1,720,977 research outputs found
Il diritto dell’ultimo strato e il caso studio della Villa Augustea di Somma Vesuviana. Dalla lettura morfologica al progetto di architettura, tra scavo archeologico e paesaggio/The right of the last layer and the case study of the Villa Augustea in Somma Vesuviana. From morphological analysis to the architectural design between archaeological excavation and landscape
No full textIl presente contributo tratta del rapporto tra lo scavo archeologico e la trasformazione del territorio con riferimento al caso studio della cosiddetta Villa di Augusto di Somma Vesuviana, in provincia di Napoli. In un contesto rurale ubicato sul versante nord del Somma-Vesuvio, lo smontaggio dei sedimenti vulcanici e delle strutture antiche da parte degli archeologi, condotto per un’area di diverse migliaia di metri quadrati, pone criticamente la questione della sopravvivenza dello strato più antico in luogo di quelli accumulatisi nel tempo, che caratterizzano la morfologia dei luoghi, riconosciuti di particolare pregio paesaggistico, con tanto di decreto ministeriale del 1961. Lo scavo, oramai in corso da più di venti anni, offre occasione di confronto e di sintesi tra le discipline dell’archeologia e dell’architettura, con riferimento alle problematiche comuni di protezione dei reperti, modifica del paesaggio a causa dello scavo in continua estensione, accessibilità del pubblico al sito archeologico, stabilità delle pareti di scavo, costruzione di una storia dei frammenti rinvenuti – pregiudizialmente accreditati in quanto materiali archeologici – in cui la cultura locale cerca di riconoscersi. Attraverso l’illustrazione di un progetto architettonico per la protezione e la valorizzazione della villa Augustea – elaborato nell’ambito di una tesi di laurea – si mostrerà come, a partire dall’analisi morfologica dei luoghi, l’architettura può fornire soluzioni formali capaci di risolvere il rapporto tra lo scavo archeologico e il paesaggio in un disegno dalla valenza multiscalare, che tenga conto delle molteplici esigenze di protezione, museologia e di tessitura dei lotti agricoli, proponendo una sintesi sincronica di realtà eterogenee per epoca e natura, in luogo di una loro didascalica separazione
The "in-between" of archaeological sites. The case study of the “Villa of Augustus” in Somma Vesuviana
No full textArchaeological sites represent spaces “in-between” united and fragmentary conditions, past and present, public and private spaces, visible and invisible. Archaeological findings come to light both in the rural areas and in the urban ones and represent cracks in the chronological layering of the territory, thus breaking the consolidated balances between the sections of the city. Their recurring buried condition involves the sacrifice of other overlapping and equally historicized layers, the uncertainty of the excavation plan and of its shape. The interest they raise in archaeological research requires protection and a denied access to the public, so that the archaeological site becomes an enclosure. On the contrary, being a cultural heritage, they need to be open and exhibited to the public. Their fragmentary nature makes their study and exhibition difficult, but their spread on the territory hints at the possibility of making some “in-between” scales links.
The archaeological site known as “Villa of Augustus” in Somma Vesuviana (Naples, Italy), here taken as case study, adds other issues to these ones which derive from the complexity of the territory where it lies. Its location, on the edge of the inhabited centre, on the North slope of the volcano Somma-Vesuvius, belongs to the metropolitan area of Naples, between the cities of Naples (on the West) and Nola (on the East). This archaeological site is an important finding of a wide multidisciplinary research program begun about fifteen years ago with the aim to comprehend the ancient settlements of the territory on the North of Vesuvius. In fact this territory is less known than the coastal area, where the archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum lie, but not less rich of historical evidences which had been disregarded by the previous archaeological researches. Furthermore its location on the slope of the volcano leads you to deal with the issue of the volcanic risk related to the urban density, but it is also a brand for the economical and cultural development of the area. The archaeological excavation of “Villa of Augustus” extends for about two-thousand square meters and it is about eight meters deep, but the majestic archaeological structures come to light are thought to be just a section of the entrance of a wider Roman villa. This situation make the final size and the duration of the excavation indeterminate, thus inducing the need to open the site to the public and, at the same time, to allow both the archaeological research and the protection of the findings.
The here presented project, made during a master’s degree thesis, considers all these issues from which the need of an architectural and urban design for the enhancement of this archaeological site arises. The aim of the project is to achieve a fragment “in-between” the urban scale and the architectural one. On territorial scale it has relationships with the landscape, where the Mt. Somma-Vesuvius, on the South side of the area, and the mountain-chain of Preappennini, on the North side, shape a sort of “territorial room”. On the local scale it has relationships with fine cultivations and several historical and artistic buildings. The project is arranged in three levels: the “up”; the “archaeological enclosure and the paths”; the “underground”
The "in-between" of archaeological sites. The case study of the “Villa of Augustus” in Somma Vesuviana
No full textArchaeological sites represent spaces “in-between” united and fragmentary conditions, past and present, public and private spaces, visible and invisible. Archaeological findings come to light both in the rural areas and in the urban ones and represent cracks in the chronological layering of the territory, thus breaking the consolidated balances between the sections of the city. Their recurring buried condition involves the sacrifice of other overlapping and equally historicized layers, the uncertainty of the excavation plan and of its shape. The interest they raise in archaeological research requires protection and a denied access to the public, so that the archaeological site becomes an enclosure. On the contrary, being a cultural heritage, they need to be open and exhibited to the public. Their fragmentary nature makes their study and exhibition difficult, but their spread on the territory hints at the possibility of making some “in-between” scales links.
The archaeological site known as “Villa of Augustus” in Somma Vesuviana (Naples, Italy), here taken as case study, adds other issues to these ones which derive from the complexity of the territory where it lies. Its location, on the edge of the inhabited centre, on the North slope of the volcano Somma-Vesuvius, belongs to the metropolitan area of Naples, between the cities of Naples (on the West) and Nola (on the East). This archaeological site is an important finding of a wide multidisciplinary research program begun about fifteen years ago with the aim to comprehend the ancient settlements of the territory on the North of Vesuvius. In fact this territory is less known than the coastal area, where the archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum lie, but not less rich of historical evidences which had been disregarded by the previous archaeological researches. Furthermore its location on the slope of the volcano leads you to deal with the issue of the volcanic risk related to the urban density, but it is also a brand for the economical and cultural development of the area. The archaeological excavation of “Villa of Augustus” extends for about two-thousand square meters and it is about eight meters deep, but the majestic archaeological structures come to light are thought to be just a section of the entrance of a wider Roman villa. This situation make the final size and the duration of the excavation indeterminate, thus inducing the need to open the site to the public and, at the same time, to allow both the archaeological research and the protection of the findings.
The here presented project, made during a master’s degree thesis, considers all these issues from which the need of an architectural and urban design for the enhancement of this archaeological site arises. The aim of the project is to achieve a fragment “in-between” the urban scale and the architectural one. On territorial scale it has relationships with the landscape, where the Mt. Somma-Vesuvius, on the South side of the area, and the mountain-chain of Preappennini, on the North side, shape a sort of “territorial room”. On the local scale it has relationships with fine cultivations and several historical and artistic buildings. The project is arranged in three levels: the “up”; the “archaeological enclosure and the paths”; the “underground”
Sotto la strada. Casi limite di morfologia urbana / Below the road. Borderline cases in urban morphology
No full textLa presentazione di alcune premesse teoriche e metodologiche del progetto di ricerca B-ROAD vuole fornire un contributo al dibattito sul progetto urbano con specifico riferimento alla città del XXI secolo. B-ROAD intende produrre scenari pilota di trasformazione sostenibile di spazi residuali generati dalla presenza di infrastrutture urbane, convertendoli da rifiuto a risorsa, in linea con i principi dell’urban mining, della circular economy e del contenimento del consumo di suolo.
Il dominio di investigazione della ricerca è costituito da lacerti di spazio urbano che si trovano al di sotto di infrastrutture e che sono difficilmente descrivibili attraverso i tradizionali strumenti dell’analisi urbana, fondati sulla lettura delle relazioni tra orografia, poli, tracciati, tessuto urbano, tipi edilizi.
Già a partire dagli anni Settanta, diversi autori rilevano che dette relazioni, ben individuabili nella città compatta, possono perdere forza, fino a essere irrintracciabili in contesti in cui gli elementi variabili che danno luogo al fenomeno urbano non sembrano più essere in alcun rapporto dialettico.
All’interno di questo scenario, le grandi reti infrastrutturali diventano elementi particolarmente significativi. Gli spazi B-ROAD sono emblematici dello scollamento dell’infrastruttura rispetto all’ordine classico della composizione urbana, caratterizzato dalla concinnitas tra tracciati, polarità, morfologia dei tessuti e tipi edilizi. Affrontare il progetto di questi spazi non è questione che può essere rimandata perché essi sono parte integrante e considerevole della città del XXI secolo, per dimensioni, estensione, posizione, dinamiche urbane, aspetti culturali, sociali ed economici.
Perché questi spazi possano essere annoverati nel dominio dell’architettura e della città, è necessario innescare un processo di accreditamento che consenta di accoglierli nell’immaginario collettivo come forme e spazi nei quali gli individui e la collettività possano riconoscersi.
È dunque necessario affrontarli, attrezzati con tutto lo strumentario della composizione architettonica, per ricomporre questi spazi in scenari desiderabili per la collettività, obiettivo questo del progetto B-ROAD.
Presenting here some theoretical and methodological fundamentals of the research project B-ROAD aims to provide an original contribution to the debate on urban design, with a special focus on the 21st-century city. B-ROAD aims to develop pilot scenarios for the sustainable transformation of urban infrastructure residual space, converting it from waste to resource, in compliance with the principles of urban mining, circular economy and stemming of soil sealing.
The scope of this research project consists of scraps of urban space, which are located below infrastructural lines and cannot be easily explained through the traditional tools of urban studies, based on the description of the relationships between orography, landmarks, routes, tracks, urban fabric, and building types.
Starting from the 1970s, several authors have pointed out that these relationships, which are easily detectable within the well-established town, can lose strength, to the point of being untraceable in contexts where the variable elements that make up urban phenomena no longer seem to establish any mutual dialectical relationship. Within this framework, large infrastructural networks play a significant role. B-ROAD space is emblematic of the detachment of infrastructure from the classical order of the urban composition, which stands in the concinnitas between layouts, cruxes, the morphology of urban fabric and building types. The design of this kind of space is not a question that can be postponed, since it is an intrinsic and considerable part of the 21st-century city, in terms of size, extension, position, urban dynamics, as well as of cultural, social, and economic issues.
To include these spaces in the realm of city and architecture, a process of acknowledgement is required. This process is meant to embrace them in the collective imaginary as shapes and spaces in which people and communities can mirror themselves. Therefore, we need all the tools of architectural design to achieve the purpose of B-ROAD research project, i.e. redesigning these spaces to produce desirable scenarios for our communities
Dwelling the spaces below the road. Urban design strategies in the wake of the circular economy
No full textThe paper aims to provide some possible urban design strategies for the upcycling of infrastructure residual pockets, in line with the principles of the circular economy applied to urban design. In the building of specialised infrastructure, the functional efficiency of the connections and the safety of the users prevail over the architectural quality of the urban space generated under them. This condition generates the paradox that the "above", responding to the criteria of functionality and safety, contrasts with a "below" in which it is difficult and dangerous to move, characterised by urban fragments whose connections have been severed by insurmountable infrastructural barriers, difficult social conditions, degradation and crime. The upcycling of these residual spaces, which cannot exclude an interdisciplinary approach, would make it possible to return considerable reserves of urban space to the community and to face the phenomenon of land consumption. In this scenario, the urban design has the task of identifying how the residual spaces of the infrastructures can be used, occupied, and transformed, how it is possible to create physical or perceptive connections between the urban fragments divided by the infrastructural bundles, recovering the signs of the roads and urban fabrics.
The case study on which this contribution is based is the eastern area of Naples, a former industrial area and an important Italian logistics hub, marked by roads, railways and pipelines
Dwelling the spaces below the road. Urban design strategies in the wake of the circular economy
No full textThis paper aims to provide some possible urban design strategies for the upcycling of infrastructure residual pockets, in line with the principles of the circular economy applied to urban design.
In the building of specialized infrastructure, the functional efficiency of the connections and the safety of the users prevail over the architectural quality of the urban space generated below them. This condition generates the paradox that the "above", responding to the criteria of functionality and safety, contrasts with a "below" in which it is difficult and dangerous to move, characterized by urban fragments whose connections have been severed by insurmountable infrastructural barriers, difficult social conditions, degradation, and crime.
The upcycling of these residual spaces, which cannot exclude an interdisciplinary approach, would make it possible to return considerable reserves of urban space to the community and face the phenomenon of land consumption. In this scenario, the urban design has the task of identifying the ways in which the residual spaces of the infrastructures can be used, occupied, transformed, and the way in which it is possible to create physical or perceptive connections between the urban fragments divided by the infrastructural strips, recovering the signs of the roads and urban fabrics.
The case study on which this contribution is based is the eastern area of Naples, a former industrial area and an important Italian logistics hub, marked by roads, railways, and pipelines
Valore e forma. Favorevoli ambiguità per il superamento del patrimonio accreditato
Get PDFI problemi di vicinanza forzata tra la città in trasformazione e i manufatti classificati come patrimonio evidenziando la necessità di superare le logiche dicotomiche che informano il progetto contemporaneo di architettura. L’analisi del caso limite dell’archeologia e un’osservazione di analogie e relazioni formali tra gli elementi del paesaggio contemporaneo sono strumenti che mettono alla prova i modelli dicotomici e suggeriscono l’idea di un patrimonio di forme da valorizzare
Misura
No full textL’espressione a-misura-d’uomo è utilizzata, spesso in campo non specialistico, per qualificare positivamente un progetto di architettura o, al contrario, per criticarlo, definendolo non-a-misura-d’uomo, a seconda che risponda o meno alle esigenze dei fruitori. Tuttavia, se si guarda alla produzione architettonica, sia teorica che materiale, l’espressione appare superflua: non si può parlare di architettura senza rapportarla alla misura umana. I canoni dimensionali, da Vitruvio a Le Corbusier, i rapporti dimensionali, dalla concinnitas albertiana alla bigness di Koolhaas (Koolhaas, 1994), i disegni visionari di Boullée o il Monumento Continuo dei Superstudio sono solo alcuni esempi di quanto affermato. Inoltre, da essi si evincono almeno due ordini di significato della parola misura. Da una parte c’è la misura esatta, che permette la verifica degli spazi, degli elementi costruttivi e della composizione. Dall’altra c’è la giusta misura, particolarmente legata alla percezione dello spazio da parte dell’uomo, in virtù della quale la misura è liberata dal rischio del dogma, come mostrano espedienti quali la deformazione dello stilobate nel tempio greco. A seconda di come l’occhio umano percepisce lo spazio, il progetto di composizione definisce limiti (Purini, 2000) superiori e inferiori, connotati da un certo livello di incertezza, affinché la misura sia giusta e oltre i quali si esce “fuori misura”, snaturando un elemento compositivo, la relazione tra due o più elementi, o persino il tema di progetto
Valore e forma. Favorevoli ambiguità per il superamento del patrimonio accreditato
No full textI problemi di vicinanza forzata tra la città in trasformazione e i manufatti classificati come patrimonio evidenziando la necessità di superare le logiche dicotomiche che informano il progetto contemporaneo di architettura. L’analisi del caso limite dell’archeologia e un’osservazione di analogie e relazioni formali tra gli elementi del paesaggio contemporaneo sono strumenti che mettono alla prova i modelli dicotomici e suggeriscono l’idea di un patrimonio di forme da valorizzare
Archeologia diffusa e città in estensione
Get PDFIn the relationship between archaeological sites and the contemporary landscape we find accumulations of matter, shapes, uses and meanings, which affect wide physical and cultural layers of space and society. In thickly stratified contexts – owing to strongly effective natural and anthropic phenomena – which are characterized by a remarkable presence of ancient relics showing different degrees of unity or fragmentation in opposition to their extensive network, the archaeological fabric is thickly weaved with other formal structures, and the reflections about preservation, use and improvement, affect several issues, which are different according to their dimensions, and their scientific and administrative competence. Sprawled archaeology can be seen as a fundamental layer of the extensive city, which is the most representative conceptual structure of the contemporary landscape form as well as of the culture of dwelling.
Nel rapporto tra siti archeologici e paesaggio contemporaneo si ritrovano accumulazioni di materia, forme, usi e significati che interessano ampi strati, fisici e culturali, dello spazio e della collettività. In contesti fortemente stratificati – a causa di fenomeni naturali e antropici di forte impatto – caratterizzati da una significativa presenza di resti antichi che assumono, a fronte di una estensione a rete, diversi gradi di unitarietà o frammentazione, la trama archeologica è fittamente intessuta con altre strutture formali e la riflessione sulla conservazione, fruizione e valorizzazione vede intrecciarsi numerose questioni, diverse per scala, competenze scientifico-disciplinari e amministrative. L’archeologia diffusa può essere riguardata come un fondamentale layer della città in estensione, che rappresenta la struttura concettuale più significativa della forma del paesaggio e della cultura dell’abitare della contemporaneità
- …
