Germanà, M.L., Akagawa, N., Versaci, A., Cavalagli, N. (eds) Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH). CAH 2022. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham., 2024
In the early 1900s, Giuseppina Pizzigoni launched an experimental pedagogical programme in Milan ... more In the early 1900s, Giuseppina Pizzigoni launched an experimental pedagogical programme in Milan based on the reform of teaching methods and the design and construction of a new school in keeping with her innovative educational principles. Today, the Pizzigoni method is still implemented in this school, whose special spaces are still in use. However, a lack of investment in maintenance and retrofitting and the emergence of new educational needs and requirements over time has led the building to deteriorate and become functionally inadequate. In 2020, a set of interventions was initiated with a view to conserving this architectural heritage asset. The restoration project demanded an innovative and multidisciplinary approach given its aims of conserving original materials, enhancing the building’s energy and seismic performances, updating its systems, and adapting its layout to meet the current needs of the school community. In this paper, we first present the key features of both the Pizzigoni method and the school building. Then we outline the technical issues with the building and the main intervention strategies. Finally, we focus on the co-design process brought to bear on the functional layout of the school building, and the outcomes of this process, which was implemented with the participation of the school principal and teaching staff and the involvement of the other stakeholders, including the main sponsor of the intervention.
Atti del Convegno Internazionale Scienza e Beni Culturali , 2019
Palazzo Penna-Trotti-Borghi, seat of the Ferrara State Archives, is a building complex of Renaiss... more Palazzo Penna-Trotti-Borghi, seat of the Ferrara State Archives, is a building complex of Renaissance origin and, straddling the medieval walls, it’s an emblematic example of urban development of lands between the ancient city and the completion of the Addizione Erculea by Biagio Rossetti. The research, resulted in a project proposal, was conducted following a chronological line, with a multidisciplinary perspective, defining the evolution and the construction techniques of the Palace. It was also possible to discover a historicization of use mutations due to the contribution of the owners in terms of architectural updating and distribution of spaces at the fashions and needs of each era: private mansion with the Giuoco della Rachetta Hall (sport for tennis), then College for the education of nobles, afterward typical eighteenth-century Ferrara noble residence, then Borghi family private residence and finally public offices. In last century the building was involved in punctual interventions to solve immediate needs without a global vision. A vocational analysis of all spaces was conducted, highlighting critical points and elements of value, present destinations and possibilities for intervention. The project focuses above all on the distributional and functional rethinking, as well as touching the theme of accessibility for disabled people.
INTERVENIRE SULLE SUPERFICI DELL'ARCHITETTURA TRA BILANCI E PROSPETTIVE, 2018
The “Palazzo delle Scintille”, former Pavilion 3, is the last survivor of the historical Fair Dis... more The “Palazzo delle Scintille”, former Pavilion 3, is the last survivor of the historical Fair District in Milan. Designed by the architect Paolo Vietti Violi in 1922 and first opened in 1923, it was born as sports Hall, it’s one of the oldest buildings of the District and it remains during the XX Century one of the main elements of connection with the surrounding urban context. Today, at the end of restoration works, it confirms its historical vocation of connection between city and contemporary district of Citylife. The contribution focuses on the recently completed restoration works of facades, it describes the approach to the restoration project of a highly reworked modern architecture immersed in a contemporary neighborhood, summarizing the methodological lines followed (from calibration of diagnostics to works accomplishments) and analyzes the critical issues. It focuses in particular on the issues of superfluous elements removal, conservation and diagnostics for modern materials (both concrete surfaces, and large glazed diaphragms), as well as on the theme of the recomposition of the final building image.
Germanà, M.L., Akagawa, N., Versaci, A., Cavalagli, N. (eds) Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH). CAH 2022. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham., 2024
In the early 1900s, Giuseppina Pizzigoni launched an experimental pedagogical programme in Milan ... more In the early 1900s, Giuseppina Pizzigoni launched an experimental pedagogical programme in Milan based on the reform of teaching methods and the design and construction of a new school in keeping with her innovative educational principles. Today, the Pizzigoni method is still implemented in this school, whose special spaces are still in use. However, a lack of investment in maintenance and retrofitting and the emergence of new educational needs and requirements over time has led the building to deteriorate and become functionally inadequate. In 2020, a set of interventions was initiated with a view to conserving this architectural heritage asset. The restoration project demanded an innovative and multidisciplinary approach given its aims of conserving original materials, enhancing the building’s energy and seismic performances, updating its systems, and adapting its layout to meet the current needs of the school community. In this paper, we first present the key features of both the Pizzigoni method and the school building. Then we outline the technical issues with the building and the main intervention strategies. Finally, we focus on the co-design process brought to bear on the functional layout of the school building, and the outcomes of this process, which was implemented with the participation of the school principal and teaching staff and the involvement of the other stakeholders, including the main sponsor of the intervention.
Atti del Convegno Internazionale Scienza e Beni Culturali , 2019
Palazzo Penna-Trotti-Borghi, seat of the Ferrara State Archives, is a building complex of Renaiss... more Palazzo Penna-Trotti-Borghi, seat of the Ferrara State Archives, is a building complex of Renaissance origin and, straddling the medieval walls, it’s an emblematic example of urban development of lands between the ancient city and the completion of the Addizione Erculea by Biagio Rossetti. The research, resulted in a project proposal, was conducted following a chronological line, with a multidisciplinary perspective, defining the evolution and the construction techniques of the Palace. It was also possible to discover a historicization of use mutations due to the contribution of the owners in terms of architectural updating and distribution of spaces at the fashions and needs of each era: private mansion with the Giuoco della Rachetta Hall (sport for tennis), then College for the education of nobles, afterward typical eighteenth-century Ferrara noble residence, then Borghi family private residence and finally public offices. In last century the building was involved in punctual interventions to solve immediate needs without a global vision. A vocational analysis of all spaces was conducted, highlighting critical points and elements of value, present destinations and possibilities for intervention. The project focuses above all on the distributional and functional rethinking, as well as touching the theme of accessibility for disabled people.
INTERVENIRE SULLE SUPERFICI DELL'ARCHITETTURA TRA BILANCI E PROSPETTIVE, 2018
The “Palazzo delle Scintille”, former Pavilion 3, is the last survivor of the historical Fair Dis... more The “Palazzo delle Scintille”, former Pavilion 3, is the last survivor of the historical Fair District in Milan. Designed by the architect Paolo Vietti Violi in 1922 and first opened in 1923, it was born as sports Hall, it’s one of the oldest buildings of the District and it remains during the XX Century one of the main elements of connection with the surrounding urban context. Today, at the end of restoration works, it confirms its historical vocation of connection between city and contemporary district of Citylife. The contribution focuses on the recently completed restoration works of facades, it describes the approach to the restoration project of a highly reworked modern architecture immersed in a contemporary neighborhood, summarizing the methodological lines followed (from calibration of diagnostics to works accomplishments) and analyzes the critical issues. It focuses in particular on the issues of superfluous elements removal, conservation and diagnostics for modern materials (both concrete surfaces, and large glazed diaphragms), as well as on the theme of the recomposition of the final building image.
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The contribution focuses on the recently completed restoration works of facades, it describes the approach to the restoration project of a highly reworked modern architecture immersed in a contemporary neighborhood, summarizing the methodological lines followed (from calibration of diagnostics to works accomplishments) and analyzes the critical issues. It focuses in particular on the issues of superfluous elements removal, conservation and diagnostics for modern materials (both concrete surfaces, and large glazed diaphragms), as well as on the theme of the recomposition of the final building image.
The contribution focuses on the recently completed restoration works of facades, it describes the approach to the restoration project of a highly reworked modern architecture immersed in a contemporary neighborhood, summarizing the methodological lines followed (from calibration of diagnostics to works accomplishments) and analyzes the critical issues. It focuses in particular on the issues of superfluous elements removal, conservation and diagnostics for modern materials (both concrete surfaces, and large glazed diaphragms), as well as on the theme of the recomposition of the final building image.