Scavo 2015 della necropoli romana di Porta Nocera a Pompei: nascita e sviluppo di un paesaggio funerario romano (I sec. a.C. - I sec. d.C.)

The Porta Nocera 2 program aims to study the process of establishing and developing a Roman urban necropolis from a road network, which is an essential setting in the expression of death in the Roman time. As such, the necropolis of Porta Nocera essentially excavated between 1952 and 1958 and then in 1983 offers a privileged field study. Indeed, monuments and funerary enclosures with burial structures (graves, cremation areas) built along the road to Nocera are well preserved and allow to observe funerary practices on a relatively short time, about 160 years, since we can assume that the necropolis has been founded with the colony in 80 BC. It is then the necessity to organize a burial area according to Roman customs, which is at the origin a new landscape development until then essentially marked by the presence of the urban wall.

Avvicinamento alla storia dell'architettura giapponese. Dal periodo Nara al periodo Meiji

The book analyzes the history of Japanese Architecture between Nara Period (710-784) and Meiji Period (1867-1912). The book is organized in two part: "The History" and "The Cultural Heritage" with a reflexion about the restoration of the Temples and Shrines. The book is the result of an international research work at the Kyoto University.

Tecnologie digitali per la catalogazione dei Beni Culturali: Villa Adriana. L'architettura contro il tempo.

Villa Adriana presenta un ampio spettro di possibili casi studio finalizzati ad approfondire il tema della documentazione e della catalogazione dei Beni Culturali. La diffusione della rete Internet ha oggi determinato la necessità di gestire le informazioni in forma distribuita. Nel settore dei B.C., per anni le informazioni relative agli stessi venivano riassunte in schede, “beni schedati” per l’appunto, in modo da facilitarne la consultabilità e l’organizzazione manuale. Nel primo periodo della informatizzazione il processo è stato perfettamente uguale: schede, unità di misura e campi rimasero gli stessi, ma digitalizzati. È chiaro che oggi un sistema del genere appare poco appropriato rispetto alle proprietà dei sistemi digitali, per consentirne lo studio e/o la fruizione. Quindi è nata l’esigenza di migliorare la gestione dei dati raccolti e aggiornare la scheda tenendo conto dell’esperienza sia di coloro che lavorano nel campo della catalogazione dei beni culturali sia di coloro che operano nelle Soprintendenze e nelle Università. Tutto ciò ha spinto il Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali a pensare una soluzione al fine di creare un processo evolutivo dei cittadini. L’“innovazione tecnologica”, oltre ad essere un’implementazione di una nuova regola organizzativa, miglio9ra il supporto alla salvaguardia dei beni artistici e archeologici, mettendo a disposizione dei tecnici delle soprintendenze e delle forze dell’ordine strumenti che semplificano l’attività nella tutela del patrimonio culturale. È innegabile il fatto che oggi i nuovi “media” siano il fulcro di un “movimento” verso i modelli rinnovati di comunicazione della conoscenza che offrono le forme più rapide e immediate dell’offerta culturale. Il sistema informativo permette di incrociare le informazioni di carattere tecnico con i dati relativi alla conoscenza del bene e alla sua storia, mettendoli in relazione alla specifica area a cui si riferiscono.

Eye on the Street? Sensory Experience in Public Places

Research on the sensual experience of place is not a mainstream topic in the architectural debate; it is more common in other disciplines like landscape architecture or interior design. The curriculum sometime offers opportunities of cross-pollination between disciplines; students in architecture courses might be exposed to different theories of space more typical to other fields. This paper explore the teaching/research nexus within QUT Master of Architecture research stream; the focus of the discussion is students’ experimentation with people’s experience and navigation of the public space. Theories of placemaking in relation to urban design are first introduced; then the teaching/research nexus is discussed; finally students’ experience in approaching phenomenological research within the Master of Architecture are presented.

Environment and Interaction: a study in social activation of the public realm

The natural and built environment has been shown to affect its users in both psychological and physiological forms. But can if affect the sociological aspects of human processes and actions? The activation of the public realm can be shown to reduce socially dysfunctional behaviour through the simple occupation of the space and a number of other key variables through its design. In order to explore this further we must study how public space is being used in terms of social interaction, which will lead to a set of design ideals through which the social activation of public space can be achieved. Observations of differing social contexts have been undertaken in order to solidify key ideas and design principles for the activation of public space. Three sites were selected, each containing different amounts of vegetation and opportunity for occupation. These were then analysed through a lens of levels of social interaction. In this way it can become evident how the users interact with and within their social environments Through the analysis of the chosen sites, it has become evident that levels of interaction between the users, whether for transitory or occupational purposes, rise directly with vegetation and opportunity for occupation. With this in mind it can be determined that through design, public space can allow for and create greater opportunity for social interaction.

Rejuvenating lost and disused space within Fortitude Valley : a study into the effectiveness of urban greenery in subtropical public space

An issue gaining prominence in our urban environments in the notion of lost space, the undesirable urban areas that are in need of redesign, commonly caused by a focus on development as individual architectural entities, without a greater view of the urban environment as a holistic entity. Within the context of South East Queensland, the suburb of Fortitude Valley has been earmarked for development as an extension of the current CBD. With lost and disused spaces already existing throughout the suburb due to rapid growth and mismatched developments, recent planning regimes have proposed rejuvenation in the form of proposals that echo typologies from other Australian regions, such as the laneway typology from Melbourne. Opportunities exist in these spaces for design approaches that relate specifically to the individual and unique subtropical character of the area. This research explores the relationship between innovative approaches towards urban greenery as a means to rejuvenate lost and disused public space, and its suitability within a subtropical climate, specifically focused within the suburb of Fortitude Valley. A trend gaining prominence is the notion of biophilic cities; cities that integrate urban greenery as a means to provide vibrant public spaces, and meet the growing aesthetic, social, cultural and economic needs of our cities. Through analysis of case studies showcasing greenery in an inventive way, observations of public using subtropical public space, and a discussion of the current policy frameworks at place within Fortitude Valley, innovative uses of urban greenery is proposed as viable placemaking technique in subtropical urban environments.

Cidade é uma palavra plural [City is a manifold word]

This text elaborates on the city as cultural construct and representation and Lisbocópio, the installation by Pancho Guedes and Ricardo Jacinto in the context of the Official Representation of Portugal at the 10. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura-La Biennale di Venezia.

Prudentia Iuris, 2000, n° 52 (número completo)

Contenido: Editorial : veinte años de la revista fundada por el Dr. Santiago de Estrada – Derecho Eclesiástico: Condición jurídica del Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano / Ariel David Busso – Derecho Comercial: La empresa y las responsabilidades emergentes de la competencia desleal / Isabel Miguez – Presentación en concurso preventivo de una (ex) entidad financiera / Javier Armando Lorente – La contenciosidad del procedimiento concursal / Claudio A. Galli – Panorama de la cooptación en el directorio privado en el Derecho Comparado / Mariano Gagliardo – Sobre los fundamentos: Teoría política de la costumbre y de la codificación : Montesquieu y la doble cultura jurídica en la antigua Francia / Paul-Ludwig Weinacht (traducción del Prof. Dr. Hugo Laitenberger) Universidad de Würzburg – Las certezas del sentido común y los caracteres esenciales de la pena / Mauro Ronco. Universidad de Modena, traducción de Alfredo Battaglia y comentario de Luis María Rizzi: “La pena como retribución y redención” – In memoriam – Documentos: Portada, índice y primer editorial del Nº 1 de “Prudentia Juris” en agosto de 1980 -- Recensiones

Futurismo italiano y fascismo paradigmático: estética y política. Una convergencia problemática. Encuentro y desencuentro de dos fenómenos contradictorios (1909-1922)

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Difficulties and errors in number reasoning development

The detailed study of difficulties and errors in young learner comprehension is a relevant and productive research field in Mathematics Education. Studies in the field are numerous although somewhat too varied. The present paper is suggesting methodological perspectives and principles applying to the field of research; we also show an example with school work. The use of figurate numbers as a representation system gives richer conceptual values, boosts visual reasoning and facilitates learner understanding.

Basic components in the scienctific didactical training of the secondary school mathematics teachers

Secondary mathematics teacher training in Spain is currently the subject of a heated revision debate. The speed of social, cultural, scientific and economic changes have left a hundred years old teacher training model well behind. However, academical inertia and professional interests are impeding a real new training of the mathematics teacher as an autonomous mathematical educator. Teachers of Didactic of Mathematics and the Spanish Associations of mathematics teachers have recently been discussing the issue. Their conclusions are included here.

Descriptions and validation of the names of some high-rank syntaxa in the European Asplenietea trichomanis and Polypodietea

The paper presents the description of one new order (Asplenietalia septentrionalo-cuneifolii) and two new alliances (Arenarion bertolonii and Physoplexido comosae- Saxifragion petraeae). In addition, the syntaxon Asplenietalia lanceolato-obovati is here formally raised to the order level and the name Hypno-Polypodietalia vulgaris is validated.

Nomenclature and syntaxonomic notes on some high-rank syntaxa of the European grassland vegetation

We present descriptions of a new order (Ranunculo cortusifolii-Geranietalia reuteri and of a new alliance (Stachyo lusitanicae-Cheirolophion sempervirentis) for the herbaceous fringe communities of Macaronesia and of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, respectively. A new alliance, the Polygalo mediterraneae-Bromion erecti (mesophilous post-cultural grasslands), was introduced for the Peninsular Italy. We further validate and typify the Armerietalia rumelicae (perennial grasslands supported by nutrient-poor on siliceous bedrocks at altitudes characterized by the submediterranean climate of central-southern Balkan Peninsula), the Securigero-Dasypyrion villosae (lawn and fallow-land tall-grass annual vegetation of Italy), and the Cirsio vallis-demoni-Nardion (acidophilous grasslands on siliceous substrates of the Southern Italy). Nomenclatural issues (validity, legitimacy, synonymy, formal corrections) have been discussed and clarified for the following names: Brachypodio-Brometalia, Bromo pannonici-Festucion csikhegyensis, Corynephoro-Plantaginion radicatae, Heleochloion, Hieracio-Plantaginion radicatae, Nardetea strictae, Nardetalia strictae, Nardo-Callunetea, Nardo-Galion saxatilis, Oligo-Bromion, Paspalo-Heleochloetalia, Plantagini-Corynephorion and Scorzoneret alia villosae. 

The soundscape as time capsule: A creative project based on the sounds of the first train station of Cuenca

This article reflects on the changing environment through the passage of time and how certain technologies for a creative proposal allow the preservation and transmission of a significant part of that ephemeral heritage for future generations. The general purpose of this particular project is aimed to achieve the sound synthesis of a specific and representative cityscape as the old train station in Cuenca –located in the heart of the city– that could be preserved and reproduced as an unique document of a present time, ascertainable in the future: a memory that interpret sound as a time capsule. This soundscape was made to mark the arrival of the high speed train in 2010 to a brand new station in the outskirts of the city. Therefore, the goal of this research was focused on achieving a synthetic document that provided a sound memory capable of reflecting the significant social, cultural and logistical features, of what was until then the only railway communication symbol in the city of Cuenca from 1883 to the first decade of the 21st century.