The school includes modules of history, archaeology, urban-morphology, methodologies for heritage... more The school includes modules of history, archaeology, urban-morphology, methodologies for heritage survey, restoration, landscape, heritage management and design. Most of the teaching activities will be in the Castello Orsini at Castel Madama, a small town close to Rome, and the final conference, “Reconsidering Archaeology and Architecture” will be on September 10th at the Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica in Rome.
Public Open Space in Transition for Health and Wellbeing, 2020
At the dawn of the 21st century, half the
world’s population is projected to be
living in urban a... more At the dawn of the 21st century, half the world’s population is projected to be living in urban areas creating the overcrowded built environment and consequently diminishing green spaces. As much urban growth is still to come, there is an opportunity to significantly influence sustainable urbanization through decision making at the local level. The quality of urban life and the therefore functioning of the city thus depends on the quality with which we shape our cities, by restructuring and transforming them toward a more sustainable environment. Unfortunately, future population growth is projected to be in urban areas, and in most cities, there is a rise within the density of developments, therefore, some public spaces are sold off for this motive. The positive or negative impacts of urban communities on local natural environments affecting social human health and well-being depend on the standard and provision of governmental services to support their societies in nurturing a healthier life.
The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a com... more The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a complex defensive system, designed ''alla moderna'' and built to control territories and commercial routes leading to the East. The Byzantines built the first Kyrenia castle in the VII century. It is located in the Eastern end of Kyrenia, at the old harbor. King John d'Ibelin built large portions of the castle in 1208-1211. The Genoese destroyed the Castle in the XIV cent., the Venetians captured it in 1491. The entrance to the castle is on the NorthWest side through a vaulted corridor. The Venetians replaced the original drawbridge at the castle's entrance with the protected gatehouse that still exists today. The Venetian modifications include the W wall, the NW tower, the S wall and the SE and W towers. The towers on the NW and SE where built with a round shape in medieval times. In the XV century gunpowder came into use, cannons and artillery were developing quickly, so Italian engineers adopted a system of remodelling medieval fortresses. In Kyrenia the architects shaped the SW bastion with a polygonal plan, according to the new artillery systems. The castle has one entrance over a bridge on the W side, originally crossing the inner harbour, subsequently transformed by the Venetians into the surrounding moat. The proveditore Ascanio Savorgnano and the military engineer Sebastian Vernier both report the castle's transformation in 1562, but the works were complete by 1544. The paper will analyse the phases of the building, comparing it with other cases in Cyprus and in the eastern Mediterranean, finding parallels with the indications coming from the coeval architectural literature.
The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a com... more The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a complex defensive system, designed ''alla moderna'' and built to control territories and commercial routes leading to the East. The Byzantines built the first Kyrenia castle in the VII century. It is located in the Eastern end of Kyrenia, at the old harbor. King John d'Ibelin built large portions of the castle in 1208-1211. The Genoese destroyed the Castle in the XIV cent., the Venetians captured it in 1491. The entrance to the castle is on the NorthWest side through a vaulted corridor. The Venetians replaced the original drawbridge at the castle's entrance with the protected gatehouse that still exists today. The Venetian modifications include the W wall, the NW tower, the S wall and the SE and W towers. The towers on the NW and SE where built with a round shape in medieval times. In the XV century gunpowder came into use, cannons and artillery were developing quickly, so Italian engineers adopted a system of remodelling medieval fortresses. In Kyrenia the architects shaped the SW bastion with a polygonal plan, according to the new artillery systems. The castle has one entrance over a bridge on the W side, originally crossing the inner harbour, subsequently transformed by the Venetians into the surrounding moat. The proveditore Ascanio Savorgnano and the military engineer Sebastian Vernier both report the castle's transformation in 1562, but the works were complete by 1544. The paper will analyse the phases of the building, comparing it with other cases in Cyprus and in the eastern Mediterranean, finding parallels with the indications coming from the coeval architectural literature.
Most nation's population lives in urban cities in an ever-expanding but linked globe. Life in urb... more Most nation's population lives in urban cities in an ever-expanding but linked globe. Life in urban areas is becoming faster, more computerized, and more urbanized than ever before. The urban environment is degrading at an astounding level in conjunction with pressing climate concerns. With the quick rate of urban development, which is frequently unplanned and insufficient, as well as the social, ecological, and cultural issues, the essential link that has been constant between nature and humans is at risk. This result is destroying our pre-existent interactions and connection with nature. An idea of sustainable and green city was frequently imagined while that's not yet to be widely implemented. Being disconnected from nature is one of our cities' main concerns. Isolating humans from nature is causing a wide range of cognitive, social, emotional, psychological and physiological topics. This reality is absolutely essential to consider major sustainable strategies capable of supporting humanity's profound and instinctive connection with nature. Biophilic design is one experimental possibility that believes in the connection between the humans and nature. However, biophilic conceptual design is a novel strategy that focuses on preserving, improving, and restoring great experiences involving nature in built environment. This research explored the experiences and characteristics of biophilic design using the mixed methods between qualitative, quantitative, and comparative method-defined as the systematic comparison of a select variety of examples-with a particular focus on its connection to practical, analytical, and case-study analysis. This study concentrated on biophilic design concept and planning, which could improve residents' environmental attitudes and understanding, and therefore change green life styles among citizens, this is getting us certainly to environmental sustainability and renewing the connection bridge between nature and humans.
Cities have distinctive identities that vary physically according to their geographical location,... more Cities have distinctive identities that vary physically according to their geographical location, demographics, culture, environment, and economic factors. Altogether, they are targeted at a better quality of life by promoting their identity through revitalization efforts. This paper puts forwards an urban modelling application of location intelligence tool (Carto DB), and how nowadays tools could provide planners with both analytical databases and practical platforms to implement future strategies, which allow appraisal of cities' current situation, along with specific strategies, methods, and approaches for mapping and highlighting the different aspects of life to develop exercises in macro planning issues which are capable of responding to the needs of today's phenomena. This application applied diverse case studies selected from students' hometowns with different complexity, history, within recent developments. The results show that the synchronicity and growth between software and urban planning provided and tested new analytical tool, which allows spatial applications of various strategical analyses on different scales.
PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coa... more PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast FORTMED 2016, Florence November 9-11 2016.
In the last decades, the Mediterranean region is experiencing economic, social, and spatial chang... more In the last decades, the Mediterranean region is experiencing economic, social, and spatial changes in its structures. Today, cities are experiencing an increasing number of complex problems regarding internal and external connections, reflecting on the city structural realm. The physical transformation of territories in general and cities in particular are associated with external trends, such as migration, post-colonization affects, social changes, economic, and political activities. The paper concludes how coastlines act as an interface between internal and external transitions of the Mediterranean region, and highlights those territories as important defensive lines which could embrace the Mediterranean challenges. The attitude of coastlines as a system basis of cities can find a compelling rationale as well as a cohesive meaning of recovering its major role in embracing complex external and internal relations, which result in the formation of a strong and coherent urban system to cope with constant transitions of the region.
The school includes modules of history, archaeology, urban-morphology, methodologies for heritage... more The school includes modules of history, archaeology, urban-morphology, methodologies for heritage survey, restoration, landscape, heritage management and design. Most of the teaching activities will be in the Castello Orsini at Castel Madama, a small town close to Rome, and the final conference, “Reconsidering Archaeology and Architecture” will be on September 10th at the Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica in Rome.
Public Open Space in Transition for Health and Wellbeing, 2020
At the dawn of the 21st century, half the
world’s population is projected to be
living in urban a... more At the dawn of the 21st century, half the world’s population is projected to be living in urban areas creating the overcrowded built environment and consequently diminishing green spaces. As much urban growth is still to come, there is an opportunity to significantly influence sustainable urbanization through decision making at the local level. The quality of urban life and the therefore functioning of the city thus depends on the quality with which we shape our cities, by restructuring and transforming them toward a more sustainable environment. Unfortunately, future population growth is projected to be in urban areas, and in most cities, there is a rise within the density of developments, therefore, some public spaces are sold off for this motive. The positive or negative impacts of urban communities on local natural environments affecting social human health and well-being depend on the standard and provision of governmental services to support their societies in nurturing a healthier life.
The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a com... more The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a complex defensive system, designed ''alla moderna'' and built to control territories and commercial routes leading to the East. The Byzantines built the first Kyrenia castle in the VII century. It is located in the Eastern end of Kyrenia, at the old harbor. King John d'Ibelin built large portions of the castle in 1208-1211. The Genoese destroyed the Castle in the XIV cent., the Venetians captured it in 1491. The entrance to the castle is on the NorthWest side through a vaulted corridor. The Venetians replaced the original drawbridge at the castle's entrance with the protected gatehouse that still exists today. The Venetian modifications include the W wall, the NW tower, the S wall and the SE and W towers. The towers on the NW and SE where built with a round shape in medieval times. In the XV century gunpowder came into use, cannons and artillery were developing quickly, so Italian engineers adopted a system of remodelling medieval fortresses. In Kyrenia the architects shaped the SW bastion with a polygonal plan, according to the new artillery systems. The castle has one entrance over a bridge on the W side, originally crossing the inner harbour, subsequently transformed by the Venetians into the surrounding moat. The proveditore Ascanio Savorgnano and the military engineer Sebastian Vernier both report the castle's transformation in 1562, but the works were complete by 1544. The paper will analyse the phases of the building, comparing it with other cases in Cyprus and in the eastern Mediterranean, finding parallels with the indications coming from the coeval architectural literature.
The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a com... more The Venetian fortifications in the Mediterranean between the XV and XVII century constitute a complex defensive system, designed ''alla moderna'' and built to control territories and commercial routes leading to the East. The Byzantines built the first Kyrenia castle in the VII century. It is located in the Eastern end of Kyrenia, at the old harbor. King John d'Ibelin built large portions of the castle in 1208-1211. The Genoese destroyed the Castle in the XIV cent., the Venetians captured it in 1491. The entrance to the castle is on the NorthWest side through a vaulted corridor. The Venetians replaced the original drawbridge at the castle's entrance with the protected gatehouse that still exists today. The Venetian modifications include the W wall, the NW tower, the S wall and the SE and W towers. The towers on the NW and SE where built with a round shape in medieval times. In the XV century gunpowder came into use, cannons and artillery were developing quickly, so Italian engineers adopted a system of remodelling medieval fortresses. In Kyrenia the architects shaped the SW bastion with a polygonal plan, according to the new artillery systems. The castle has one entrance over a bridge on the W side, originally crossing the inner harbour, subsequently transformed by the Venetians into the surrounding moat. The proveditore Ascanio Savorgnano and the military engineer Sebastian Vernier both report the castle's transformation in 1562, but the works were complete by 1544. The paper will analyse the phases of the building, comparing it with other cases in Cyprus and in the eastern Mediterranean, finding parallels with the indications coming from the coeval architectural literature.
Most nation's population lives in urban cities in an ever-expanding but linked globe. Life in urb... more Most nation's population lives in urban cities in an ever-expanding but linked globe. Life in urban areas is becoming faster, more computerized, and more urbanized than ever before. The urban environment is degrading at an astounding level in conjunction with pressing climate concerns. With the quick rate of urban development, which is frequently unplanned and insufficient, as well as the social, ecological, and cultural issues, the essential link that has been constant between nature and humans is at risk. This result is destroying our pre-existent interactions and connection with nature. An idea of sustainable and green city was frequently imagined while that's not yet to be widely implemented. Being disconnected from nature is one of our cities' main concerns. Isolating humans from nature is causing a wide range of cognitive, social, emotional, psychological and physiological topics. This reality is absolutely essential to consider major sustainable strategies capable of supporting humanity's profound and instinctive connection with nature. Biophilic design is one experimental possibility that believes in the connection between the humans and nature. However, biophilic conceptual design is a novel strategy that focuses on preserving, improving, and restoring great experiences involving nature in built environment. This research explored the experiences and characteristics of biophilic design using the mixed methods between qualitative, quantitative, and comparative method-defined as the systematic comparison of a select variety of examples-with a particular focus on its connection to practical, analytical, and case-study analysis. This study concentrated on biophilic design concept and planning, which could improve residents' environmental attitudes and understanding, and therefore change green life styles among citizens, this is getting us certainly to environmental sustainability and renewing the connection bridge between nature and humans.
Cities have distinctive identities that vary physically according to their geographical location,... more Cities have distinctive identities that vary physically according to their geographical location, demographics, culture, environment, and economic factors. Altogether, they are targeted at a better quality of life by promoting their identity through revitalization efforts. This paper puts forwards an urban modelling application of location intelligence tool (Carto DB), and how nowadays tools could provide planners with both analytical databases and practical platforms to implement future strategies, which allow appraisal of cities' current situation, along with specific strategies, methods, and approaches for mapping and highlighting the different aspects of life to develop exercises in macro planning issues which are capable of responding to the needs of today's phenomena. This application applied diverse case studies selected from students' hometowns with different complexity, history, within recent developments. The results show that the synchronicity and growth between software and urban planning provided and tested new analytical tool, which allows spatial applications of various strategical analyses on different scales.
PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coa... more PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast FORTMED 2016, Florence November 9-11 2016.
In the last decades, the Mediterranean region is experiencing economic, social, and spatial chang... more In the last decades, the Mediterranean region is experiencing economic, social, and spatial changes in its structures. Today, cities are experiencing an increasing number of complex problems regarding internal and external connections, reflecting on the city structural realm. The physical transformation of territories in general and cities in particular are associated with external trends, such as migration, post-colonization affects, social changes, economic, and political activities. The paper concludes how coastlines act as an interface between internal and external transitions of the Mediterranean region, and highlights those territories as important defensive lines which could embrace the Mediterranean challenges. The attitude of coastlines as a system basis of cities can find a compelling rationale as well as a cohesive meaning of recovering its major role in embracing complex external and internal relations, which result in the formation of a strong and coherent urban system to cope with constant transitions of the region.
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world’s population is projected to be
living in urban areas creating the overcrowded
built environment and consequently
diminishing green spaces.
As much urban growth is still to come,
there is an opportunity to significantly
influence sustainable urbanization
through decision making at the local
level. The quality of urban life and the
therefore functioning of the city thus
depends on the quality with which we
shape our cities, by restructuring and
transforming them toward a more sustainable
environment. Unfortunately,
future population growth is projected
to be in urban areas, and in most cities,
there is a rise within the density of
developments, therefore, some public
spaces are sold off for this motive. The
positive or negative impacts of urban
communities on local natural environments
affecting social human health
and well-being depend on the standard
and provision of governmental
services to support their societies in
nurturing a healthier life.
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world’s population is projected to be
living in urban areas creating the overcrowded
built environment and consequently
diminishing green spaces.
As much urban growth is still to come,
there is an opportunity to significantly
influence sustainable urbanization
through decision making at the local
level. The quality of urban life and the
therefore functioning of the city thus
depends on the quality with which we
shape our cities, by restructuring and
transforming them toward a more sustainable
environment. Unfortunately,
future population growth is projected
to be in urban areas, and in most cities,
there is a rise within the density of
developments, therefore, some public
spaces are sold off for this motive. The
positive or negative impacts of urban
communities on local natural environments
affecting social human health
and well-being depend on the standard
and provision of governmental
services to support their societies in
nurturing a healthier life.