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Nisarga, K., and Madhukaran. "Structural Performance of Mivan Structural System Over Conventional Structural System." International Journal of Scientific Research and Modern Technology 2, no. 2 (2022): 8. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6396202.
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India's metropolitan population is now the world's second-largest, and its projected growth is causing more demand in housing. To deal with this problem, India must urgently prepare for the acquisition of land and the rapid construction of housing units. In recent years, there have been significant modifications in the construction process. Buildings were created with the aim of load-bearing in mind in ancient times, and the RCC framed approach was established later. The RC structural wall technology is widely used at the moment. Aluminium formwork, also known as Mivan technology, is a more advanced advancement of the current building approach. This technology uses an RC structural wall system to design the entire construction, which is also known as a Shear wall system. It is primarily meant to allow.
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Chethan, M., and S. Sureshchandra B. "Seismic Analysis Comparison of G+11 Storey Conventional RC Frame Structure and Mivan Structure." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TREND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6, no. 1 (2021): 290–95. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5702752.
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Earthquake is the important term that is considered while designing any multistorey structure. During earthquake large amount of energy is released in crust due to failure of rupture plane or tectonic plate movements. This energy reaches the surface of earth in form of waves. Due to this earthquake cause huge destruction on surface of earth and will cause damage to the structure. Hence earthquake is considered as one of the most disastrous of natural criteria. In this study G+11 storey building of rectangular plan is considered for the seismic analysis. The equivalent static method and response spectrum method is used for seismic evaluation of both conventional RC frame structure and mivan structure. ETABs 2017 software used for the analysis of the building, by considering seismic zone V and medium soil (Type II) as per IS 1893-2016. Storey displacement and storey shear are considered for checking the performances of the building. Objective of this study is to compare results obtained from static and response spectrum analysis in both longitudinal and transverse direction.
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Coronelli, Dario, Benedetta Caggioni, and Francesca Zanella. "Cathedral of Milan: Structural History of the Load-Bearing System." International Journal of Architectural Heritage 9, no. 4 (2014): 510–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2013.821541.
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Berardengo, Marta, Giorgio Busca, Simone Grossi, Stefano Manzoni, and Marcello Vanali. "The Monitoring of Palazzo Lombardia in Milan." Shock and Vibration 2017 (2017): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8932149.
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This paper discusses the monitoring of Palazzo Lombardia, one of the tallest high-rise buildings in Italy. First, the layout of the monitoring system is addressed for a general description of the sensors used. The paper provides details about how data coming from transducers are used. Special focus is put on the use of signals acquired by means of accelerometers, which are employed for the estimation of modal parameters through operational modal analysis. The procedure used for choosing the modal analysis algorithm and fixing the values of its main parameters is discussed in detail. The modal identification results on the first eight months of monitoring are discussed in the second part of the manuscript, together with a statistical analysis. This allows for a first model of the relationships between eigenfrequencies and environmental variables aiming at a general structural health monitoring procedure based on the evolution of the building’s modal parameters.
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Schlaich, Jörg, Hans Schober, and Kai Kürschner. "New Trade Fair in Milan — Grid Topology and Structural Behaviour of a Free-Formed Glass-Covered Surface." International Journal of Space Structures 20, no. 1 (2005): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0266351054214326.
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The connecting links between the exhibition pavilions of the new trade fair in Milan are mostly covered by innovative steel-glass-structures which are very attractive from an architectural point of view. At the main entrance the ‘Logo’ arises: A doubly-curved free-formed surface, which ascends to the sky like a volcano. With a height of 37 m, this structure will be identified from afar as the new fair's landmark. Further, a 1,300 m long and 30 m wide free-formed glass roof, the so-called ‘Vela’, links the individual exhibition halls along the main axis of the trade fair and reflects the nearby Alps in its architectural appearance. Emphasizing the ‘Logo’, besides the overall architectural concept, this paper mainly deals with the basic principles for the development of the grid topology and the characteristics of the structural system of the arbitrary curved free-formed surfaces.
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Giorgi, Pietro Domenico, Enrico Gallazzi, Paolo Capitani, et al. "How we managed elective, urgent, and emergency orthopedic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic." Bone & Joint Open 1, no. 5 (2020): 93–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.15.bjo-2020-0016.
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The COVID-19 virus is a tremendous burden for the Italian health system. The regionally-based Italian National Health System has been reorganized. Hospitals' biggest challenge was to create new intensive care unit (ICU) beds, as the existing system was insufficient to meet new demand, especially in the most affected areas. Our institution in the Milan metropolitan area of Lombardy, the epicentre of the infection, was selected as one of the three regional hub for major trauma, serving a population of more than three million people. The aims were the increase the ICU beds and the rationalization of human and structural resources available for treating COVID-19 patients. In our hub hospital, the reorganization aimed to reduce the risk of infection and to obtained resources, in terms of beds and healthcare personnel to be use in the COVID-19 emergency. Non-urgent outpatient orthopaedic activity and elective surgery was also suspended. A training programme for healthcare personnel started immediately. Orthopaedic and radiological pathways dedicated to COVID-19 patients, or with possible infection, have been established. In our orthopaedic department, we passed from 70 to 26 beds. Our goal is to treat trauma surgery's patient in the “golden 72 hours” in order to reduce the overall hospital length of stay. We applied an objective priority system to manage the flow of surgical procedures in the emergency room based on clinical outcomes and guidelines. Organizing the present to face the emergency is a challenge, but in the global plan of changes in hospital management one must also think about the near future. We reported the Milan metropolitan area orthopaedic surgery management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our decisions are not based on scientific evidence; therefore, the decision on how reorganize hospitals will likely remain in the hands of individual countries.
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Giorgi, Pietro Domenico, Enrico Gallazzi, Paolo Capitani, et al. "How we managed elective, urgent, and emergency orthopedic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic." Bone & Joint Open 1, no. 5 (2020): 93–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.15.bjo-2020-0016.
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The COVID-19 virus is a tremendous burden for the Italian health system. The regionally-based Italian National Health System has been reorganized. Hospitals' biggest challenge was to create new intensive care unit (ICU) beds, as the existing system was insufficient to meet new demand, especially in the most affected areas. Our institution in the Milan metropolitan area of Lombardy, the epicentre of the infection, was selected as one of the three regional hub for major trauma, serving a population of more than three million people. The aims were the increase the ICU beds and the rationalization of human and structural resources available for treating COVID-19 patients. In our hub hospital, the reorganization aimed to reduce the risk of infection and to obtained resources, in terms of beds and healthcare personnel to be use in the COVID-19 emergency. Non-urgent outpatient orthopaedic activity and elective surgery was also suspended. A training programme for healthcare personnel started immediately. Orthopaedic and radiological pathways dedicated to COVID-19 patients, or with possible infection, have been established. In our orthopaedic department, we passed from 70 to 26 beds. Our goal is to treat trauma surgery's patient in the “golden 72 hours” in order to reduce the overall hospital length of stay. We applied an objective priority system to manage the flow of surgical procedures in the emergency room based on clinical outcomes and guidelines. Organizing the present to face the emergency is a challenge, but in the global plan of changes in hospital management one must also think about the near future. We reported the Milan metropolitan area orthopaedic surgery management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our decisions are not based on scientific evidence; therefore, the decision on how reorganize hospitals will likely remain in the hands of individual countries.
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Ballerini, Vincenzo, Eugenia Rossi di Schio, and Paolo Valdiserri. "How the Energy Price Variability in Italy Affects the Cost of Building Heating: A Trnsys-Guided Comparison between Air-Source Heat Pumps and Gas Boilers." Buildings 12, no. 11 (2022): 1936. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111936.
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The paper investigates the variation in building thermal energy demand for different indoor air set-point temperature and presents an economic analysis comparing the cost of a heating generation system based on an air-to-water heat pump and a gas boiler. Dynamic simulations were performed considering three different residential building characteristics of the Italian building stock placed in different Italian municipalities: Milan, Rome and Naples. An economic analysis was carried out considering the gas and electricity prices related to the years 2019–2022 provided by Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (ARERA). The analysis showed the competitiveness of the heat pump compared with the gas boiler as a heating generation system in terms of annual costs for heating in almost all the scenarios considered and also showed an important reduction in building thermal energy demand if the set-point temperature was reduced, even by 1 °C.
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Crosignani, Paolo, Alessandro Nanni, Nicola Pepe, et al. "The Effect of Non-Compliance of Diesel Vehicle Emissions with Euro Limits on Mortality in the City of Milan." Atmosphere 12, no. 3 (2021): 342. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12030342.
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Diesel exhaust is hazardous to human health. In time, this has led the EU to impose on manufacturers lower and lower emission standards. These limits are very challenging in particular for nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted by diesel-fueled vehicles. For the town of Milan (Italy), we used a complex modeling system that takes into account the NOx emissions from vehicular traffic and other urban sources, as well as their dispersion and chemical transformations in the atmosphere related to meteorological parameters. The traffic emissions in the Milan urban area were estimated using the geometric and structural characteristics of the road network, whereas the traffic flows were provided by the Environment and Territory Mobility Agency. Car emissions were estimated by the official European method COPERT 5. The nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations were estimated under two scenarios: the actual scenario with real emissions and the Diesel Emission Standards Compliance (DESC) scenario. Using a recent meta-analysis, limited to European studies, we evaluated the relationship between NO2 concentrations and natural mortality. For the actual scenario, the NO2 annual concentration mean was 44.3 µg/m3, whereas under the DESC hypothetical scenario, this would have been of 37.7 µg/m3. This “extra” exposure of 6.6 µg/m3 of NO2 leads to a yearly excess of 574 “natural” deaths. Diesel emissions are very difficult to limit and are harmful for exposed people. This suggests that specific policies, including traffic limitations, need to be developed and enforced in urban environments.
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Wang, Xiuli, Wolfgang Gard, Helena Borska, Bob Ursem, and J. W. G. van de Kuilen. "Vertical greenery systems: from plants to trees with self-growing interconnections." European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 78, no. 5 (2020): 1031–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00107-020-01583-0.
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Abstract The integration of buildings into vegetation has become a necessity in many metropolitan areas of the world today. It expands the potential of vertical and horizontal, exterior and interior, exposed and enclosed spaces in a building that can be used to accommodate plants. Green infrastructures have benefits both on urban and building scales. They can be categorized into green roofs and vertical greenery systems that can be divided further into green façade, green wall, green terraces, elevated forest and vertical forest. There are many design and planting considerations for architects, structural engineers and botanists when using living architectures to mimic natural systems, such as plant characteristics and environmental conditions. Plants used for vertical greenery are more likely to be hardwood species to adjust solar radiation during cooling and heating periods, as well as for aesthetic pleasure. Take Bosco Verticale, which is located in Milan, as an example to look into engineering methods when trees grow on balconies of high-rise buildings. It can be concluded that planting restraint safety systems and regular maintenance are necessary for the tree growth in the sky. However, the change in growing conditions causes various problems such as stability and irregular growth of trees. Instead of using steel cables and cages to prevent trees from falling off in the sky, the concept of self-growing connections is proposed to act as natural bracings and provide the stability for vertical forests. This paper is meant to generate awareness of the possibilities of the vertical integration of trees into buildings, show application considerations, and inspire future developments.
Books on the topic "Mivan structural system"
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Varlamov, Oleg. Mivar databases and rules. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1508665.
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The multidimensional open epistemological active network MOGAN is the basis for the transition to a qualitatively new level of creating logical artificial intelligence. Mivar databases and rules became the foundation for the creation of MOGAN. The results of the analysis and generalization of data representation structures of various data models are presented: from relational to "Entity — Relationship" (ER-model). On the basis of this generalization, a new model of data and rules is created: the mivar information space "Thing-Property-Relation". The logic-computational processing of data in this new model of data and rules is shown, which has linear computational complexity relative to the number of rules. MOGAN is a development of Rule - Based Systems and allows you to quickly and easily design algorithms and work with logical reasoning in the "If..., Then..." format. An example of creating a mivar expert system for solving problems in the model area "Geometry"is given. Mivar databases and rules can be used to model cause-and-effect relationships in different subject areas and to create knowledge bases of new-generation applied artificial intelligence systems and real-time mivar expert systems with the transition to"Big Knowledge". 
 The textbook in the field of training "Computer Science and Computer Engineering" is intended for students, bachelors, undergraduates, postgraduates studying artificial intelligence methods used in information processing and management systems, as well as for users and specialists who create mivar knowledge models, expert systems, automated control systems and decision support systems. 
 Keywords: cybernetics, artificial intelligence, mivar, mivar networks, databases, data models, expert system, intelligent systems, multidimensional open epistemological active network, MOGAN, MIPRA, KESMI, Wi!Mi, Razumator, knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, knowledge networks, Big knowledge, products, logical inference, decision support systems, decision-making systems, autonomous robots, recommendation systems, universal knowledge tools, expert system designers, logical artificial intelligence.
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Caballero, Juan, Frank Piessens, and Nataliia Bielova. Engineering Secure Software and Systems: 7th International Symposium, ESSoS 2015, Milan, Italy, March 4-6, 2015, Proceedings. Springer London, Limited, 2015.
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Caballero, Juan, Frank Piessens, and Nataliia Bielova. Engineering Secure Software and Systems: 7th International Symposium, ESSoS 2015, Milan, Italy, March 4-6, 2015, Proceedings. Springer International Publishing AG, 2015.
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Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering , 2-6 July, 2023, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy. Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
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Iuorio, Ornella, Sam Wilcock, and Emil Korkis. "Design for Deconstruction Through Digital Fabrication of Thin Spatial Systems." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57800-7_24.
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AbstractSpatial systems like shells, arches and shelters can often be used as temporary structures to accommodate short to medium expositions, events, or emergencies. This has historically allowed them to be designed for multiple uses. Recent advancements in computer graphics, algorithmic design, and advanced manufacturing have accelerated their development and opened new scope for applications, by exploiting new capabilities and opportunities for material-efficient designs and constructions. The authors aim to develop combined systems approaches to the design of resilient, de-constructible constructions for the built environment. This work presents the recent advancements in the development of discrete shell systems developed at the AS_Lab between the Politecnico di Milan and the University of Leeds, using biogenic materials such as wood which are inherently sustainable. Coupling geometry design and segmentation with ad-hoc connection systems, demountable systems have been developed, which are materially efficient, digitally designed, and fabricated, and can, in some instances, be robotically assembled. The study presents the conceptual design and fabrication of three prototypes, which have been realized to accelerate the transition to industry 4.0 while posing the focus on a circular future.
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Vagge, Ilda, Gemma Chiaffarelli, Luigino Pirola, Maddalena Gioia Gibelli, and Nicolò Sgalippa. "Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services as Landscape Analysis and Assessment Tools for Ecological Landscape Planning." In Landscape Architecture and Design - Sustainability and Management [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1006355.
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Landscape ecology, with its models and indicators and ecosystem services, can be the key to interpreting the processes and characteristics of a landscape. An applied methodology is presented in the case study of a peri-urban context (south of the city of Milan, northern Italy), where the urban-rural boundary is often abrupt and unmitigated, a characteristic that significantly increases ecological vulnerability. The multi-scale study, both in space and time, using landscape ecology and ecosystem services, helps to understand the structure of the landscape, its dynamics and the ecological behaviour of the landscape element system. It will also help to identify drivers of vulnerability and resilience, as well as design and planning solutions to rebalance the urban-rural relationship, increase environmental sustainability and resilience to anthropogenic pressures and climate change, and enhance ecosystem services.
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Iarossi, Maria Pompeiana, and Luisa Ferro. "“The Past is Never Dead. It's Not Even Past”." In Advances in Library and Information Science. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0680-5.ch010.
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In the European ancient foundation city, the past forms a constitutive part of its structure. However, it is not easily recognizable in cities like Milan, where the ruins of monuments of imperial era (as the Theater, the Amphitheater and the Circus) have been submerged by the urban stratification. The recent success of visualization systems by web (such as GoogleMaps or Bing) have highlighted a widespread need for knowledge of places, which can be satisfied through an innovative application of tools as GIS. This chapter explains how, in the virtual space-time of a webGIS, it is possible to provide specific paths, that accompany any user, even if he doesn't have specific skills, to discover the immanent remote past of the city, described by an appropriate display of its cartographic and iconographic heritage.
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Manuele, G., M. Bringiotti, G. Laganà, and D. Nicastro. "Fiber glass and “green” special composite materials as structural reinforcement and systems; use and applications from Milan Metro, Brenner Tunnel up to high speed train Milan – Genoa." In Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art. CRC Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003031635-8.
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Manuele, G., M. Bringiotti, G. Laganà, and D. Nicastro. "Fiber glass and “green” special composite materials as structural reinforcement and systems; use and applications from Milan Metro, Brenner Tunnel up to high speed train Milan – Genoa." In Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art. CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429424441-278.
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Manuele, G., M. Bringiotti, G. Laganà, and D. Nicastro. "Fiber glass and “green” special composite materials as structural reinforcement and systems; use and applications from Milan Metro, Brenner Tunnel up to high speed train Milan – Genoa." In Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art. CRC Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003031635-8.
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Devoto, R., M. Fantola, A. Olivo, and N. Rassu. "A Mathematical Model for Demand Distribution in An Air Transport Network." In Sustainable Infrastructure. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0948-7.ch046.
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This article describes the great distance that separates Sardinia from mainland Italy has made the island – the second largest island of the Mediterranean – a marginal and remote region. Its system of ferry links for people travelling to and from Sardinia has such long journey times (8-12 hours) that it is clearly in no way a valid alternative to air transport. It was mainly on the basis of these reasons and with a view to protecting and ensuring the mobility of Sardinian residents that Public Service Obligations (PSO) were imposed on some of the main air routes starting from 2002. Our study is set against this background. It aims to resolve one of the main critical factors that distinguish the PSO network: the shortage of flights on certain routes and the concomitant over-scheduling of others. More specifically, the insufficient scheduling of weekly flights to certain airports, such as Verona and Turin, forces a number of passengers to decide not to travel at all and another part to use connecting flights to Rome/Milan airports or to travel using more than one route, via air or ground transport, with inevitably higher transport costs. The problem was addressed by using a linear scheduling model applied to a network of nodes and arcs representing, respectively, the airports and their connecting routes, and the airport of Cagliari. The decision variables identified were the number of passengers travelling on all of the arcs and the impedance measures associated with the distance travelled by the arcs, represented by the generalized cost of transport. The objective is to determine a network structure which corresponds to the distribution of passengers on the various branches capable of minimizing the total cost. This cost was considered as a useful parameter for comparing the various network scenarios which were obtained by changing the passenger load coefficient and the number of flights. Our study demonstrates that a simple intervention, aimed at the internal reallocation of the flights on the various routes, is able to guarantee categories of users (here divided into business and non-business users) greater access to air transport services. The scenario that more than others is able to improve service efficiency, granting undeniable benefits for all users without having an impact on the costs of air carriers, particularly stands out because it: • Allows access to all network airports through direct flights; • Decongests the Rome and Milan routes
Conference papers on the topic "Mivan structural system"
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Dudzic-Gyurkovich, Karolina. "Development of areas of World Exhibitions: search of urbanity: case study of Milan." In Virtual City and Territory. Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.8064.
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Great events, which the World Exhibitions, held periodically since the end of the 18th century, certainly are, occupy a position somewhere between science and entertainment, culture and consumption. Facilities erected especially for this occasion and development of the allocated areas are by definition temporal structures, which are to be disassembled or transformed after they have fulfilled their function. These areas, even after dozens of years, or even more, still remain areas that stand out in the structure of the city. Milan, the capital of the Italian region of Lombardy, so far has been the host of the World Exhibitions twice, with the time interval of over 100 years. The areas and facilities that remained after the first of them were subjected to a secondary development. In one of the locations of the exhibition from 1906 a large-scale mixed-use development is being implemented, which is intended to create a great part of the future urban fabric of the city. In this paper, the Author shall analyse the current spatial structure, in particular the quality of the emerging tissue, the relations that occur within it, and the possible links with the neighbouring areas. On the basis of the literature available, the Author shall distinguish several criteria which should be satisfied by systems described as urban and shall specify how they are implemented and whether it is possible to find the concept of urbanity in the described area.
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Spettu, Franco, Simone Teruggi, Francesco Canali, Cristiana Achille, and Francesco Fassi. "A HYBRID MODEL FOR THE REVERSE ENGINEERING OF THE MILAN CATHEDRAL. CHALLENGES AND LESSON LEARNT." In ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 - 9th International Congress & 3rd GEORES - GEOmatics and pREServation. Editorial Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/arqueologica9.2021.12138.
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Cultural Heritage (CH) 3D digitisation is getting increasing attention and importance. Advanced survey techniques provide as output a 3D point cloud, wholly and accurately describing even the most complex architectural geometry with a priori established accuracy. These 3D point models are generally used as the base for the realisation of 2D technical drawings and 3D advanced representations. During the last 12 years, the 3DSurveyGroup (3DSG, Politecnico di Milano) conduced an omni-comprehensive, multi-technique survey, obtaining the full point cloud of Milan Cathedral, from which were produced the 2D technical drawings and the 3D model of the Main Spire used by the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano (VF) to plan its periodic maintenance and inspection activities on the Cathedral. Using the survey product directly to plan VF activities would help to skip a long-lasting, uneconomical and manual process of 2D and 3D technical elaboration extraction. In order to do so, the unstructured point cloud data must be enriched with semantics, providing a hierarchical structure that can communicate with a powerful, flexible information system able to effectively manage both point clouds and 3D geometries as hybrid models. For this purpose, the point cloud was segmented using a machine-learning algorithm with multi-level multi-resolution (MLMR) approach in order to obtain a manageable, reliable and repeatable dataset. This reverse engineering process allowed to identify directly on the point cloud the main architectonic elements that are then re-organised in a logical structure inserted inside the informative system built inside the 3DExperience environment, developed by Dassault Systémes.
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Castiglia, Roberto, and Lorenzo Ceccarelli. "La torre Belforti e il Sistema difensivo di Montecatini Val di Cecina." In FORTMED2024 - Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean. Universitat Politàcnica de València, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/fortmed2024.2024.17963.
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The small village of Montecatini Val di Cecina, capital of one of the largest municipalities in the province of Pisa is perched at an altitude of approx. 420m above sea level and located on one of the last southern offshoots of the Pisan hills. The Montecatini’s first attestation, subject to the civil jurisdiction of the bishop of Volterra, important city of Etruscan origin, dates back to the end of XI century. Montecatini is mentioned as a castle only in May 1225, under the bishopric of Pagano Pannocchieschi. The Belforti family, with the taking of power in Volterra in 1340 and especially following the Filippo’s appointment on the episcopal chair, affirms itself in Montecatini entrusting the construction of the imposing tower to the stone master Ghetto da Buriano, in 1354, on the remains of an earlier structure. To the same, we owe the strengthening of the defensive wall system of the castle and, in the following year, the construction of a residential building. The tower of 30m approx. and the keep, of the latter remain today only a few traces, represent the essential component of the defensive system of the castle, of which today are still visible the towers with circular section. Towards the middle of the 14th century the domain of Montecatini was taken away from the Belforti family and handed over by the Florentines to the town of Volterra until, in 1472, it was subjected to the Florentine republic together with its countryside. At the end of the 60’s the tower was bought by Emilio Jesi, entrepreneur and important art collector (whose collection was donated to the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan), who made the restoration project of the illustrious architect Franco Albini. The main objective of the work presented is to return, also graphically, new reconstructive hypotheses of the fortified system of Montecatini Val di Cecina, on the basis of the acquisitions resulting from the profitable overlap between the archival documentation and the results of the survey.
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Sedini, Carla, Marina Parente, and Giuliano Simonelli. "Regeneration through Design. Comparing old and new phases of urban renewal strategies." In Systems & Design: Beyond Processes and Thinking. Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ifdp.2016.3284.
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In the last years, a new phase of economic crisis, which is concerning sectors of manufacturing industries, is affecting Europe. Focusing on Italy, sectors which have strongly characterized our country, such as textile and accessories, are facing with an fluctuating period of crisis. Also in this case, as it happened from late ‘80s, the urban structures and identities are seriously affected and need interventions of regeneration in order to gain new life both from social, productive and commercial point of views. Having in mind the Italian case, while the first phase identified had the characteristics of a disruptive macro-phenomenon, the second phase is more subtle and gradual. In this paper we are going to focus on changes of design culture in light of these urban phenomena. While we can already make a first evaluation of regeneration projects developed after the crisis of heavy industry sectors, the most recent events of industrial recession and the consequent regeneration of the correspondent empty areas are still ongoing. In order to analyze and, where it is possible, compare these two phases, we are going to look at two Italian case studies. The first is Bicocca, an area of Milan, which in the ‘90s was interested by a massive plan of regeneration and transformation after the closure of Breda and Pirelli industries. The second is Biella, a Piedmont Province city, which has been one of the most important centers for the textile and wool industry; the crisis of this sector strongly emerged in the first years on 2000 even if it had already begun between ‘80s and ‘90s when the biggest textile factories closed down. The differences between these two examples are not merely physical and dimensional but are clearly influenced by a different timing in the regeneration processes, which occurred in these areas (or, in the case of Biella, is still occurring). The analysis proposed in this paper will be focus on the action-research developed within two didactic experiences. Notwithstanding the distinctions in terms of objectives and actors involved, in this paper we are going to delineate a systemic approach to study and design for the regeneration, improvement and innovation of places. We will try to understand if, through strategic design, it is possible to identify those soft levers and interventions able to rejoin the pieces of places, which lost their functionality and identity.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3284
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Forni, Massimo, Alessandro Poggianti, Nicola Ranieri, and Gerardo De Canio. "Shaking Table Tests on Innovative Anti-Seismic Systems Developed in the Framework of the LESSLOSS European Integrated Project." In ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2008-61229.
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The Integrated Project LESSLOSS (Risk Mitigation for Earthquakes and Landslides), partially funded by the European Commission within the 6th Framework Programme, started on September 2004 and was concluded in August 2007. Activities were carried out by 46 European partners, with a total budget of 9.4 ME. The Project was divided into 11 Sub-Projects. This paper describes the activities performed in the framework of Sub-Project 6 (Development and Manufacturing of Energy Dissipation Devices and Seismic Isolators), which was coordinated by ENEA and whose partnership included two manufacturers of antiseismic devices (ALGA, Milan, Italy and MAURER SHO¨NE, Munich, Germany) and two consulting and construction companies (STAP, Lisbon, Portugal and VINCI, Paris-Rueil, France). Aim of Sub-Project 6 was the development and validation of two innovative antiseismic devices (a low stiffness isolator and an electroinductive damper), the improvement of the performances of a slider with curved surface and the evaluation of benefits and limits of isolation systems based on steel hysteretic dissipaters coupled with flat sliders. The Low Stiffness Isolator (LSI) was developed by ALGA; it is a natural rubber seismic isolator particularly addressed to light structures like family houses. The Electroinductive Damper (DECS), developed by ALGA, is an energy dissipater based on the interaction of a diamagnetic material, like aluminium, with an electric field generated by permanent magnets. The Sliding Isolation Pendulum (SIP) developed by MAURER is an improved curved surface slider, capable of withstanding high weights for long periods without creep effects and high velocity deformations without damages due to friction. Finally, several types of Steel Hysteretic (SH) elements of different geometries and materials have been analyzed and tested in order of evaluating the benefits and the limits of such devices, with particular regard to the re-centering capabilities. All the abovementioned devices have been tested on the ENEA shaking table of the Casaccia labs (near Rome), with a suitable mock-up capable of providing a 300 kN force on the devices in the acceleration and frequency ranges of interest, using several natural and artificial acceleration time histories purposely developed by ENEA. The paper describes the main features of the devices, the numerical activity aimed at the optimization of their behavior and the results of the four shaking table campaigns carried out on each device.