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Life within ruins

Essays on architecture restoration theory

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poraneity and archaeology. Piscina Mirabilis represents a powerful example of the hypostyle
hall typology, and the range of interventions coming out from Re-use the Roman Ruin compe-
tition can be a strong replicable and scalable model for similar contexts. The analysis of the
winning projects of the contest passed through a recognition of the main themes of investiga-
tion regarding the various proposals, identifying a general dichotomy between an upper world
and an underground – or upside-down – one, and consequently discussing related topics – the
roof as public space or as landscape; territorial landmarks; water as a design element; the
descension to the underground - highlighting how they were developed by the designers.

Marche Polytechnic University

Francesco Chiacchiera

Francesco Chiacchiera,
architect, is a PhD candidate
at the DICEA of the Univpm.
Interested in re-use of ruins
issues, he has participated
to international workshops
and competitions (ex. inter-
national comp. “The Grand
Villa Adriana” -2nd prize with
UNIVPM-LUH design team).
He’s also done a Master in
Museography, architecture
and archaeology by Accade-
mia Adrianea.

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on the left: Karl Friedrich
Schinkel, project for Orianda
Palace in Crimea, Staatliche
Museen zu Berlin, 1838;
on the right: Clotet y Paricio,
Biblioteca Diposit de les
Aigues, Barcelona, 1999

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Federico Fellini, 8 e mezzo,
1963, fotogramma.

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 Walter de Maria, Lightning

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Leo Cammilli, Samuele Pia-
centini, special mention for
innovative proposal

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NOTES:

It is possible to see the images and authors of the projects for the
competition on the site: https://www.reuseitaly.com/competitions/reuse-the-roman-ru-
in-piscina-mirabilis/

1) Marc Augé, , (Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2004).

2) Ibid.

3) Gianpaola Spirito, , (Barcellona, 2012).

4) Pier Federico Caliari,

, in Luca Basso Peressut, Pier Federico Caliari,
, (Roma: Prospettive Edizioni, 2014).

5) Antonello Marotta, , in , n.429, 2013, (Roma: Edil-

stampa).

6) list of examples taken from L.W.Mayes, G.P.Antoniou, A.Angelakis, 2013

This reading of Schinkel’s project is taken from F.Venezia 2011,

, Electa Architetti e architetture/25, Mondadori
Electa, Milano.

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