Browsing Architecture by Document Type "Book chapter"
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The chain tower in Kyrenia’s harbour, Cyprus
(Universidad de Granada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, 2020-05)In the Middle Ages a chain suspended between two towers defended the entrance of Kyrenia’s little harbour, like the chain across the Golden Horn in Constantinople. William de Oldenburg, who visited Cyprus in 1211 during ... -
Challenges in synchronous e-learning in architectural education
(Springer, 2021)Distance learning is a centuries-old method, from first correspondence courses to educational broadcasting. It eventually evolved into e-learning, where the acquisition of knowledge is managed via electronic media and ... -
Content, scale, method, and the role of place: Adesign teaching approach
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Cooperazione internazionale per il rilevamento e la documentazione dei tessuti urbani storici: l’insediamento medievale genovese di Galata, Istanbul. International cooperation for the survey and documentation of historical urban tissues: the medieval genoese settlement of Galata, Istanbul
(Didapress, Florence, 2019)The International Urban Design Workshop “Urban Façade: Istanbul waterfront” took place in March 23th-30st 2019 at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, Özyegin University, Istanbul. Organised by the authors in collaboration ... -
Cyclical inversion of limits and centres: the formation process of the Regio quartadecima, Constantinople
(University of Strathclyde Publishing, 2022)The paper reconstructs the topography of Constantinople’s fourteenth region (regio XIV) applying the urban morphology analysis methods (Caniggia and Maffei, 1979) and the attractors’ theory (Camiz, 2018) to the fragmentary ... -
Diachronic urban morphology: The formation process of Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco
(U+D edition, Rome, 2024)This research focuses on the Ksar (Ighrem) Ait Ben Haddou, an outstanding example of well-preserved settlement in Southern Morocco. This fortified town is located in a semi-desert basin near the city of Ouarzazate, on ... -
Dubai. Una capitale contemporanea
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)Dubai is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, in the Arabian Peninsula, on the western shores of the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. The discovery of oil fields, starting from ... -
From empires past to nation state: Figurative public statues in Istanbul
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)Statues, landmarks, and monumental architecture visibly mark and inscribe meaning into urban space. This is true everywhere, but it is particularly striking in Istanbul. When the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in ... -
From Galata to Pera: Shifting borders in Ottoman Society (1453-1923)
(Springer International Publisher, 2021-06-01)Since ancient times the settlement of Galata was positioned on the Golden Horn opposite Byzantium. This area, that became the Genoese walled town, developed inside. Beyond the furthest northern point of the settlement, ... -
Galata waterfont: models, types, and the morphology of meaning in architecture
(LetteraVentidue, Siracusa, 2020)“Ars simia natura” (Boccaccio, 1360) is a concept that has cut in two the history of the arts. Hence the modern figurative revolution the misunderstanding of this notion it has depleted architecture to a mere branch of the ... -
Hong Kong. Un po’ cinese e un po’ britannica
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani,, 2020-09)Once a small fishing port, then a British colony, thanks to its special status Hong Kong is now one of the most important economic and commercial centers globally. Not being able to develop in width, it developed above all ... -
I ponti di turchi di Enzo Siviero: Haliç Metro Crossing Bridge
(STUDIUM, Roma, 2023)In the Cultural Evaluation and Architectural Characterization of the Bridge of of the Halic metro, in Istanbul, designed by Hakan Kiran, the group coordinated by Siviero, has been able to reconcile the technical demands ... -
An integrated approach to archaeological heritage: The Shipwreck Museum in the Kyrenia Castle, Cyprus
(ARUCAD Press, Kyrenia, 2023)Digital survey tools allow a fast acquisition of large datasets, documenting extensively the different phases of buildings and urban settlements; the data integration level has recently evolved so to keep together details ... -
Interrupted cities: l’interruzione come strumento compositivo
(Di Baio editore, Milano, 2020-07)Interrupted cities is an international research project that we started2020 three years ago together with Tom Rankin, Giorgio Verdiani and Paolo Pineschi. The project was titled as an evident homage to Piero Sartogo's Roma ... -
Kallithea, Rhodes: a summer thermal bath resort at the border of the Italian Fascist Empire and its reuse today
(Routledge, 2020-05-01)As part of the architectural heritage left by the Italians during their occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea, this article presents the thermal bath resort complex in Kallithea, Rhodes, its history, life ... -
La partizione iugerale del suolo agricolo per il progetto del paesaggio archeologico degli acquedotti Aniensi
(Edizioni Istituto Alcide Cervi, Gattatico (RE), 2020)Here we present an example of circular subsidiarity applied to cultural heritage: it is a research launched as an action of the Agenda 21 of the Province of Rome and later developed as an experimentation of participation ... -
La ricomposizione continua delle ‘interrupted cities
(Di Baio editore, Milano, 2020-07)Report of the works of the Laboratory in the XXIX International Seminar and Award for Architecture and Urban Culture: Contemporary Architecture and Historical Context, July 31 - August 4, 2019, University of Camerino. -
La teoria degli attrattori per l’analisi e il progetto della città storica: Amida-Diyarbakir
(Di Baio editore, Milano, 2020-07)The application of different techniques for the study of the city remains today (Whitehand, 2018), as it was 20 years ago (Whitehand, 1997) and (Marzot, 1998) the most interesting experimental field in the context of urban ... -
Modelli progettuali del locus fratrum predicatorum: Ravenna (1269). Design models of the locus fratrum predicatorum: Ravenna (1269)
(Steinhäuser Verlag, Wuppertal, 2021)On March the 2nd 1269 Philip from Pistoia, archbishop of Ravenna, in presence of a large group of persons, ordered the commune of Ravenna to assign a substantial urban area for the construction of the church, the convent ... -
Modelli teatrali per l’ampliamento della città medievale. Il progetto urbano per Zagarolo (1571-1605)
(Steinhäuser Verlag, Wuppertal, 2020-09)The text analyzes the urban project for Zagarolo, which in the past had been mainly considered the work of different hands, and through a particular attention to building types and fabrics, to the hierarchy of paths in ...
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