* LA DOLINA DI BUGOMILI – Basovizza (TS) La dolina di sprofondamento di Bugomili è di origine carsica. Le doline carsiche sono conche chiuse e diventano bacini che si riempiono d’acqua, originando un laghetto, se le pareti ed il fondo sono impermeabilizzati. Di solito, invece, l’acqua viene assorbita attraverso […]
The Sassi of Matera and similar settlements located in the plateau of the Murge and extending to the city of Taranto are a prime example of how archaic societies lived and ran the resources of the karstic areas in the Lucanese, Apulian […]
TRADITIONAL WATER TECHNICAL OF DRAINAGE TUNNELS IN THE SAHARA AND IN EUROPE FOGGARA, QANAT, FALAJ I sistemi tradizionali di captazione e distribuzione dell’acqua come le foggara, i qanat e i falaj, sono tipici delle zone aride e semi-aride. Sono in corso, […]
The desert and desertification The formation of arid areas results from the combination of different phenomena, which in turn enter a more and more extensive interactive mechanism. On a world scale, the big processes, the thermal factors and […]
MEMORY GARDENS : the story draw from the precious water flow OASIS AND SAHARA SABEAN GARDENS OF SHIBAM FROM THULA RUPE THE GREEN PETRA THE WATER PATH THROUGH THE GREEN IN MATERA PANTALICA AND MATERA : ANALOGY OF URBAN MATRIX OASI E […]
The territory is the result of a continuous process of modification and organization of space, in which the physical and natural aspects and the architectural – urban planning are not separable. As cities and architectures, so the landscape is produced by the work of man. Definire l’architettura […]
The urban plan of Shibam, in south Yemen, is the harmonious distribution of squares, streets and blind alleys ; the result of the sewage collection used as fertilizer. Each house has a waste disposal system provided with external outlets. The latter overlook narrow back streets, blind alleys or perimeter paths. […]
They say the inhabitants of the Saharan villages that building a house means giving life to something dead demonstrating how, since ancient times, was their close relationship with the house. The climatic conditions, the local environment and the careful use of natural resources have generated villages of adobe buildings and cluster habitats that we […]
Tradition is the sum total of the experience of a whole race, of all generations. The tradition does not mean immobility; when a tradition has been established it is the duty of the artist bringing it forward, with his inventiveness, the impulse that will save her immobility. The effort of an individual can […]
The functioning principle of the traditional systems is based on a strong cohesion between society, culture and the economy. Their efficacy depends on the interaction between several factors which should be carefully considered : aesthetic and ethical values complete the interaction between environmental, productive, technological and social aspects. […]