The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the U... more The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the University of Trieste for the recovery, conversion and, architectural, landscape, environmental and infrastructural reuse of a large military area, abandoned for over twenty years, located in the territory of Gorizia, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The area was a former powder magazine dating back to the Cold War period. A garrison at the service of the former border called "Iron Curtain" that passed right near the Municipality of Romans d'Isonzo, on the Gorizia and Trieste Carso. The area was abandoned for decades and has been invaded by lush vegetation and meadows of important ecological value. Today, in addition to its considerable localization and extension potential, it has a significant strategic value for the vast area on which it stands: the low Isonzo plain. The study experimented with a methodology for the construction of the transformation forecast, working extensively on the use and applicability of simulation tools (indicators, scenarios, visions) and then on the processes of evaluating the impacts and consequences of the transformations at different scales and for different territorial areas (internal and external). The study adds to the discussion, not only the intrinsic results, the effectiveness or not of the reconversion project of this discussed military area, but also the development of a working scientific method (analysis, design and evaluation), and therefore, the construction of an operational model that can be exported to other case studies (on other military sites in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region) and on other contexts (in general on abandoned or disused areas). Introduction-Redevelopment, Conversion and Reuse of a Former Military Site: Architecture Designed with Nature The paper deals with the results of a scientific research carried out at the Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, by the two authors, relating to the tools and methods of redevelopment, conversion and reuse of a former military site (Figure 1), the former-Polveriera di Romans d'Isonzo-Gorizia (Figure 2) in Friuli Venezia Giulia, from an architectural, landscape and infrastructural point of view. It is a large area (near the former Iron Curtain, between Italy and the former Yugoslavia), abandoned since the end of the Cold War (Figure 8a). The general research activity has developed themes, tools and above all, methods of architectural recovery characteristic of large disused military sectors
This work traces the stages of a long process of safety and industrial reconversion of an iron an... more This work traces the stages of a long process of safety and industrial reconversion of an iron and steel industry polluted area, a typical "brownfield" [1], within the port of Trieste. Since 2014, a series of phases have followed one another, implementing an articulated and complex process. In recent years, this process has had to deal with events and scenarios on a global scale that have significantly affected the port system of the site, with the logistical and geopolitical aspects, demonstrating the adaptability and dynamism of various subjects in knowing how to combine development and environmental protection. The interest in the case of Trieste, provided for by the 2006 Environmental Code (Codice dell'Ambiente), is the first completed application of this law in Italy. The results obtained include the completion of the environmental safety program, the renewal of the existing industrial plant, the increment in logistics activities and the maintenance of occupational levels. Following these encouraging results, the activation of a new second agreement, currently in progress, demonstrates the effectiveness and repeatability of the procedure.
The study investigates the possibility of developing infrastructure in Trieste, as a larger syste... more The study investigates the possibility of developing infrastructure in Trieste, as a larger system, on an international scale: The Belt and Road Initiative. The consequences of this development, in a city rich of research facilities and innovation centers, are innovative and propose new questions on the evolution of architecture and of landscapes linked to logistics and infrastructure and on the material and spatial consequences of digitalization. The research defines a set of specific possible project proposals, compatible or alternative to one another, but that once analyzed, they all underline how mankind seems progressively emarginated from these places. The architecture of the physical and immaterial infrastructures begins to light a new question, how its nature can appear both, anthropic and unrecognizably alien. It is about elements that are creating a real ecosystem at the global scale, essential to the maintenance of our way of life, but with respect to which we have become strangers.
Both infrastructure and research, development and innovation, make communications and exchanges b... more Both infrastructure and research, development and innovation, make communications and exchanges between distant places possible. As a consequence, geographic positions and administrative borders of countries are less and less significant compared to the polarity of the individual cities [23]. Europe tries to keep up with this global vision, European cities with the biggest growth rates are already "designing the revolution". Stockholm, Copenhagen and Hamburg have developed strategic holistic plans where man and its needs are put at the forefront.
... p. 5. Page 7. Nel 1938 Raffaello Bertieri pubblica il Manuale pratico per il disegno delle le... more ... p. 5. Page 7. Nel 1938 Raffaello Bertieri pubblica il Manuale pratico per il disegno delle lettere, il Manuale è curato da Adalberto Libera che nel testo di accompagnamento rileva la condi-zione di arbitrio o ignoranza che caratterizza anche l'atto ...
The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the U... more The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the University of Trieste for the recovery, conversion and, architectural, landscape, environmental and infrastructural reuse of a large military area, abandoned for over twenty years, located in the territory of Gorizia, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The area was a former powder magazine dating back to the Cold War period. A garrison at the service of the former border called "Iron Curtain" that passed right near the Municipality of Romans d'Isonzo, on the Gorizia and Trieste Carso. The area was abandoned for decades and has been invaded by lush vegetation and meadows of important ecological value. Today, in addition to its considerable localization and extension potential, it has a significant strategic value for the vast area on which it stands: the low Isonzo plain. The study experimented with a methodology for the construction of the transformation forecast, working extensively on the use and applicability of simulation tools (indicators, scenarios, visions) and then on the processes of evaluating the impacts and consequences of the transformations at different scales and for different territorial areas (internal and external). The study adds to the discussion, not only the intrinsic results, the effectiveness or not of the reconversion project of this discussed military area, but also the development of a working scientific method (analysis, design and evaluation), and therefore, the construction of an operational model that can be exported to other case studies (on other military sites in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region) and on other contexts (in general on abandoned or disused areas).
Going high! The pros and cons of city verticalization
The paper deals with the architectural theme of high-rise construction by cross-referencing it wi... more The paper deals with the architectural theme of high-rise construction by cross-referencing it with that of soilless agriculture, recognizing new typologies and critically identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a new relationship between architecture, city and agriculture. From a disciplinary point of view, the text is organized in four distinct topics. The first part deals with height construction from a theoretical and disciplinary point of view. An excursus identifies in the high-rise buildings a human archetype that today defines certain features of architecture and landscapes in the age of globalization. The second part delves into the subject of soilless agriculture in terms of agronomic technique, with the aim of understanding its origin, efficiency and potential, but also its limits and weaknesses. The analysis is carried out by investigating the production factors at play, such as land, labor and capital, in relation to the revolutions that have characterized the agric...
AGATHÓN International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, 2023
L'articolo indaga la convergenza tra natura e architettura, analizzando il fenomeno delle vertica... more L'articolo indaga la convergenza tra natura e architettura, analizzando il fenomeno delle vertical farm, quale manifestazione architettonica di alcune tendenze contemporanee. Questi edifici alti, funzionali all'agricoltura, presentano anche caratteristiche di sostenibilità, come la riduzione delle catene di approvvigionamento e del consumo di suolo. Il tema viene sviluppato attraverso quattro ambiti: l'origine dell'edificio alto come espressione simbolica e la sua evoluzione contemporanea; l'agricoltura fuori suolo in relazione alle categorie macroeconomiche classiche a partire dal '700; tre casi di studio di vertical farm sperimentali (Skyfarm, Farmscraper e Farmhouse), lette quali possibili origini di nuovi tipi architettonici. In conclusione viene svolta un'analisi critica delle possibili ricadute urbane delle vertical farm a partire dal concetto di diritto al cibo. The paper investigates the convergence between nature and architecture, analysing the phenomenon of vertical farms as an architectural manifestation of specific contemporary trends. These high-rise buildings are functional for agriculture while also exhibiting sustainability features, such as the reduction of supply chains and land consumption. The issue is articulated through four areas: the origin of the tall building as a symbolic expression and its contemporary evolution; above-ground agriculture in relation to classical macroeconomic categories since the 1700s; and three case studies of experimental vertical farms (Skyfarm, Farmscraper and Farmhouse), interpreted as possible origins of new architectural types. In conclusion, a critical analysis of the potential urban impacts of vertical farms is conducted, based on the concept of the right to food.
Colore e Colorimetria. Contributi Multidisciplinari, 2022
Colour, a typically two-dimensional quality of architectural material, when it exceeds a certain ... more Colour, a typically two-dimensional quality of architectural material, when it exceeds a certain dimensional scale, acquires the capacity to literally affect three-dimensional space, conferring further values and qualities on the architectural material and its forms. Through a number of cases considered significant, this study intends to explore the potential of the use of colour as a distinguishing element of architectural form and its integration in the environment on the scale of the city and the landscape. The cases identified, while converging towards similar outcomes, highlight theoretical, disciplinary, methodological and semantic differences that trace a rich and complex multidisciplinary design horizon.
Masterplan 2. La Riva San Vito di Marano Lagunare. Boulevard tra terra e acqua, 2022
La formula “di misura e di figura” ricorre ampiamente negli scritti di Costantino Dardi, evocati ... more La formula “di misura e di figura” ricorre ampiamente negli scritti di Costantino Dardi, evocati anche in altre pagine di questa pubblicazione. Si tratta di due poli alternativi, due scale di valori secondo i quali è possibile leggere sia l’opera, sia il contesto a cui si riferisce. Anzi figura e misura sono i parametri mediante i quali opera e luogo si legano, “per affinità e differenza”. Stabilendo cioè, in rapporto ai valori di misura o di figura, reciproche prossimità o distanze, analogie o contraddizioni.
Masterplan 2. La Riva San Vito di Marano Lagunare. Boulevard tra terra e acqua, 2022
Il concetto di spazio secondo l’accezione moderna ha origine alla fine del Quattrocento quando le... more Il concetto di spazio secondo l’accezione moderna ha origine alla fine del Quattrocento quando le intuizioni geografiche della cultura classica vengono verificate attraverso l’esperienza marinaresca. La necessità di misurare nuove terre e le distese d’acqua continue omogenee e isotrope tra esse interposte viene risolta attraverso l’individuazione di un sistema di misurazione standard. Questa nuova condizione geografica viene definita spazio, si tratta dello stesso spazio che sta alla base del perfetto e regolare reticolo stradale della porzione di Marano che si affaccia, lungo la Riva San Vito, sul suo canale di ingresso. Questa griglia, nel progetto di riqualificazione della riva viene riconosciuta e ripresa, per proiettarsi attraverso i nuovi pontili/piazze, di nuovo sulla superficie liquida della laguna.
Esistono architetture che non invecchiano? Perché a distanza di anni il lavoro di Costantino Dard... more Esistono architetture che non invecchiano? Perché a distanza di anni il lavoro di Costantino Dardi, seppure in gran parte rimasto alla dimensione del disegno e solo parzialmente realizzato appare ancora così visivamente seducente, ricco di significati e di energia creativa? Si tratta di una fascinazione verso un pensiero dell’architettura prossimo ma ormai trascorso, di un semplice linguaggio visivo a distanza di anni ancora originale e fresco, o sono riconoscibili nel lavoro di Dardi dei valori che travalicano la sua stagione per avere ancora oggi un valore di attualità e utilizzo operativo diretto? Per rispondere a queste domande è necessario prima di tutto sorvolare gli ambiti dell’iconologia e della semantica1 per definire quali sono gli elementi da prendere in esame per valutare il significato e il valore dell’opera architettonica, per poi passare a esaminare nel dettaglio l'idea di architettura così come Dardi la intende e la comunica attraverso la sua articolazione teorica e analitica.
2008/2009La tesi indaga il rapporto originario tra architettura e parola attraverso una riflessio... more 2008/2009La tesi indaga il rapporto originario tra architettura e parola attraverso una riflessione sulla scrittura archigrafica, ricollocata nel paesaggio della comunicazione contemporanea. In questo scenario eterogeneo e cacofonico, dominato dalla sistematica sovrapposizione di segni, linguaggi e significati, l’archigrafia grazie alle sue caratteristiche strutturali di concretezza e permanenza viene riscoperta prima, e verificata poi, ricomponendo a posteriori una geografia di contributi sia scritti che costruiti. Il percorso di ricerca è diviso in due parti: l’indagine si articola a partire dalle sperimentazioni delle avanguardie artistiche del ‘900 per comporre uno scenario teorico-critico che, stabilendo una possibile distinzione tra architettura e design, attribuisce all’archigrafia, nel percorso che porta dal moderno al contemporaneo, una dimensione progettuale autonoma. La seconda parte della tesi ricompone un atlante, che raccoglie e cataloga le esperienze significative in ...
The research addresses the topic of intermodality in terms of technical, typological, and archite... more The research addresses the topic of intermodality in terms of technical, typological, and architectural response of infrastructure systems, considering their relationship with the territory and the landscape. The study starts from the hypothesis of the development of a comprehensive intermodal hub in the Ronchi dei Legionari Airport (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy), integrated with the network of local public transport and railway infrastructure, considered in a scenario of sustainability over the medium term and updated with respect to the current economic situation. The first phase of the research focused on the definition of the guidelines for the design of the intermodal hub. Subsequently, the study verified the hypothesis by modeling some alternative scenarios, whose results led to the identification of a highly comprehensive set of data, consistent with the financial framework. Lastly, urban verification: the identified scenarios constitute a framework of alternative options corresponding to the minimum, optimal and critical conditions of the system as a whole. The possible alternatives prove the degree of versatility of the proposed layout which provides, as a whole, the possibility of opting for one of the proposed scenarios or for a more complex combination of the proposed solutions.
For almost 60 years, the city of Gorizia has been divided by the state border separating Italy an... more For almost 60 years, the city of Gorizia has been divided by the state border separating Italy and Slovenia, where on the other side, the twin city of Nova Gorica has developed. In the past, these two urban realities have not been communicating on the urban and architectonic levels, negating each other's existence, but are now a continuous entity and must find new ways to grow and develop together, even if they belong to two different nations. The University of Trieste, along with the Comune di Gorizia (Gorizia municipality), has developed a laboratory called the RRR lab, with the objective to redevelop and regenerate those urban spaces and buildings that have been put back in play after the fall of the border and the new urban geography that it has created. It is a landscape made up of areas and structures without use or significance, generated by the Dadaist collage of the two cities, that together were, at the time of the laboratory, candidates for the 2025 European Capital of Culture. Starting from this specific case, a more general theme of the research deals with the void. This aspect is easily recognizable in its architecture, where for the purpose of the quality of the work, the single parts that make up a building are not as important as the spaces that are indirectly determined by them. The void, then, can assume an architectonic quality and become the element on which to base the opening principle, "where there is nothing, everything is possible".
The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the U... more The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the University of Trieste for the recovery, conversion and, architectural, landscape, environmental and infrastructural reuse of a large military area, abandoned for over twenty years, located in the territory of Gorizia, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The area was a former powder magazine dating back to the Cold War period. A garrison at the service of the former border called "Iron Curtain" that passed right near the Municipality of Romans d'Isonzo, on the Gorizia and Trieste Carso. The area was abandoned for decades and has been invaded by lush vegetation and meadows of important ecological value. Today, in addition to its considerable localization and extension potential, it has a significant strategic value for the vast area on which it stands: the low Isonzo plain. The study experimented with a methodology for the construction of the transformation forecast, working extensively on the use and applicability of simulation tools (indicators, scenarios, visions) and then on the processes of evaluating the impacts and consequences of the transformations at different scales and for different territorial areas (internal and external). The study adds to the discussion, not only the intrinsic results, the effectiveness or not of the reconversion project of this discussed military area, but also the development of a working scientific method (analysis, design and evaluation), and therefore, the construction of an operational model that can be exported to other case studies (on other military sites in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region) and on other contexts (in general on abandoned or disused areas). Introduction-Redevelopment, Conversion and Reuse of a Former Military Site: Architecture Designed with Nature The paper deals with the results of a scientific research carried out at the Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, by the two authors, relating to the tools and methods of redevelopment, conversion and reuse of a former military site (Figure 1), the former-Polveriera di Romans d'Isonzo-Gorizia (Figure 2) in Friuli Venezia Giulia, from an architectural, landscape and infrastructural point of view. It is a large area (near the former Iron Curtain, between Italy and the former Yugoslavia), abandoned since the end of the Cold War (Figure 8a). The general research activity has developed themes, tools and above all, methods of architectural recovery characteristic of large disused military sectors
This work traces the stages of a long process of safety and industrial reconversion of an iron an... more This work traces the stages of a long process of safety and industrial reconversion of an iron and steel industry polluted area, a typical "brownfield" [1], within the port of Trieste. Since 2014, a series of phases have followed one another, implementing an articulated and complex process. In recent years, this process has had to deal with events and scenarios on a global scale that have significantly affected the port system of the site, with the logistical and geopolitical aspects, demonstrating the adaptability and dynamism of various subjects in knowing how to combine development and environmental protection. The interest in the case of Trieste, provided for by the 2006 Environmental Code (Codice dell'Ambiente), is the first completed application of this law in Italy. The results obtained include the completion of the environmental safety program, the renewal of the existing industrial plant, the increment in logistics activities and the maintenance of occupational levels. Following these encouraging results, the activation of a new second agreement, currently in progress, demonstrates the effectiveness and repeatability of the procedure.
The study investigates the possibility of developing infrastructure in Trieste, as a larger syste... more The study investigates the possibility of developing infrastructure in Trieste, as a larger system, on an international scale: The Belt and Road Initiative. The consequences of this development, in a city rich of research facilities and innovation centers, are innovative and propose new questions on the evolution of architecture and of landscapes linked to logistics and infrastructure and on the material and spatial consequences of digitalization. The research defines a set of specific possible project proposals, compatible or alternative to one another, but that once analyzed, they all underline how mankind seems progressively emarginated from these places. The architecture of the physical and immaterial infrastructures begins to light a new question, how its nature can appear both, anthropic and unrecognizably alien. It is about elements that are creating a real ecosystem at the global scale, essential to the maintenance of our way of life, but with respect to which we have become strangers.
Both infrastructure and research, development and innovation, make communications and exchanges b... more Both infrastructure and research, development and innovation, make communications and exchanges between distant places possible. As a consequence, geographic positions and administrative borders of countries are less and less significant compared to the polarity of the individual cities [23]. Europe tries to keep up with this global vision, European cities with the biggest growth rates are already "designing the revolution". Stockholm, Copenhagen and Hamburg have developed strategic holistic plans where man and its needs are put at the forefront.
... p. 5. Page 7. Nel 1938 Raffaello Bertieri pubblica il Manuale pratico per il disegno delle le... more ... p. 5. Page 7. Nel 1938 Raffaello Bertieri pubblica il Manuale pratico per il disegno delle lettere, il Manuale è curato da Adalberto Libera che nel testo di accompagnamento rileva la condi-zione di arbitrio o ignoranza che caratterizza anche l'atto ...
The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the U... more The article accounts the results of an applicative research carried out by researchers from the University of Trieste for the recovery, conversion and, architectural, landscape, environmental and infrastructural reuse of a large military area, abandoned for over twenty years, located in the territory of Gorizia, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The area was a former powder magazine dating back to the Cold War period. A garrison at the service of the former border called "Iron Curtain" that passed right near the Municipality of Romans d'Isonzo, on the Gorizia and Trieste Carso. The area was abandoned for decades and has been invaded by lush vegetation and meadows of important ecological value. Today, in addition to its considerable localization and extension potential, it has a significant strategic value for the vast area on which it stands: the low Isonzo plain. The study experimented with a methodology for the construction of the transformation forecast, working extensively on the use and applicability of simulation tools (indicators, scenarios, visions) and then on the processes of evaluating the impacts and consequences of the transformations at different scales and for different territorial areas (internal and external). The study adds to the discussion, not only the intrinsic results, the effectiveness or not of the reconversion project of this discussed military area, but also the development of a working scientific method (analysis, design and evaluation), and therefore, the construction of an operational model that can be exported to other case studies (on other military sites in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region) and on other contexts (in general on abandoned or disused areas).
Going high! The pros and cons of city verticalization
The paper deals with the architectural theme of high-rise construction by cross-referencing it wi... more The paper deals with the architectural theme of high-rise construction by cross-referencing it with that of soilless agriculture, recognizing new typologies and critically identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a new relationship between architecture, city and agriculture. From a disciplinary point of view, the text is organized in four distinct topics. The first part deals with height construction from a theoretical and disciplinary point of view. An excursus identifies in the high-rise buildings a human archetype that today defines certain features of architecture and landscapes in the age of globalization. The second part delves into the subject of soilless agriculture in terms of agronomic technique, with the aim of understanding its origin, efficiency and potential, but also its limits and weaknesses. The analysis is carried out by investigating the production factors at play, such as land, labor and capital, in relation to the revolutions that have characterized the agric...
AGATHÓN International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, 2023
L'articolo indaga la convergenza tra natura e architettura, analizzando il fenomeno delle vertica... more L'articolo indaga la convergenza tra natura e architettura, analizzando il fenomeno delle vertical farm, quale manifestazione architettonica di alcune tendenze contemporanee. Questi edifici alti, funzionali all'agricoltura, presentano anche caratteristiche di sostenibilità, come la riduzione delle catene di approvvigionamento e del consumo di suolo. Il tema viene sviluppato attraverso quattro ambiti: l'origine dell'edificio alto come espressione simbolica e la sua evoluzione contemporanea; l'agricoltura fuori suolo in relazione alle categorie macroeconomiche classiche a partire dal '700; tre casi di studio di vertical farm sperimentali (Skyfarm, Farmscraper e Farmhouse), lette quali possibili origini di nuovi tipi architettonici. In conclusione viene svolta un'analisi critica delle possibili ricadute urbane delle vertical farm a partire dal concetto di diritto al cibo. The paper investigates the convergence between nature and architecture, analysing the phenomenon of vertical farms as an architectural manifestation of specific contemporary trends. These high-rise buildings are functional for agriculture while also exhibiting sustainability features, such as the reduction of supply chains and land consumption. The issue is articulated through four areas: the origin of the tall building as a symbolic expression and its contemporary evolution; above-ground agriculture in relation to classical macroeconomic categories since the 1700s; and three case studies of experimental vertical farms (Skyfarm, Farmscraper and Farmhouse), interpreted as possible origins of new architectural types. In conclusion, a critical analysis of the potential urban impacts of vertical farms is conducted, based on the concept of the right to food.
Colore e Colorimetria. Contributi Multidisciplinari, 2022
Colour, a typically two-dimensional quality of architectural material, when it exceeds a certain ... more Colour, a typically two-dimensional quality of architectural material, when it exceeds a certain dimensional scale, acquires the capacity to literally affect three-dimensional space, conferring further values and qualities on the architectural material and its forms. Through a number of cases considered significant, this study intends to explore the potential of the use of colour as a distinguishing element of architectural form and its integration in the environment on the scale of the city and the landscape. The cases identified, while converging towards similar outcomes, highlight theoretical, disciplinary, methodological and semantic differences that trace a rich and complex multidisciplinary design horizon.
Masterplan 2. La Riva San Vito di Marano Lagunare. Boulevard tra terra e acqua, 2022
La formula “di misura e di figura” ricorre ampiamente negli scritti di Costantino Dardi, evocati ... more La formula “di misura e di figura” ricorre ampiamente negli scritti di Costantino Dardi, evocati anche in altre pagine di questa pubblicazione. Si tratta di due poli alternativi, due scale di valori secondo i quali è possibile leggere sia l’opera, sia il contesto a cui si riferisce. Anzi figura e misura sono i parametri mediante i quali opera e luogo si legano, “per affinità e differenza”. Stabilendo cioè, in rapporto ai valori di misura o di figura, reciproche prossimità o distanze, analogie o contraddizioni.
Masterplan 2. La Riva San Vito di Marano Lagunare. Boulevard tra terra e acqua, 2022
Il concetto di spazio secondo l’accezione moderna ha origine alla fine del Quattrocento quando le... more Il concetto di spazio secondo l’accezione moderna ha origine alla fine del Quattrocento quando le intuizioni geografiche della cultura classica vengono verificate attraverso l’esperienza marinaresca. La necessità di misurare nuove terre e le distese d’acqua continue omogenee e isotrope tra esse interposte viene risolta attraverso l’individuazione di un sistema di misurazione standard. Questa nuova condizione geografica viene definita spazio, si tratta dello stesso spazio che sta alla base del perfetto e regolare reticolo stradale della porzione di Marano che si affaccia, lungo la Riva San Vito, sul suo canale di ingresso. Questa griglia, nel progetto di riqualificazione della riva viene riconosciuta e ripresa, per proiettarsi attraverso i nuovi pontili/piazze, di nuovo sulla superficie liquida della laguna.
Esistono architetture che non invecchiano? Perché a distanza di anni il lavoro di Costantino Dard... more Esistono architetture che non invecchiano? Perché a distanza di anni il lavoro di Costantino Dardi, seppure in gran parte rimasto alla dimensione del disegno e solo parzialmente realizzato appare ancora così visivamente seducente, ricco di significati e di energia creativa? Si tratta di una fascinazione verso un pensiero dell’architettura prossimo ma ormai trascorso, di un semplice linguaggio visivo a distanza di anni ancora originale e fresco, o sono riconoscibili nel lavoro di Dardi dei valori che travalicano la sua stagione per avere ancora oggi un valore di attualità e utilizzo operativo diretto? Per rispondere a queste domande è necessario prima di tutto sorvolare gli ambiti dell’iconologia e della semantica1 per definire quali sono gli elementi da prendere in esame per valutare il significato e il valore dell’opera architettonica, per poi passare a esaminare nel dettaglio l'idea di architettura così come Dardi la intende e la comunica attraverso la sua articolazione teorica e analitica.
2008/2009La tesi indaga il rapporto originario tra architettura e parola attraverso una riflessio... more 2008/2009La tesi indaga il rapporto originario tra architettura e parola attraverso una riflessione sulla scrittura archigrafica, ricollocata nel paesaggio della comunicazione contemporanea. In questo scenario eterogeneo e cacofonico, dominato dalla sistematica sovrapposizione di segni, linguaggi e significati, l’archigrafia grazie alle sue caratteristiche strutturali di concretezza e permanenza viene riscoperta prima, e verificata poi, ricomponendo a posteriori una geografia di contributi sia scritti che costruiti. Il percorso di ricerca è diviso in due parti: l’indagine si articola a partire dalle sperimentazioni delle avanguardie artistiche del ‘900 per comporre uno scenario teorico-critico che, stabilendo una possibile distinzione tra architettura e design, attribuisce all’archigrafia, nel percorso che porta dal moderno al contemporaneo, una dimensione progettuale autonoma. La seconda parte della tesi ricompone un atlante, che raccoglie e cataloga le esperienze significative in ...
The research addresses the topic of intermodality in terms of technical, typological, and archite... more The research addresses the topic of intermodality in terms of technical, typological, and architectural response of infrastructure systems, considering their relationship with the territory and the landscape. The study starts from the hypothesis of the development of a comprehensive intermodal hub in the Ronchi dei Legionari Airport (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Italy), integrated with the network of local public transport and railway infrastructure, considered in a scenario of sustainability over the medium term and updated with respect to the current economic situation. The first phase of the research focused on the definition of the guidelines for the design of the intermodal hub. Subsequently, the study verified the hypothesis by modeling some alternative scenarios, whose results led to the identification of a highly comprehensive set of data, consistent with the financial framework. Lastly, urban verification: the identified scenarios constitute a framework of alternative options corresponding to the minimum, optimal and critical conditions of the system as a whole. The possible alternatives prove the degree of versatility of the proposed layout which provides, as a whole, the possibility of opting for one of the proposed scenarios or for a more complex combination of the proposed solutions.
For almost 60 years, the city of Gorizia has been divided by the state border separating Italy an... more For almost 60 years, the city of Gorizia has been divided by the state border separating Italy and Slovenia, where on the other side, the twin city of Nova Gorica has developed. In the past, these two urban realities have not been communicating on the urban and architectonic levels, negating each other's existence, but are now a continuous entity and must find new ways to grow and develop together, even if they belong to two different nations. The University of Trieste, along with the Comune di Gorizia (Gorizia municipality), has developed a laboratory called the RRR lab, with the objective to redevelop and regenerate those urban spaces and buildings that have been put back in play after the fall of the border and the new urban geography that it has created. It is a landscape made up of areas and structures without use or significance, generated by the Dadaist collage of the two cities, that together were, at the time of the laboratory, candidates for the 2025 European Capital of Culture. Starting from this specific case, a more general theme of the research deals with the void. This aspect is easily recognizable in its architecture, where for the purpose of the quality of the work, the single parts that make up a building are not as important as the spaces that are indirectly determined by them. The void, then, can assume an architectonic quality and become the element on which to base the opening principle, "where there is nothing, everything is possible".
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Si tratta di una fascinazione verso un pensiero dell’architettura prossimo ma ormai trascorso, di un semplice linguaggio visivo a distanza di anni ancora originale e fresco, o sono riconoscibili nel lavoro di Dardi dei valori che travalicano la sua stagione per avere ancora oggi un valore di attualità e utilizzo operativo diretto?
Per rispondere a queste domande è necessario prima di tutto sorvolare gli ambiti dell’iconologia e della semantica1 per definire quali sono gli elementi da prendere in esame per valutare il significato e il valore dell’opera architettonica, per poi passare a esaminare nel dettaglio l'idea di architettura così come Dardi la intende e la comunica attraverso la sua articolazione teorica e analitica.
Si tratta di una fascinazione verso un pensiero dell’architettura prossimo ma ormai trascorso, di un semplice linguaggio visivo a distanza di anni ancora originale e fresco, o sono riconoscibili nel lavoro di Dardi dei valori che travalicano la sua stagione per avere ancora oggi un valore di attualità e utilizzo operativo diretto?
Per rispondere a queste domande è necessario prima di tutto sorvolare gli ambiti dell’iconologia e della semantica1 per definire quali sono gli elementi da prendere in esame per valutare il significato e il valore dell’opera architettonica, per poi passare a esaminare nel dettaglio l'idea di architettura così come Dardi la intende e la comunica attraverso la sua articolazione teorica e analitica.