This page has only limited features, please log in for full access.
The paper discusses how a Geographic Information System (GIS) contributes to set up a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the sustainable preservation of a 20th-century architectural masterpiece. The National Art Schools of Cuba are presented as a case study. The complex consists of five iconic buildings built in the early 1960s within a 56-hectare city-park. Since they are today underused and in a poor state of conservation, a research project among Italy, Cuba, and the US addressed a CMP’s preparation between 2018 and 2020. A GIS was prepared to collect and manage the whole data, based on graphic support consistent with both the site’s features and the research’s goal, to set up a comprehensive Conservation Management Plan. By illustrating this experience’s pros and cons, the paper discusses how GIS may contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of such extensive 20th-century architectural complexes.
Andrea Garzulino; Maria Borgarino; Davide Del Curto. When GIS Joins the Conservation Management Plan of a 20th-Century Architectural Heritage. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3881 .
AMA StyleAndrea Garzulino, Maria Borgarino, Davide Del Curto. When GIS Joins the Conservation Management Plan of a 20th-Century Architectural Heritage. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):3881.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrea Garzulino; Maria Borgarino; Davide Del Curto. 2021. "When GIS Joins the Conservation Management Plan of a 20th-Century Architectural Heritage." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 3881.
This work illustrates the contribution of flood risk assessment and adaptation to set up a conservation management plan for a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture. Case study is the iconic complex, internationally known as the National Art Schools of Cuba. It consists of five buildings built in the early 1960s within a park of Habana next to the Caribbean Sea. The path of the river (Rio Quibù) crossing the estate was modified to fit the landscape design. The complex has then been exposed to the risk of flooding. The School of Ballet, located in a narrow meander of the river, slightly upstream of a bridge and partially obstructing the flow, is particularly subject to frequent flash floods from the Rio Quibù, and it needs urgent restoration. Keeping ISA Modern is a project aimed at preserving the Schools complex. Based upon in situ surveys on the Rio Quibù and local area measurements during 2019, numerical modelling, and previous work by the Cuban National Institute of Hydraulic Resources, we pursued a flood risk analysis for the area, and a preliminary analysis of available risk reduction strategies. Using HEC-RAS 2D software for hydraulic modelling, we evaluated the flooded area and the hydraulic conditions (flow depth, velocity) for floods with given return periods. Our results show that SB is a building most subject to flooding, with high levels of risk. Defense strategies as designed by Cuban authorities may include a (new) wall around the School of Ballet and widening of the river channel, with high impact and cost, although not definitive. Temporary, light, permanent, and low cost/impact flood proofing structures may be used with similar effectiveness. We demonstrate that relatively little expensive hydraulic investigation may aid flood modelling and risk assessment in support of conservation projects for historically valuable sites. This may support brainstorming and the selection of (low to high cost) adaptation and risk reduction measures in the coastal areas of Cuba in response to ever increasing extreme storms and sea level rise controlling flood dynamics under transient climate change.
Leonardo Stucchi; Daniele Fabrizio Bignami; Daniele Bocchiola; Davide Del Curto; Andrea Garzulino; Renzo Rosso. Assessment of Climate-Driven Flood Risk and Adaptation Supporting the Conservation Management Plan of a Heritage Site. The National Art Schools of Cuba. Climate 2021, 9, 23 .
AMA StyleLeonardo Stucchi, Daniele Fabrizio Bignami, Daniele Bocchiola, Davide Del Curto, Andrea Garzulino, Renzo Rosso. Assessment of Climate-Driven Flood Risk and Adaptation Supporting the Conservation Management Plan of a Heritage Site. The National Art Schools of Cuba. Climate. 2021; 9 (2):23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeonardo Stucchi; Daniele Fabrizio Bignami; Daniele Bocchiola; Davide Del Curto; Andrea Garzulino; Renzo Rosso. 2021. "Assessment of Climate-Driven Flood Risk and Adaptation Supporting the Conservation Management Plan of a Heritage Site. The National Art Schools of Cuba." Climate 9, no. 2: 23.
The awareness that a historic building is a complex system made up of interdependent parts and endowed with a specific energetic behavior is now widespread. Therefore, the energy improvement of a historic building does not only consist of designing individual construction elements or high-performance materials. On the contrary, it is based on the ability to analyze the buildings and recognize and enhance the specific thermal characteristics of each individual situation. Over the past two decades, the publication of European directives aimed at improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings has led each country to promulgate national guidelines in order to help operators planning and implementing energy improvement actions for historic buildings. The guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage prescribe a method to evaluate the effectiveness of different energy improvement interventions in historic buildings through a qualitative-quantitative analysis based on static energy simulation. However, the ministerial guidelines do not prescribe any method for the analytical evaluation of other key issues aimed at the success of any energy improvement action for the historic building. Based on the literary and standard review on EEHB 2000–2020, this paper presents a multi-criteria comparative analysis method of energy improvement techniques for historic buildings in order to support operators in choosing the most suitable action for each case study. The method analyses each energy improvement technique according to four parameters: energy efficiency (increase in expected efficiency), compatibility (ability to ensure the protection of the morphological, material, and architectural features of the historic building), durability, and cost effectiveness. The method is based on descriptive and analytic forms for the different parts of the historic building and for the different improvement actions. These have been experimentally verified on a masonry case study, representative of widespread built heritage. The result opens the possibility of implementing the national guidelines and increasing their effectiveness.
Andrea Garzulino. Energy Efficiency: A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method for the Intervention on Built Heritage. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9223 .
AMA StyleAndrea Garzulino. Energy Efficiency: A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method for the Intervention on Built Heritage. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):9223.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrea Garzulino. 2020. "Energy Efficiency: A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method for the Intervention on Built Heritage." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 9223.
The urban archaeological remains, especially in cities like Milan, have a number of issues closely related to the preservation and maintenance of the characteristics of each site, but today these issues appear to be equally fundamental and strictly linked to the awareness and accessibility of this hidden heritage. As part of the “Mediolanum MMXV” project, it was possible to investigate these topics by approaching areas with different characteristics and developing actions that allowed the full knowledge of the current state of these historical artefacts, highlighting the main critical aspects. The consequent activation of coordinated actions of knowledge, through a combination of three-dimensional documentation methodologies, activities of promotion and communication of the different archaeological sites in the central areas of Milan has led to the creation of a network structure aimed at creating the basis for a wider project able to increase its usability and valorisation thanks to multimedia communication and interactive virtual representation systems.
A. Garzulino; G. Zenoni. RECREATE THE ANCIENT URBAN LANDSCAPE. MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF MILAN. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 2019, XLII-2/W9, 361 -368.
AMA StyleA. Garzulino, G. Zenoni. RECREATE THE ANCIENT URBAN LANDSCAPE. MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF MILAN. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 2019; XLII-2/W9 ():361-368.
Chicago/Turabian StyleA. Garzulino; G. Zenoni. 2019. "RECREATE THE ANCIENT URBAN LANDSCAPE. MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF MILAN." The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W9, no. : 361-368.
Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni; Andrea Garzulino; Stephen Kay; Matilde Marzullo; Christopher Smith. CIVITA DI TARQUINIA (COMUNE DI TARQUINIA, PROVINCIA DI VITERBO, REGIONE LAZIO). Papers of the British School at Rome 2018, 86, 328 -332.
AMA StyleGiovanna Bagnasco Gianni, Andrea Garzulino, Stephen Kay, Matilde Marzullo, Christopher Smith. CIVITA DI TARQUINIA (COMUNE DI TARQUINIA, PROVINCIA DI VITERBO, REGIONE LAZIO). Papers of the British School at Rome. 2018; 86 ():328-332.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Bagnasco Gianni; Andrea Garzulino; Stephen Kay; Matilde Marzullo; Christopher Smith. 2018. "CIVITA DI TARQUINIA (COMUNE DI TARQUINIA, PROVINCIA DI VITERBO, REGIONE LAZIO)." Papers of the British School at Rome 86, no. : 328-332.