An Integrated Approach for an Archaeological and Environmental Park in South-Eastern Turkey

This book reports on a public archaeology project carried out at the ancient site of Tilmen Höyük in south-eastern Turkey. The project developed and applied new methodologies and advanced technologies for the planning, design, conservation and management of an archaeological park at a site of high cultural, environmental and touristic interest, representing a significant study case for other archaeological sites in the Mediterranean area and beyond. It highlights state-of-the-art techniques of remote sensing, both for archaeological surveying and for territorial and environmental analysis through the study of high-definition aerial photos and digital photogrammetry. It also takes into account the ecological and environmental characterization data elaborated by environmental and botanic experts, fundamental for the purposes of eco-sustainability and management of the site, through climate and ground measurements aiming at vegetation control and a management model for the archaeological site itself and its green areas of outstanding naturalistic interest. Further, the book comprehensively discusses the analysis of the state of preservation of the archaeological remains and their effective conservation based on a set of measures guided by the principles of minimum intervention, feasibility and low impact on the remains, the site and its landscape. Moreover, it presents novel devices and fixed structures aimed at protecting the fragile archaeological remains and allowing safe access to visitors to the newly created archaeological park. At the intersection of archaeology, architecture and natural sciences, this book appeals to researchers and specialists in archaeology, social sciences, environmental sciences, conservation, architecture and engineering disciplines.

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La Scuole di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio di Genova. Sintesi di un’esperienza

Il volume raccoglie gli esiti delle attività condotte, nell’arco temporale di 25 anni, da docente studenti della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio dell’Università di Genova (già Scuola di Specializzazione in Restauro dei Monumenti). La Scuola offre una preparazione professionalizzante a coloro che prediligono, nel proprio ambito di interessi, la tutela e la conservazione attiva dei beni architettonici e paesistici e ai quali si richiede, sempre più, una preparazione scientifica e tecnica altamente qualificata. L’universo dei manufatti cui il restauro volge la sua attenzione è straordinariamente ricco e in continua espansione e sfugge a ogni pretesa di totale e autonomo dominio da parte di una specifica disciplina e, a maggior ragione, di singoli operatori tecnici. Il percorso formativo post-laurea magistrale della Scuola, caratterizzato da una ricchezza disciplinare e di approcci formativi, risponde così alla estrema complessità dell’intervento di conservazione, restauro, riuso e valorizzazione del patrimonio architettonico di interesse culturale, non esclusivamente monumentale.

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JERUSALEM. THE HOLY SEPULCHRE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS (2007-2011)

Jerusalem is situated in a highly seismic zone, and in the past has been the theatre of disastrous earthquakes. One of these was the 1927 quake, which seriously damaged the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. A study of the city of Jerusalem has revealed a cyclical pattern of repeated seismic events, every 100 years or so. The desire to avert a danger, foretold in advance, lay behind the project described in this volume. In 2006 the three Major Communities of the Holy Sepulchre invited a research team from Florence University. Architects, surveyors, geologists and structural engineers conducted the investigations, in a highly interdisciplinary collaboration. It was an extraordinary opportunity to draw up a complete survey, using new technology. This resulted in a three-dimensional digital model of the structural situation on that date: a powerful, exhaustive tool for the continuation of further research, and documentation, in the future.

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