Trasformare l’uso, trasformare il senso

Gianluca Burgio

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-1602/6471

Transforming the use, transforming the sense

Authors

Gianluca Burgio University of Enna Kore
Ph.D is professor of "Architectural Design" at the University of Enna Kore, where he currently develops his scientific research.. From 2013 he collaborates with the research group "Habitar" of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya that deals with the themes of inhabiting and the architectural reuse.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-1602/6471

Keywords:

Architectural transformation, Use, Re-use, Spatial symbolism, Spatial meaning

Abstract

Transforming a sacred building is not a simple task. The complexity of the interventions of re-functionalization that aim to change of use of places of worship is generated by two orders of questions which are closely related. On the one hand, we are in the presence of buildings, almost always monumental, that possess a structure and architectural features that characterize them as singular buildings; on the other hand, they are designed so that their own architectural singularity was a symbolic expression: the towering heights, the distinctive use of light etc., respond to a logic that goes beyond the merely functional meaning of space. It is therefore possible to think a change of use for the places of worship? Which design instruments must be used in order to not overturn completely the space that the time and culture of a society have handed down?

References

Gianluca Burgio, Xavier Monteys, Il Cinodromo Meridiana a Barcellona. 1961 – 2010, in:"Territorio", n.62, 2012.

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Idem, La cimbra y el arco, Fundación Caja de Arquitectos, Madrid, 2004

Rafael Moneo, On typology, in : "Oppositions", n. 13, 1978.

Xavier Monteys, et al., El Canòdrom Meridiana convertido en Centro de Arte. In: Canòdrom 00.00.00., ACTAR, Barcelona,2010

Richard Sennett, Riparazione dinamica, in: L’uomo artigiano, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2008

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2017-07-31

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Burgio, G. (2016). Transforming the use, transforming the sense. IN_BO. Ricerche E Progetti Per Il Territorio, La Città E l’architettura, 7(10), 101–114. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-1602/6471

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Vol. 7 No. 10 (2016): THE FUTURE OF CHURCHES: THEMES

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Architecture and research

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