Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse

After the rediscovery of the historical city by the Italian urban analysis of the fifties and sixties and the following European urban projects of critical reconstruction, it arises a new awareness of the historical city as an artifact built over time and the possibility of its continuity. This reco...

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Main Author: Michele Caja
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2016-11-01
Series:Techne : Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/19340
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spelling doaj-art-fa33c0e8a4594eefa0c9991e0f89da5b2018-09-17T08:26:09ZengFirenze University PressTechne : Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment2239-02432016-11-010129510210.13128/Techne-1934016162Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of TownhouseMichele CajaAfter the rediscovery of the historical city by the Italian urban analysis of the fifties and sixties and the following European urban projects of critical reconstruction, it arises a new awareness of the historical city as an artifact built over time and the possibility of its continuity. This recovered temporal condition of consolidated contexts defines the margin within which it is defined the architectural design of urban living, here exemplified through some didactic experiments carried out in two cities (Berlin and Milan). Among the ways of interventions, almost in a surgical manner, emerges on often-unresolved urban sites the thematic confrontation with the urban block and the townhouse, intended as the minimum element of the architecture of the city.http://www.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/19340CityTypologyBlockTownhouseDesign
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Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse
Techne : Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
City
Typology
Block
Townhouse
Design
author_facet Michele Caja
author_sort Michele Caja
title Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse
title_short Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse
title_full Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse
title_fullStr Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse
title_full_unstemmed Typological surveys on the historic city. Actuality of Townhouse
title_sort typological surveys on the historic city. actuality of townhouse
publisher Firenze University Press
series Techne : Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
issn 2239-0243
publishDate 2016-11-01
description After the rediscovery of the historical city by the Italian urban analysis of the fifties and sixties and the following European urban projects of critical reconstruction, it arises a new awareness of the historical city as an artifact built over time and the possibility of its continuity. This recovered temporal condition of consolidated contexts defines the margin within which it is defined the architectural design of urban living, here exemplified through some didactic experiments carried out in two cities (Berlin and Milan). Among the ways of interventions, almost in a surgical manner, emerges on often-unresolved urban sites the thematic confrontation with the urban block and the townhouse, intended as the minimum element of the architecture of the city.
topic City
Typology
Block
Townhouse
Design
url http://www.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/19340
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