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CONTENTS SIWA OASIS Actions fora sustainabJe development Presentation, 14 Silvia Godelli Preface, 16 Attilio Petruccioli Introduction Siwa: Environmental sustainability and innovation of the traditional building processes, 20 Calogero Montalbano SIWA: FROM THE LANDSCAPE TO THE URBANIZED TERRITORY, 27 AdnanoSpada 1.1 The Sahara desert, 28 Msquale Ricupero 1.2 The Egyptian Sahara, 29 1.3 Siwa and minor oases, 29 1.3.1 The polycentric system of Siwa Oasis, 32 1.3.2 The urban and architectural emergencies of Siwa Oasis, 33 1.3.2.1The settlement of Aghurmi, 33 1.3.2.2 The Templeofthe Oracle ofAmman, 34 1.3.2.3 The necropolis, 35* 1.3.2.4 The medieval village, 35 1.3.2.5 The temple of Umm Ubaydah, 35 1.3.2.6 The burial places and the funerary architectures, 36 1.4 Phases of development and historical influences, 37 Prgiorgio Loconte 1.4.1 The prehistoric period, 38 1.4.2 The dynastic period, 38 1.4.3 The Persian period, 39 1.4.4 The Greek-Roman period, 40 1.4.5 The Islamic period, 41 1.4.6 From the XVII to the XIX century, 42 1.4.7 From World War I to nowadays, 42 2. FROM THE READING OF THE URBAN ORGANISM OF SIWA TO THE CONTENTS OF THE REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM. 47 Calogero Montalbano 2.1 Diachronic reading of the expansion of Siwa settlement between Shali and Aghurmi, 49 SabinaCalvano 2.1.1 Late Antiquity, 49 2.1.2 The refoundation of Shali, 49 2.1.3 The origins of Adrar, 50 2.1.4 The modern growth, 50 2.2 The Siwa settlement nucleus, 56 2.2.1 The ksar of Shali, 56 2.2.2 The settlement of Adrar, 58 2.2.3 The area of expansion in the plain between Shali and Adrar, 59 Domenico Catania SabinaCalvano 2.3 The building structures, 59 2.3.1 The specialist building of Shali and Adrar, 60 SabinaCalvano 2.3.1.1 The mosques, 60 2.3.1.2 Themazallah, 61 2.3.2 Typological features of housing (Sabina Calvano), 61 2.3.3 Changes in action, 62 2.4 The Urban Project, 69 Calogero Montalbano 3. SHALI: FROM THE SURVEY TO THE RESTORATION INTERVENTIONS. 85 Giacomo Martines 3.1 Historical context and localization, 87 Piergiorgio Loconte 3.2 Relief and critical description of the mosque, 88 3.2.1 The vestibule, 88 3.2.2 The hall, 88 3.2.3 The courtyard, 89 3.2.4 The minaret, 89 3.3 Structural and crack pattern analysis, 89 Giacomo Martines 3.3.1 The collapse processes, 90 3.3.2 The analysis of the damages and the subsidences, 91 3.4 The restoration, 92 Piergiorgio Loconte 3.4.1 Rastoraton interventions on the foundation floor, 92 3.4.2 Restoration interventions on the vertical structures - masonries, 92 3.4.3 Restoration interventions on the horizontal structures - floors, 94 3.5 Recovery project of an urban aggregation, 94 3.6 A demonstrative project for the ring of Shali, 109 Calogero Montalbano 3.6.1 The logics of the urban project, 109 3.6.2 The typological upgrade of the housing units, 110 3.6.2.1 Typology 1,110 3.6.2.2 Typology 2, 111 4. THE KARSHEEF: BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES. 121 ClaudioRubini 4.1 The karsheef and the building tradition of Siwa, 124 Stefania Pizzolante 4.1.1 The materials, 124 4.1.1.1 Thetilaght, 124 4.1.1.2 The karsheef] 124 4.1.1.3 The palm tree wood, 124 4.1.1.4 Olive tree wood, 124 4.1.2 The building elements, 125 4.1.2.1 The foundations, 125 4.1.2.2 The masonries, 125 4.1.2.3 The embankments, 126 4.1.2.4 The floors, 126 4.1.2.5 The pillars, 127 4.1.2.6 The shutters and frames, 127 4.1.2.7 T/iestoirs, 129 4.2 Technical upgrade of the karsheef, 129 Calogero Montalbano 4.2.1 The karsheef block, 132 4.2.2 The masonries, 133 4.2.3 The wall covering, 133 4.2.4 The foundation and the spandrel beams, 133 4.2.5 The floors, 134 4.2.6 Flooring and internal covering, 134 4.3 Conclusions., 144 5. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OFTHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF SIWA OASIS IMPACT ANALYSIS OFTHE RESTORATION INTERVENTION AND ITS CORRELATED ACTIONS, 147 Luigi Manfra, Valerio Tuccini, Alessio Liquori 5.1 Introduction: The requalification project analyzed from an economic point of view, 147 5.2 The economic value of the project, 148 5.2.1 The economic value of tourism, 150 5.2.2 Tourism market in Siwa Oasis, 154 5.2.3 The economic impacts of tourism in Siwa, 155 5.3 Conclusions. The restoration: the first step towards a long-term development strategy, 159 ICT supports for the results valorization of the Siwa sub-project, 166 Ettore Foggetti, Domenico Fazio The Visitor Centre, 166 he presentation Software, 166 Glossary, 168 Bibliography, 170 |
