Paolo Sanjust

University of Cagliari, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Architettura, Faculty Member

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Paolo Sanjust, architect, Associate professor at the University of Cagliari, deals with Construction History and Conservation of Modern Architecture. He has published numerous papers and essays on these topics and has carried out several projects in the context of the "Carbonia - Città del Novecento" project

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The Mediterranean Wall and Modern Architecture. A Sardinian Case Study

Durante la II Guerra Mundial, en 1941-1943, se proyectó un extenso conjunto de defensas para prot... more Durante la II Guerra Mundial, en 1941-1943, se proyectó un extenso conjunto de defensas para proteger las costas de Cerdeña ante un hipotético desembarco aliado. Este sistema de búnkeres, baterías e instalaciones militares en red lo denominamos 'Muro Mediterráneo' por su similitud con el Atlantikwall construido a la par por el ejército alemán (organización Todt), término ya aplicado al conjunto levantado en la retaguardia mediterránea de la II República española (1936-39) y ampliado en el Estrecho de Gibraltar y los Pirineos por el general Franco (1941-45). El trabajo rinde cuenta de distintos sectores militares en que se organiza la isla de Cerdeña (Arborea, Cagliari-Selargius-Elmas, Quartu-San Isidoro-Sennai, Arborea...), con sus planos de estrategia y emplazamiento de las construcciones, hoy ruinas de hormigón de la arquitectura moderna, localizando y sistematizando los distintos tipos de búnkeres abandonados, cuyo poder evocador ya fue puesto de relieve por Paul Virilio ...

The Second Life of Processed Materials. Reuse and Recycle of Plasterboard. The Case of the Italian Pavilion as a Plausible Scenario

Resilient Communities and the Peccioli Charter

Carbonia 1937- 41. The Worksite of Autarchic Architecture

Rivista Tema

Carbonia is one of the examples of Italian autarchy before the beginning of World War II. Some of... more Carbonia is one of the examples of Italian autarchy before the beginning of World War II. Some of the main national construction companies and high-level designers, of which came from the previous experiences of Fascist foundation towns, focused on the new capital of the coal district. Carbonia is the last phase of this experiment, the most important in terms of size and strategic relevance. Carbonia’s urban scene is clearly characterized by two dominant approaches: Pulitzer’s central European modernism, which features the “First Carbonia”, and Montuori’s Mediterranean rationalism, which features the next phase of the “Great Carbonia”. Peripherality and lack of infrastructure, lack of supplies and delays in procurement, unavailability of manpower, and technical adjustments due to unforeseen events constant afflict the emergency autarchy construction site. And while the Great Serbariu mine concentrates cutting-edge technologies at an international level, the company town continues to...

The Pantheon of Gaetano Cima in Guasila. Interdisciplinary studies for its structural conservation

TeMa, 2019

The paper presents the integrated results obtained from an interdisciplinary protocol of research... more The paper presents the integrated results obtained from an interdisciplinary protocol of research designed for assessing the structural safety and state of conservation of the monument. Starting from the archival researches about the construction history and the restoration works, 3D geometric surveys, diagnostic as well as geognostic investigations have been performed for implementing the knowledge of the structures, characterised by several static problems since its construction. Overall the study has individuated the level of static efficiency of the basilic and the causes of its prolonged decay, stating a base point for the definition of future interventions.

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The building cycle of the "built environment

TeMa, 2019

Announced and planned over 20 years ago by Cresme (1997 Report), the "wave of recovery/redevelopm... more Announced and planned over 20 years ago by Cresme (1997 Report), the "wave of recovery/redevelopment", has found its growth defining a curve strongly influenced by the tormented economic cycles happened during the last two decades. It has been said that, for example, this "wave of recovery/redevelopment" has been increased by the economic crisis-the investment in maintenance and recovery presents few risks-so that the peak of the curve of investments in recovery overlaps with that one of the crisis born in 2008. In this way, we can glimpse a first sign of growth in construction investments and, according to Cresme, a new building cycle, only now as it seems that we are moving out from the crisis. This new cycle has been defined of the "built environment" and it is led by the growth of investments in new buildings. However, it is clear that the field of recovery now constitutes over 70% of investments in the construction sector, and it will remain the most important market for many years, event if it also changes in relation to endogenous factors such as tax bonuses. It is in this context that we see as most of the essays published here, relating to the Colloqui.A.Te 2018 Conference in Cagliari, are dedicated to historical buildings: historical centres, important monuments, modern heritage, social housing, are all object of researches that from different points of view and with different approaches explore the technical and cultural modalities to deal profitably with their recovery and adaptation to the performances or to the features required by the current legislation or by the contemporary ways of life.

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Structure and language. The enel building in cagliari designed by Gigi Ghò

The study regards 1950s Italian architecture. The focus is the Enel Palace of Cagliari. The gener... more The study regards 1950s Italian architecture. The focus is the Enel Palace of Cagliari. The general topic is the relationship between structural and architectural design. The various topics of the Italian architectural debate of 1950s reveal themselves on the project of the Enel Palace of Cagliari, designed in 1957 by Gigi Ghò, Milanese engineer and architect. The reinforced concrete structure shows an interesting solution with base-hinged pillars in the shape of a “V”, and strongly influences the facades layout that, like GiòPonti, the architect considered not a design applied to a construction but an aspect of the very same structure [1]. The façade arrangement, the particular attention on the materials choice for finishes and the obsessive definition of the detail define Gigi Ghò personality.

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Residenze a Carbonia. i tipi intensivi di Montuori

La Cittadella dei Musei di Cagliari

Materials and architectural details in the architecture of the modern movement in Sardinia

It should be stated at the outset that every type of material expresses -or rather invokesa forma... more It should be stated at the outset that every type of material expresses -or rather invokesa formal world that is consentaneous and homogeneous to it. Brick, stucco, wood or stone live «de facto» within a formal concordance and, above all, they proceed at the same pace within the world 01' traditional work. The labour 01'the metal worker is matched by the labour 01' the mason, 01' the paver or that 01' the carpenter. Thus our age, whose crisis we are only now starting to realise, may also be categorised under the name 01'age 01' consentaneous expressive materials, those, that is, which pass through the filter 01' manual labour, inheriting its insuppressible hallmark 01'uniqueness. ... A world thus constructed and so slowly settled is obviously destined to crumble when it is called upon to face up to the use 01'new materials; since the latter, in their tum. carry intemally and therefore promote and require a formal vocation 01' their own. In...

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La seconda fase delle fondazioni (1939-1943)

Il Muro Mediterraneo e l'Architettura Moderna: il caso della Sardegna

Giannini Editore, Istituto Italiano dei Castelli-onlus, Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Unive... more

From defensive system to urban space.: A century of transformations of the Castle of Cagliari

The fortifications of the ancient area of Castello (castle), in Cagliari, are built continuously ... more The fortifications of the ancient area of Castello (castle), in Cagliari, are built continuously from XIII century to XVIII, and are structured according to the defensive typologies of the different periods. Starting from the early years of the XX century, the military use ceases and it starts a constant transformation in civil uses. Some of the bastions are reused as public spaces (square, promenade, athletic field) and others are subjected to deep architectural transformations in order to host cultural functions (university, museum, schools). Common destiny of many European cities, Cagliari differs because, thanks to its orographic conformation that forces walls and bastions to overtake differences in height of about 20-30 metres, fortifications are not demolished but used as areas for new architectures. In some cases, as we will present in the paper, they are architectures of great quality, which establish new and interesting connections with the fortifications themselves, enhanc...

La Colonia “sospesa”. Opera incompiuta di Ubaldo Badas

Incarico di consulenza per la progettazione preliminare, definitiva ed esecutiva della "Riqualificazione della Piazza Santa Barbara, in Bacu Abis (Carbonia)

Itinerario urbano Ubaldo Badas = 'Ubaldo Badas' urban itinerary

Il restauro del Dopolavoro di Carbonia

Gli aeroporti militari della Sardegna degli anni trenta. Architettura e paesaggi

The challenging issues of restoring a Modern building while respecting the project’s principles of “sustainability”: the case study of the Tavolara Pavilion

Pensado a mano: El aprendizaje a través del levantamiento del patrimonio arquitectónico moderno

La materia de la intervencion en el patrimonio arquitectonico se nutre de discursos teoricos que ... more La materia de la intervencion en el patrimonio arquitectonico se nutre de discursos teoricos que tienen como puntos de partida y de destino la propia realidad. Como podemos construir una estrategia donde las bases conceptuales encuentren su traslado a la actualidad? Una alternativa es la de trabajar sobre lo existente, mas aun si este legado es moderno, cercano en el tiempo. Levantar el hecho arquitectonico, es decir, dibujarlo, es la primera accion para un conocimiento cierto, porque el dibujo "\que se procesa en las manos y pasa a ser tocado, sentido y calibrado"\ traslada el objeto del plano fisico de lo concreto al plano mental de lo abstracto. Los dibujos, en tanto que pensamientos, permiten diseccionar los objetos y sugieren posibilidades ante un cambio de uso de cara al futuro para su supervivencia en tanto que patrimonio: arquitectura hecha en el pasado lista para ser usada y disfrutada en el futuro. La rehabilitacion, la reutilizacion y el reciclaje de la herencia...

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Military fortifications of the XX century in Arborea, Sardinia. History, scenaries, perspectives