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Revitalization of Ahmedabad’s informal walled city: the role of urban morphology
No full textThis research investigated
the regeneration project of Ahmedabad’s walled city led by
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Particularly, the analysis of the experimental case
of the Aka-Sheth-Kuwa-ni-Pol showed how such process of urban regeneration (today still in progress) essentially basis on a binomial: the understanding of the morphological structure of
the informal city and a direct involvement of urban community within the transformative
process. Thanks to this binomial the transformation of the walled city into a contemporary city
is occurring in such a way that the city is preserving its historical meaning: not a ‘museum city’
but a city which is lively, active, dynamic and conscious of its own identity. Specifically, under
the guidance of AMC, house’s owners within the walled city, instead abandoning their real estate property for benefit of new building in the western city, have started to conceive their
house as part of a common heritage, and the restoration of it as an adaptation to new standards
of contemporary living.
After this research and a brief analysis of some recent results of this
transformative process, it can be stated how strategies of urban regeneration, morphologically
based, might represent a solution technically, economically and socially efficient in ca
se of historicized contexts
Student Voice e didattica partecipativa: un valore aggiunto per l’innovazione scolastica
Full text linkFollowing Student Voice approach, a democratic participation is an essential point of a “new” educational approach that requires a review of teaching methods, wich encourages cooperation and inclusion, listening to students’ voice and students’participation in the decision making processes involving their education. In this framework we carried out a participatory action research in an upper secondary school. Twenty of the third and fourth year students took part in the activity with the specific aim of proposing some elements to innovate the Pedagogy curriculum. The project allowed us to reach the established aims and to authorise students to experience new positioning in the school. In this article, we present and discuss students’ suggestions to improve their participation in the realisation of the Pedagogy curriculum
Climate change and indoor temperature variation in Venetian buildings: The role of density and urban form
Full text linkAlthough the influence of urban form on microclimate and building thermal processes has been acknowledged, few studies have addressed the influence of overheating mechanisms on heterogeneous urban fabrics for existing historical cities. This study investigates the impact of changing urban climate on indoor temperatures by focusing on three Venice morphological patterns. Through microclimate modelling techniques, outdoor and indoor temperatures are simulated in 2020 and 2050 scenarios. Results show that the compactness of the urban fabric contributes to reducing indoor building temperatures. The analysis suggests that the increased density of shadow areas can mitigate the outdoor temperature values and reduce direct radiation on façades. When comparing the two climate scenarios 2020 and 2050, average indoor temperatures increase in the latter. However, the analysis highlights that the absence of insulation and the relatively high thermal mass of typical Venetian envelopes plays a crucial role in the building thermal processes preserving indoor comfort in a warmer climate future.Environmental Technology and Desig
On Venetian Campi Resilience to Climate Change
Full text linkVenice is known for its history and beauty and its fragility and potential demise. The city is experiencing an increase in yearly average temperatures affecting outdoor - indoor comfort and average energy expenditure. Owing to existing literature demonstrating how local microclimate depends on urban density, shape, and orientation of buildings and materials, the work studies the influence of changing Venice temperatures by targeting such issues, focusing on an urban fabric typical form, known as Campi. Based on IPCC's future weather predictions for 2050 scenario A1B, the work highlights how the urban fabric configuration affects the local microclimate and outdoor conditions to define how buildings will mitigate and adapt to environmental transitions. The method couples microclimate and outdoor comfort users' perception of Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), via ENVI-met. Preliminary results show that the compactness of the urban fabric in Venetian Campi significantly reduces outdoor temperatures due to the increased density of shadow areas in the courtyard or in narrow Venice streets. The role of water is also simulated via ENVI-met, as buildings' materials and indoor energy consumption are assumed as invariant to evaluate the historic urban fabric climate resilience. The results constitute a first step towards understanding to what extent a particular urban fabric type is thermally resilient.Environmental Technology and Desig
Questioning about the architectural and urban design during the pandemic
Full text linkThe following article consists of the accompanying text of the call for papers launched by the FAM last April, when in Italy and in the rest of Europe, normal life was gradually starting to resume after the lockdown. The text was born as a collective reflection of the four authors following a series of discussions in which each brought certain aspects to the (virtual) discussion table. Although it was intended to illustrate the reasons for the call, it seemed of some use to the editors to propose it again at the opening to readers
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
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