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Intersection of art, science and architecture: stochastic architecture compositions of eventualist theory
No full textThe paper illustrates the first application in a real architectural context of samples of Stochastic Tiles, based on paintings by Sergio Lombardo, an Italian artist, a leading figure of the Roman avant-garde in the sixties who is still active today. In the eighties he elaborated the innovative aesthetic theory of Eventualism .
Stochastic Architectural Composition is an experimental research activity, carried on by the author, that deals with complexity and random processes in architecture, according to the methods and procedures developed by Lombardo, as well as to the new ideas of creativity and the artwork delineated by the Eventualist theory. Some experimental projects and built architectures, designed by the author, are also presented in the article
Monocromi e Tiling in Arte e Architettura: i quadri "Monocromi" di Sergio Lombardo e i pavimenti di Carlo Scarpa alla fine degli anni cinquanta.
No full textAbstract
In the history of art, the definition of MONOCHROME can be applied to many works of 20th century art, including tha abstract creations of the Russian avant-garde, as well as several American and European paintings made after the second World War.
In architecture, TILING refers the practice of modular tessellation with which the inner and outer surfaces of a building can be clad.
The paper compares the monochrome paintings of the artist Sergio Lombardo and the monochrome floors created by the architect Carlo Scarpa, all of them realized in Italy in the late 1950s. An analysis of the works reveals several significant aesthetic and conceptual analogies between them
A Note on Gauged Baby Skyrmions
No full textAbstract. In this paper we study a gauged version of the two dimensional
Skyrme model of nuclear physics; the field configurations are couples
(u,A), where u: R2 → S2 is a map constant at infinity, which can be
classified by its topological degree, and A: R2 → R2 is the gauge field. We
prove the existence of rotationally symmetric field configurations which
minimize the gauged Skyrme energy on every topological sector (gauged
baby skyrmions). Moreover we study the behavior of these skyrmions in
the case of weak or strong coupling with the gauge field. In particular,
we show that, as observed by many authors by means of numerical simulations,
in the strong coupling regime the magnetic flux associated with
the gauge field becomes quantized
A Note on Bifurcation for Harmonic Maps on Annular Domains
No full textIn this paper we consider harmonic maps u(r, theta) from an annular domain Omega(rho) = B-1\(B) over bar (rho) to S (2) with the boundary conditions: u(rho, theta) = (cos theta, sin theta, 0) and u(1, theta) = (cos (theta +theta(0)), sin (theta +theta(0)), 0), where theta(0) is an element of [0, pi[ is a fixed angle. This problem arises from the theory of liquid crystals. We prove, with elementary time map arguments, a bifurcation result, namely the existence of a not trivial (that is not planar) harmonic map of minimum energy u(theta 0), for suitable combination of value of rho and theta(0). This result improves the one in Greco (Proc Am Math Soc 129(4):1199-1206, 2000). In the case theta(0) = pi, so that u(1, theta) = (-cos theta, -sin theta, 0), no bifurcation occurs, since the minimum of the energy is not trivial, and we study the behavior of the harmonic maps u(theta 0) as theta(0) -> pi
Modular tessellation and architecture
Full text linkThe investigation of the history of use of modular tessellation in architecture shows the innovated character of Italian artist Sergio Lombardo and his research on stochastic tiles. The examples of the use of his stochastic tiles in recent or in progress architectural projects represent a test of the Eventualist Theory and his application in the architectural fiel
Restoration and improvement of historic traditional architecture in small villages. Contemporary italian methods compared with some aspects of chinese traditional architecture.
No full textIdee per la città eventualista
No full textAll'inizio del XX° secolo i movimenti d'avanguardia, concepirono alcune nuove idee di città, partendo dalla rivoluzione industriale e dalle invenzioni tecnologiche della fine del secolo precedente. Oggi, all'inizio del XXI° secolo, con l'avanzamento tecnologico,la rivoluzione informatica e le nuove possibilità di comunicazione, è tempo per l'avanguardia di elaborare una nuova idea di vita e di città. La teoria eventualista e i suoi principi, possono essere estesi alla struttura e alla forma della città per elaborare un programma teorico per la città eventualista
Le teorie dei razionalisti russi e il Laboratorio di psico-tecnica al Vhutemas (1920-1927) alla base dell'approccio eventualista all'architettura
No full textThe paper describes the brief period of theoretical research in the field of architecture that the Russian Rationalists carried out after the October Revolution, tracing its development from the first encounters between painters, sculptors and architects in 1919 until the supremacy of the Constructivists after 1925. The extraordinary graphic intuitions of V. Krinski and the experience of the Psycho-technical Laboratory founded by N. Ladowski at Vhutemas were the final stages of this research. The pioneering value of such experiences in connection to the Eventualist theory of architecture is then pointed out
Dettagli e materiali del moderno: la palazzina Salvatelli a Roma di Gio Ponti.
No full textLa Palazzina Salvatelli (1941) rappresenta, nell’opera di Gio Ponti, l’unico progetto residenziale realizzato a Roma. Di particolare interesse le soluzioni distributive e i dettagli della facciata e dei balconi. I caratteri architettonici dell’edificio indicano un fondamentale passaggio della sua carriera a forme più leggere e moderne, rispetto alle precedenti esperienze. Tra queste in particolare la Palazzina Rasini a Milano (1933). Nell’articolo viene approfondito e illustrato il confronto tra i due progetti nella definizione formale e nell’utilizzo dei materiali e vengono discusse le ricadute di questo studio critico sugli interventi di restauro di recente avvenuti a Roma e Milano
The principles of Feng Shui in contemporary architectural planning in Beijing
No full textIn the great many buildings erected and urban transformations effected recently, it appears clear that still today Feng Shui is not explicitly used in Beijing for planning new architecture. The most evident phenomenon in most of Beijing’s recent major architecture is, however, the frequent return to various traditional Chinese symbolic characteristics. Everything therefore indicates that the choice to refer to these symbols was part of a general strategy to establish the new buildings in their “environment” and to mitigate the effect of "foreignness" that the exclusive use of western styles could have created. More interesting is the role and work of artist and architect Ai Weiwei in the suburb of Caochangdi . The artist takes on the role of a modern geo-mancer, works with the labourers and workers of the place where he too lives and creates a new interesting “Art Village”. The genius of a single individual who is able to interpret the contemporary situation, is thereby combined, with spontaneity and immediacy, with the elementary principles of tradition
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