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Unexpected Architectures. Restorations in Romagna Between the Two World Wars
Full text linkThe research here presented is a critical appraisal of some restoration works carried out between the two World Wars in a particular geographic context, which is the Romagna district, in the Northeast of Italy. Starting from two case studies (the Casa del Fascio in Forlì and the Malatesta Library in Cesena) and thanks to the analysis of bibliographical sources, archival documents, and drawings, this research aims at understanding how broader and major theories about architectural restoration are articulated in peripheral background. What emerges are unexpected results: Late and deeply contextualized operations, strongly linked with the national panorama but at the same time chasing for the revival of their own history
Patrimonio culturale e capacity building per la conservazione e il miglioramento del comportamento energetico
No full textNell’era dell’Antropocene, ovvero dell’attuale epoca geologica segnata da un ambiente terrestre fortemente condizionato dagli effetti delle azioni dell’uomo, i cambiamenti climatici in atto impongono di agire seguendo la rotta dello sviluppo sostenibile. In quest’ottica, l’adozione di un modello di economia circolare consente di delineare strategie capaci di coinvolgere molteplici dimensioni, come quella ambientale, energetica e culturale.
Il presente contributo si colloca all’interno di tale scenario e, nel farlo, espone le strategie di capacity building in corso di definizione nell’ambito del progetto BECK, orientate a fornire un apporto utile alla conservazione e al miglioramento del comportamento energetico del patrimonio culturale. In questo senso, l’individuazione e la diffusione di possibili scenari d’azione costituiscono una parte integrante di tale percorso multiculturale e multidisciplinare.In the age of Anthropocene, the current geological age marked by an Earth environment strongly influenced by the effects of human actions, climate change requires actions along the route of sustainable development. In this perspective, the adoption of a circular economy model makes it possible to outline strategies capable of involving multiple dimensions, such as the environmental, energy and cultural ones.
This paper lies within this scenario and, in so doing, it presents the capacity building strategies under definition in the BECK project, oriented to provide a useful contribution to the conservation and improvement of energy behaviour of cultural heritage. In this sense, the identification and diffusion of possible scenarios of action constitute an integral part of this multicultural and multidisciplinary path
The Global Inheritance of Forlì as Paradigm of Italian Modernity
No full textIn the years between the two World Wars, Italy hosted a building process which recorded an unprecedented architectural production if considered in relation to the time frame of its realisation. Within this framework, Fascism promoted giving shape to Italian modernity which embraced the ferments of the Modern Movement, though advocating a specific reference to the country. Forlì – the provincial capital of the land where Benito Mussolini was born – represents a paradigm of the architectural activism which implemented the construction of Italian modernity. As catalytic locus of Mussolini’s attention, Forlì underwent a major renovation during the Fascist period that radically transformed the face of the city which had to interface not only with the local culture and tradition, but also with the Italian autarchic phenomenon. This event had a profound effect on the way of building. However, it was precisely the consequent prolific search for new materials, as well as available resources in the territory and innovative techniques, that led to the construction of highly experimental and significant buildings. This paper presents the above-mentioned issues and clarifies them by making reference to three emblematic works of architecture – the Casa del Balilla, the Industrial Technical Institute and the Aeronautical College – built along the Forlì railway station avenue, the majestic access route to the so-called “city of the Duce”. By referring to the global inheritance of Forlì, the purpose is to underline how a local modernity, highly iconic but extremely variegated, constitutes a collective heritage to be transmitted to the future
Giuseppe Vaccaro tra sperimentazione e conservazione. La Facoltà di Ingegneria di Bologna (1933-1935)
No full textDuring the two decades of the Fascist period in Italy, Giuseppe Vaccaro interpreted the constant architectural tension between the rhetoric of Roman revivalism and an unadorned modernity: a taut contrast which he expressed by interweaving experiments in composition, materials and techniques, allowing him to achieve what his mentor Marcello Piacentini defined as a “definitive monumentality”, in the form of “uniquely Italian works”. In those years, the Emilia-Romagna region, and especially Bologna, the architect’s native city, hosted an intensive series of studies, projects and initiatives of both private and public construction that furthered the development of such experiments, including the Agip seaside children’s hostel in Cesenatico, numerous homes in the regional seat of Bologna and the surrounding area, as well as districts of public housing, such as the Barca neighbourhood, plus the four buildings commissioned by the Cooperative of War Invalids and, most significantly, the Department of Engineering.
Located near the city’s historic core, next to an urban area with an abundance of vegetation, Bologna’s university facility provides evidence of how the construction successfully manifested not only the innovations of the period, in terms of forms and materials, but also the continuity, over time, of the function for which the complex had originally been designed.
The surfaces of this majestic, sophisticated architectural work alternately employ traditional construction materials, along with others produced industrially. Innovative materials that serve as invaluable evidence of the research and architectural methods of Italy’s period of self-reliant autarchy can also be found among the insulation fittings and the decorative furnishings developed for the complex, not to mention the extensive but thin fixtures supplied by the well-known local firm of Curti S.A. The attention focussed on the structure’s lighting is confirmed by the plant-engineering features, worthy of note not only for their painstaking electrical design, but also the innovative systems of ventilation and inter-floor connection.
Starting with an overview of the techniques employed by the Bologna-born architect during his experimentation with design in those years, the essay takes an in-depth look at the innovative features and materials of the Department of Engineering of the University of Bologna, highlighting what remains today, as well as the related issues of preservation, all with an eye towards safeguarding the complex, which is still used as the site of the University’s School of Engineering and Architecture
New Cities and Residential Neighbourhoods of the 20th Century
No full textDiscovered in 1920, the Moroccan phosphate extraction site of Ouled Abdoun is the place where are settled the mining hubs and the new towns of Boujniba, Boulanouare, Hattane, Khouribga and Oued Zem. “Phosphatvilles. Territory, Settlements and Architecture in the Moroccan extraction site of Ouled Abdoun” is the result of the research project “Villes Minières du Maroc” developed by DA - Department of Architecture, funded by Global South International Cooperation Project of the University of Bologna. Within this book, the present contribution addresses the theme of the new cities and residential neighbourhoods of the 20th century. The first part of the essay is dedicated to the topic “New cities of the 20th century: from Italy to Morocco”, while the second one to the “Demonstrative, experimental and residential Modern neighbourhoods”: both inviting not only to extend the concept of heritage to the large scale, but also to raise the issue of the transmission to the future of material proofs that constitute a heritage made up also of unprotected assets
Giovanni Klaus Koenig... e l'invecchiamento dell'architettura moderna?
No full textNel 1963, Giovanni Klaus Koenig pubblica un libro centrale per affrontare i ragionamenti connessi al restauro del patrimonio architettonico contemporaneo: “L’invecchiamento dell’architettura moderna”. Edito dalla Libreria Editrice Fiorentina, il volume, come si evince dal titolo, focalizza l’attenzione sull’architettura moderna, e lo fa dal punto di vista del suo invecchiamento. Questo studio guarda a tale opera con un traguardo e in funzione del restauro, a cui Koenig fornisce un apporto di estrema rilevanza sia in relazione all’oggetto – l’architettura moderna, il fatto di occuparsi di architettura moderna –, sia in relazione al tema del suo invecchiamento
Cura e Memoria. Il Centro sanatoriale di Vecchiazzano a Forlì dalla costruzione in epoca fascista all'uso contemporaneo come ospedale cittadino
No full textThe issue of healthcare assumed a relevant role in the definition of the city during the Fascist period. An emblem of the welfare practices, healthcare has in fact been an object of particular attention between the two World Wars, when the Fascist regime implemented a series of policies to obtain consensus also on the social and welfare side. This political event has thus determined new spaces for healthcare in the cities, dedicated to therapies and human well-being. In Forlì, the Vecchiazzano Sanatorium Centre constitutes an emblem of what has just been expressed. An example of cultural heritage still in use, this complex confirmed – over time – the value of its spaces, becoming the seat of the Hospital of Forlì. This paper outlines the timeline of the sanatorium in Forlì, from its construction during the Fascist period to its contemporary use. In doing so, it highlights the possibility of a material and immaterial stratification, capable of preserving unique and unrepeatable heritage, as well as adapting existing spaces to the contemporary needs and uses
Verso nuovi (consapevoli) orizzonti. ATRIUM e le Linee di Indirizzo per il Restauro del Moderno
No full textIl restauro dell’architettura contemporanea riveste un ruolo di estrema rilevanza nell’attuale dibattito
disciplinare, nonché nella prassi operativa. L’intrinseco valore testimoniale, la pervasività dovuta all’estensione di tale patrimonio e l’accelerato processo di invecchiamento dei materiali di produzione industriale hanno infatti posto tali architetture al centro delle riflessioni sulla conservazione del costruito esistente. Numerosi documenti sono stati pubblicati sull’argomento ma, in tale occasione, l’accento vuole essere posto su un preciso strumento che, dando per acquisiti i contenuti di quei documenti, considera alcuni aspetti caratterizzanti delle architetture prodotte dai regimi totalitari nell’Europa del XX secolo. Si fa riferimento alle Linee di Indirizzo per il Restauro del Moderno pubblicate dall’Associazione ATRIUM (Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes of the XX Century in Europe’s Urban Memory), fondata nel 2013, con sede operativa presso il Comune di Forlì
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