Stratigraphic evidence in the ancient urban walls of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)

Fiorino, Donatella Rita

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“…PROTECTION (DRF) The walled system of Cagliari, with its impressive bastions, the stratified urban texture and the formal architectural identity of the intramural structures, still represents a 'transversal' document of the history of architecture -not only military -and the history of restoration, with an undoubted international relevance [2]. For this reason, the protection of the urban walls is a strategic theme for the general governance of the city growth.…”

Section: The Working Methodology For Urban Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Interdisciplinary contribution to the protection plan of the fortified old town of cagliari (italy)

Fiorino¹,

Pirinu²

2017

Int. J. HA

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The present article illustrates an interdisciplinary methodology for the protection of fortified old towns and the management of their possible future transformation. Specifically, the study has developed a process of investigation to support the identification, assessment and conservation of material evidences related to the urban walls inside old towns. The disciplinary fields involved in the research are mainly history, drawing and restoration, supported by diagnostics on materials and structures, urban planning and sustainable design. The testing area is the walled city of Cagliari, a typical Mediterranean fortified settlement, highly stratified with a wide chronology of structures and interesting military constructive techniques. The research develops a working structure for the reasoned collection of contributions belonging from different disciplinary fields. The complex set of information implements a detailed knowledge plan conceived as a vulnerable risk map. Landscape and visual perceptions of the surrounding environment are also considered. The complex mosaic of interdisciplinary knowledge has been the basis for the proposal of effective policies for protection in order to forecast, guide and control possible transformative scenarios. Contemporarily, the management plan includes some strategic actions for the fruition and enhancement of the walled perimeter, such as new touristic paths or entertainment and sporting areas. Criteria and methodology resulting from this article seem to be easily applicable to other contexts, especially in the Mediterranean settlements.

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Section: The Working Methodology For Urban Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Interdisciplinary contribution to the protection plan of the fortified old town of cagliari (italy)

Fiorino¹,

Pirinu²

2017

Int. J. HA

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“…The builders mainly used limestone stone, locally named pietra forte and pietra cantone [33]. Structures have a wide chronology, as a consequence of the known practice, especially in 15th-18th centuries, of reusing -or recycling -pre-existences during the construction of new buildings inside urban perimeters [34].…”

Section: Constructive Techniques and Materialsmentioning

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Integrated sciences for heritage reuse: Interdisciplinary studies on the piarist college of san giuseppe in cagliari (italy)

Fiorino¹,

Bagnolo²,

Grillo³

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This study report illustrates the first results of a large-scale interdisciplinary research, currently in progress, carried out on the remarkable Piarist College of San Giuseppe Calasanzio in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy). More specifically, the article focuses on the definition of criteria, standards and tools for the selection and management of the technological and scientific know-how in the knowledge plan, contributions that are becoming increasingly common in the restoration project. The former idea of the scientific programme was to consider the site as a research and teaching laboratory of Architectural conservation. However, the interdisciplinary nature of the studies involved and the exceptional opportunity provided by the site to think more deeply on the complex relationships between the different branches of sciences in the field of Restoration and to define efficient protocols for the planning and management of single multidisciplinary contribution to the preservation and reuse design project were immediately apparent.The report therefore seeks to put forward some cause for reflection and, at the same time, describes the methodology developed for the specific case study, based on the stratigraphic analysis applied to the urban and architectural scale. In fact, the specific character of San Giuseppe College is that of being a wide architecture included in the densely stratified old town. The entire knowledge plan has been conceived as a multilayered stratified knowledge and indirect and on-site analysis required a multidisciplinary team composed, till now, by experts in the field of architectural restoration, history of architecture, survey and geomaterials, but further contributions have been planned in terms of urban analysis, structural efficiency, services and technical performance of manufactures. The tool of the 'Raumbuch', specifically adapted to the purpose, seems to be the best way of managing the spreading knowledge and of cross-checking the flowing information.

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“…An interesting palimpsest of these integrations can be recognized in the Altamira Gate, in the area of the Tower of San Pancrazio, the northern entrance to the city, which has always represented the most vulnerable part of the walled town, since it opened directly onto the hinterland. This is why this area is one of the most stratified portions of the city walls, from the Pisan period to the crucial 19th century restorations [9].…”

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Stratigraphy and analysis of interfaces for the preservation of architectural heritage

Fiorino¹

2015

Int. J. SDP

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The study contributes to the recognition of the central role of the interface in a restoration project. In fact, boundaries, joints and connections represent the key factor for understanding and interpreting the chronological sequence of the construction in a historical monument and they are the place where the contact of different entities can engender problems of connection and transmission, as well as material, chemical-physical, aesthetic or related to technological compatibility (structural, thermic and hygrometric). In the planning stage, they also intervene decisively in the principles of feasibility such as distinctness, reversibility, current expression and sustainability, which form the theoretical basis of the discipline. One particular case of interface is the one generated by erosion. The text presents the case of erosion of the urban walls of Cagliari, where the phenomenon has been faced by the creation of interesting integration interfaces in the course of time. Particularly, in the case of the 'Porta di Altamira', a scale of the degrees of erosion, useful for the planning of possible units of integration, has been studied. Based on the case study and the theoretical principles of the discipline, the research suggests the stratigraphic process as a standard methodology and operating criterion for the preservation and the restoration of interfaces and for the integration of gaps.

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Stratigraphic evidence in the ancient urban walls of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)

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Interdisciplinary contribution to the protection plan of the fortified old town of cagliari (italy)

Interdisciplinary contribution to the protection plan of the fortified old town of cagliari (italy)

Integrated sciences for heritage reuse: Interdisciplinary studies on the piarist college of san giuseppe in cagliari (italy)

Stratigraphy and analysis of interfaces for the preservation of architectural heritage

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