the past 70 years, the constitutional picture of Italian regionalism has become increasingly complex, considering that each special region has 6 Erika Arban, Giuseppe Martinico, and Francesco Palermo developed its own degree of autonomy, and the constitutional reform in 2001 has made it institutionally possible to differentiate the distribution of competences among the ordinary regions as well. The author sketches the trajectory and the current state of the art of the different forms of regional asymmetry, and contends that asymmetry in the books looks way different than it is in action, due to a highly different implementation of the constitutional instruments by the various regions. The chapter also explores the contribution of Italian asymmetric design to the development of federalism/regionalism worldwide. As a matter of fact, all recent federal/regional experiments place asymmetry at their core
'Somos estos nervios y esta sangre'. Entrevista a Davide Enia
No full textDavide Enia (Palermo, 1974) se inicia en la escena italiana en laboratorios teatrales de manos de Danio Manfredini, Rena Mirecka, Tapa Sudana y Laura Curino, pero es en 2002 cuando, con su Italia-Brasile 3 a 2, un monólogo en el que escenifica la partida de fútbol entre ambos equipos en el mundial de 1982, comienza a adentrarse en la modalidad del teatro como narrador solista. Su siguiente Maggio ‘43 (2003), sobre los bombardeos de su Palermo natal durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, profundizará en las peculiaridades de su dramaturgia de estos años, caracterizada por un uso cada vez más pronunciado del dialecto y por un desarrollo de las influencias del cunto siciliano. Los premios recibidos los años siguientes (el Ubu y el Hystrio, entre otros), lo consolidan como uno de los miembros más destacados de su generación. Además de interesantísimos espectáculos teatrales en los que combina narración y música, como I capitoli dell'infanzia (2007) o Canti e cunti (2009), Davide Enia ha desarrollado los últimos años una notable producción novelística, con títulos como Così in terra (2012) y Uomini e pecore (2014)
At the Crossroads between Urban Planning and Urban Design: Critical Lessons from Three Italian Case Studies
No full textPlanning experiences in Milan, Rome and Bologna are presented as critical laboratories for discussing new directions in research at the crossroads between urban planning and urban design. Drawing on these cases, it is suggested that issues tied to physical design are crucial in managing contemporary planning processes. The medium- and long-term strategy of a city can become effective through the design of a structural and spatial vision that takes into account morphological aspects and coherently prioritizes a set of development projects. Planning codes and urban policy tools can be improved through the preliminary control of typological and morphological requirements. In this sense, typical urban design themes and problems require further attention in both theoretical debates as well as in planning practice
Spatial Planning and Urban Development
No full textDiverse cultural traditions and professional profiles compete within the complex, controversial field of spatial planning and urban development. Through the decades the distances between the different approaches seem to grow, without finding a coherent framework which can adequately guide planning theory and practice. International planning theory has loosened its ties with the themes of architectural and city design, and tends to face mainly procedural or communicative issues. On the other hand, several trends in urban design have lost the critical tension of the modernist movement and seem to underestimate the difficulties of managing current problems of spatial development.
In this book, a set of authoritative planning paradigms is critically reviewed, documenting crucial weaknesses and several unsolved questions at the crossroads between urban planning, architecture and policy design. The authors propose to reconsider these issues in the light of selected Italian and international trends in urbanism and urban design. By developing this innovative frame of reference, the book outlines a pragmatic, interpretative, critical and design-oriented approach to contemporary planning problems
Sull'arte di pavimentare col mattone. Conversazione con Francesco Giovanetti
No full textFranceso Giovanetti è esperto di tecniche costruttive storiche grazie ad un'approfondita pratica di cantieri di restauro consolidata in oltre vent’anni di lavoro al Comune di Roma, prima come progettista dell’Ufficio speciale per gli interventi sul centro storico, poi come dirigente nell’Ufficio edilizia monumentale.
Giovanetti ha inoltre curato, tra il 1989 e il 1997, i Manuali del recupero di Roma, Città di Castello e Palermo.
Innescando un dialogo con l'eseprto, l'intervista di Davide Turrini indaga i caratteri delle pavimentazioni laterizie dall'antichità all'epoca moderna, il rapporto tra pavimento e spazio architettonico, i caratteri dimensionali e materici dei singoli componenti della stesura pavimentale
Place-making and Urban Development: New Challenges for Planning and Design
No full textThe regeneration of critical urban areas through the redesign of public space with the intense involvement of local communities seems to be the central focus of place-making according to some widespread practices in academic and professional circles. Recently, new expertise maintains that place-making could be an innovative and potentially autonomous field, competing with more traditional disciplines like urban planning, urban design, architecture and others.
This book affirms that the question of 'making better places for people' should be understood in a broader sense, as a symptom of the non-contingent limitations of the urban and spatial disciplines. It maintains that research should not be oriented only towards new technical or merely formal solutions but rather towards the profound rethinking of disciplinary paradigms. In the fields of urban planning, urban design and policy-making, the challenge of place-making provides scholars and practitioners a great opportunity for a much-needed critical review. Only the substantial reappraisal of long-standing (technical, cultural, institutional and social) premises and perspectives can truly improve place-making practices.
The pressing need for place-making implies trespassing undue disciplinary boundaries and experimenting a place-based approach that can innovate and integrate planning regulations, strategic spatial visioning and urban development projects. Moreover, the place-making challenge compels urban experts and policy-makers to critically reflect upon the physical and social contexts of their interventions. In this sense, facing place-making today is a way to renew the civic and social role of urban planning and urban design
Calcolo di stabilità della cupola del Teatro massimo di Palermo /
No full textMode of access: Internet.Bound in original printed wrappers; inscribed to G. Pini by the author on front wrapper
Una scorsa all’Orto Botanico di Palermo
No full textOn the base of a valuable documentation of project drawings, sketches and old survey, the Author proposes graphic studies aimed to critically revisit all neoclassical buildings of the Gymnasium that it is it possible to see at the Botanical Garden of Palermo. The charming open-air laboratory that the Botanical Garden of Palermo offers to visitors and experts, in the urban landscape of Palermo, natural and architectural heritage shows how Architecture, Art and Decoration coexist in a synergistic experiment
L’ORTO BOTANICO DI PALERMO: IL GYMNASIUM
No full textOn the base of a valuable documentation of
project drawings, sketches and old survey, the Author
proposes inedited graphic studies aimed to critically revisit
all neoclassical buildings of the gymnasium and the
“stoves” that it is it possible to see at the Botanical Garden
of Palermo. The charming open-air laboratory that
the Botanical Garden of Palermo offer to visitors and experts,
in the urban landscape of Palermo, shows how Architecture,
Art and Decoration coexist in a synergistic
experiment
Application autotuning to support runtime adaptivity in multicore architectures
No full textIn this work, we introduce an application autotuning framework to dynamically adapt applications in multicore architectures. In particular, the framework exploits design-time knowledge and multi-objective requirements expressed by the user, to drive the autotuning process at the runtime. It also exploits a monitoring infrastructure to get runtime feed-back and to adapt to external changing conditions. The intrusiveness of the autotuning framework in the application (in terms of refactoring and lines of code to be added) has been kept limited, also to minimize the integration cost. To assess the proposed framework, we carried out an experimental campaign to evaluate the overhead, the relevance of the described features and the efficiency of the framework
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