Sequences and centralities within the historic city

Bruna Di Palma; Viviana Saitto; Elvira De Felice

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-341-7

Sequences and centralities within the historic city

Authors

Bruna Di Palma

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8356-7632

Viviana Saitto

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1553-4171

Elvira De Felice

University of Naples "La Sapienza"

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3824-5310

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-341-7

Keywords:

Architectural and Urban Design, Architecture for Archaeology, Design for historic cities, Sequence of spaces, Interior Architecture and Urban Interiors

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: TeA / Teaching Architecture

Pages: 150

Language: Italian

Abstract: The publication collects the outcomes of the teaching experience carried out during the first semester of the a.y. 2023-24 within the Design Studio 2, integrated course of Architectural and Urban Design and Interior Architecture, of the single-cycle Master of Architecture 5UE degree program of the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples “Federico II”. The Design Studio experience focused on the design of a visitor center for the Mesourbana Terrace of Pozzuoli. The area of intervention falls within the larger Campi Flegrei volcanic system, which is historically, morphologically and topographically strongly characterized. Specifically, the project space is located near the remains of the ancient Baths of Neptune and overlooking the Women’s Prison, in front of the Olivetti Quarter designed by Luigi Cosenza. The objective with which the students were confronted was to trace, recognize and reconnect urban centralities through the design of a sequence of spaces with functions as much museum and laboratory as those related to temporary living, seeking to reinterpret the monumental archaeological presence, to confront orographic variations, to anchor themselves in the meshes of the consolidated city, commenting, through architectural design, on this complex urban condition. The book also collects texts by teachers, designers, scholars and former students who have been invited to make theoretical-methodological or experimental contributions in the field of research and architectural and urban design for historic cities and archaeological areas.

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Author Biographies

Bruna Di Palma, University of Naples Federico II

Architect and PhD in Urban Design, she is a Researcher (RTDB) in Architectural and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture, University of Naples “Federico II”. She is a member of the Teaching Board of the Doctoral Program in Architecture and City Construction of “Sapienza” University of Rome and of the Teaching Staff of the II level Master’s Program Landscapes at Risk of the University of Naples “Federico II”. She collaborates with the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the CNR, of which she is a Research Associate, and with the National Association of Historic-Artistic Centers, of which she is Vice President. She participates in several publishing initiatives, including the Advanced Design Studio series, published by FedOA, of which she is a member of the Scientific Committee.

Viviana Saitto, University of Naples Federico II

Researcher in Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II, where she has been teaching since 2013. She earned a PhD in Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 2012, with a dissertation titled “Allestire l’arte pubblica/Displayn Public Art”. From 2012 to 2015, she collaborated with the Adriano Olivetti Foundation on the implementation of the "New Patrons Program" at the Bollate Prison in Milan. She is a member of several research groups and teaches in the RePARCH Master's Program—Restoration and Design for Archaeology—at the same university. Her notable publications include: Senza titolo. Arte, progetto urbano e identità collettiva (Aracne, 2018), Utopia srl. Icone sconfitte dell’housing sociale, co-authored with Cristina F. Colombo (LetteraVentidue, 2018), and La casa ideale. Progetti domestici per «Domus» dal 1928 al 1945 (LetteraVentidue, 2023)

Elvira De Felice, University of Naples "La Sapienza"

PhD student in Heritage Science at "Sapienza" University in Rome, she carries out a research on the minor heritage in the Piana Campana area and the relationship with the surrounding agricultural landscapes. In 2023 she graduated with honors and a recommendation for publication at the University of Naples "Federico II", in the Arc5UE degree course, with the thesis about the project for archaeological landscapes in the inner Balkans. In 2024 she has been awarded two research scholarships to be carried out at the Department of Architecture of “Federico II”. Since 2023 she has held the role of tutor in the Laboratory of Architectural and Urban Composition 2B held by prof. arch. Bruna Di Palma. Featured as subject expert in course sector CEAR-09/A for the three-year period 2024-2027.