Nowadays, innovative survey technologies - such as laser scanning - are a valuable tool for the comprehension and the graphic expression of historical buildings, especially when they are not easily traceable to definite forms, as often happens for urban irregular squares. Historical geometries that have been designed according to ideal conditions but which are then built following the principle of adaptation to the morphology of the existing city or the terrain, accompanying its valleys and its undulations, and which are, even today, parts of the city not adequately known and/or thoroughly investigated. The representation of these realities remains inaccurate and approximate, both because of the survey's difficulties and of the natural human predisposition to regulate what (in reality) is highly irregular, in order to reduce it to simple and rigorous models. On the contrary to the "human" operator, the laser scanning methodology highlights what it detects without "rationally" interpreting data and by mechanically measuring, without preconceptions or hierarchical logical interpretations, everything that falls within the maximum instrumented range. The irregularity of the urban "empty" imposes different projection techniques to understand and return the actual geometry; each representation is a partial view, at times, not pleasant in graphics terms, but very useful and meaningful in its content. In particular, the control of the space shall obtained by doing cross-sections along the principal axes of the streets which can provide general information on the slopes but that lost detail when the buildings are seen in too foreshortened through orthographic projections. The latter appear to be partial if compared to the strings of individual buildings which allow, instead, to obtain much more detailed indications on the fronts. In addition, representations made by means of cylindrical projections allow you to appreciate the prospects of each building unit and place them in comparison with each other. This paper focuses on the case study of Piazza Regina Margherita in Enna, located in the Central Sicily's province of Enna. Their location, size and characteristics were studied in the 17th century in order to meet a precise ratio mathematica belonging to the culture of the era. For centuries, hearth of the city life and architectural gem, today the square is no longer the focal point of the city and is plagued by an incessant traffic and subject to dramatic degradation. Through this example, this paper intends to propose a survey methodology for the survey and graphical restitution of irregular geometry based on the use of modern technology able to complete the difficult process of knowledge and understanding, essential to the elaboration of the conservation and valorization projects.
Le tecnologie innovative di rilevamento – quali il laser scanning – si rivelano nel nostro tempo uno strumento prezioso al fine della comprensione e della espressione grafica del costruito storico, in particolar modo quando esso non è facilmente riconducibile a forme definite, come spesso accade per gli invasi urbani o le piazze irregolari. Geometrie storiche che sono state progettate secondo presupposti ideali ma che poi sono state realizzate seguendo il principio dell’adattamento alla morfologia della città esistente o all’andamento del terreno, accompagnando i suoi avvallamenti e le sue ondulazioni, e che costituiscono, ancora oggi, brani di città non adeguatamente conosciuti e approfonditi. Le rappresentazioni di tali realtà permangono inesatte e approssimate sia per la difficoltà dell’attività di misura sia per la naturale predisposizione umana a disciplinare ciò che nella realtà è fortemente irregolare, al fine di ricondurlo a modelli semplici e rigorosi. Contrariamente al rilevatore “umano”, il laser scanner permette di evidenziare ciò che vede senza interpretare “razionalmente” il dato e misurando meccanicamente, senza preconcetti gerarchici o logiche interpretazioni, tutto ciò che ricade all’interno della massima portata strumentale. L’irregolarità del “vuoto” urbano impone differenti tecniche di proiezione per comprendere e restituire la reale geometria; ogni rappresentazione è una restituzione parziale, a volte, non gradevole dal punto di vista grafico ma particolarmente utile e significativa nei suoi contenuti. In particolar modo, il controllo dello spazio si opera mediante sezioni effettuate lungo gli assi principali delle vie che forniscono indicazioni generali sull’andamento delle pendenze ma perdono di dettaglio quando gli edifici sono visti in modo troppo scorciato attraverso proiezioni ortografiche. Queste ultime risultano essere parziali rispetto alle corde dei singoli edifici che permettono, invece, di ottenere indicazioni molto più dettagliate sui fronti. Inoltre, rappresentazioni operate per mezzo di proiezioni cilindriche consentono di apprezzare i prospetti di ogni unità edilizia e di porli a confronto gli uni con gli altri. Il presente lavoro si incentra sul caso studio della città di Leonforte, soffermandosi in particolare sulla Piazza Regina Margherita a Leonforte, località della Sicilia centrale in provincia di Enna, la cui ubicazione, dimensioni e caratteristiche furono studiate nel XVII secolo al fine di soddisfare una ben precisa ratio mathematica appartenente alla cultura del momento. Per secoli, centro della vita cittadina e vero gioiello architettonico, oggi la piazza non è più il punto nevralgico della città ed è afflitta da un traffico incessante e soggetta a drammatici fenomeni di degrado. Attraverso tale esempio, questo contributo intende proporre una metodologia di rilievo e restituzione di geometrie irregolari (nel caso specifico, di matrice storica, ma non solo) tramite l’utilizzo e l’impiego di tecnologie moderne capaci di completarne il difficile processo di conoscenza e comprensione al fine di poterne ipotizzare il necessario restauro e l’auspicabile valorizzazione.
(2012). Rappresentazione grafica per il restauro di geometrie irregolari: il caso studio di piazza Regina Margherita a Leonforte / Graphical representation for the restoration of irregular geometric shapes: the case study of Piazza Regina Margheritain Leonforte . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/116151
Rappresentazione grafica per il restauro di geometrie irregolari: il caso studio di piazza Regina Margherita a Leonforte / Graphical representation for the restoration of irregular geometric shapes: the case study of Piazza Regina Margheritain Leonforte
Cardaci, Alessio;Versaci, Antonella
2012-01-01
Abstract
Nowadays, innovative survey technologies - such as laser scanning - are a valuable tool for the comprehension and the graphic expression of historical buildings, especially when they are not easily traceable to definite forms, as often happens for urban irregular squares. Historical geometries that have been designed according to ideal conditions but which are then built following the principle of adaptation to the morphology of the existing city or the terrain, accompanying its valleys and its undulations, and which are, even today, parts of the city not adequately known and/or thoroughly investigated. The representation of these realities remains inaccurate and approximate, both because of the survey's difficulties and of the natural human predisposition to regulate what (in reality) is highly irregular, in order to reduce it to simple and rigorous models. On the contrary to the "human" operator, the laser scanning methodology highlights what it detects without "rationally" interpreting data and by mechanically measuring, without preconceptions or hierarchical logical interpretations, everything that falls within the maximum instrumented range. The irregularity of the urban "empty" imposes different projection techniques to understand and return the actual geometry; each representation is a partial view, at times, not pleasant in graphics terms, but very useful and meaningful in its content. In particular, the control of the space shall obtained by doing cross-sections along the principal axes of the streets which can provide general information on the slopes but that lost detail when the buildings are seen in too foreshortened through orthographic projections. The latter appear to be partial if compared to the strings of individual buildings which allow, instead, to obtain much more detailed indications on the fronts. In addition, representations made by means of cylindrical projections allow you to appreciate the prospects of each building unit and place them in comparison with each other. This paper focuses on the case study of Piazza Regina Margherita in Enna, located in the Central Sicily's province of Enna. Their location, size and characteristics were studied in the 17th century in order to meet a precise ratio mathematica belonging to the culture of the era. For centuries, hearth of the city life and architectural gem, today the square is no longer the focal point of the city and is plagued by an incessant traffic and subject to dramatic degradation. Through this example, this paper intends to propose a survey methodology for the survey and graphical restitution of irregular geometry based on the use of modern technology able to complete the difficult process of knowledge and understanding, essential to the elaboration of the conservation and valorization projects.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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