Series Editor’s Preface 1
Series Editor’s Preface 2
Scientific Committee
Word from the Chairman of the Conference
Contents
Utopian and Sacred Architecture
1 Sacral Buildings as an Expression of Hope
2 The Holy Place: History of Catholic Liturgical Architecture
References
3 A Small Jerusalem in Milan
Abstract
1 A Small Jerusalem on the Navigli Canals: Between Dialogue at Higher Level and Difficulties
2 What the Al Wahid Mosque in Milan Looks like
3 The Al Wahid Mosque, Stages of Legal Recognition as a Place of Worship
4 How the Italian COREIS Expressed Itself About Places of Worship in Milan
4 Designing the Intangible
Abstract
1 Why Design and Religion?
2 Which Design for Religion?
3 How to Design for Religion?
References
5 Sacred Places: The Interaction Between Space, Time and Faith
Abstract
1 Sacred Places
2 Forms of Sacred Places
3 What Makes a Place Sacred?
3.1 Location
3.2 History/Memory
3.3 Building Type/Function
3.4 Practiced Rituals
3.5 Objects Located in Place
3.6 Traditions
4 The Temporal Sensation of Sacredness
5 Spatial Organization of Sacred Places
6 Conclusion
References
A Brief History of Historical Sacred Spaces
6 Re-construction and Virtual Fruition of a Fourteenth-Century Religious Building
Abstract
1 Introduction
1.1 The Cycle of Frescoes Between Liturgy and Iconographic Tradition
1.2 Image Acquisition Methodology and the Geometric-Perspective Analysis of an Utopian Reality
1.3 Augmented Reality, a Comprehension and Fruition Tool
1.4 Conclusions
References
7 From Amalfi to Pompeii: Utopia of the Twentieth Century Sacred. The Architectural Epithelium for the House of God
Abstract
1 The Nineteenth Century: Religion, Homeland and Monuments
2 The Facade of the Cathedral of Amalfi as a Monument of the Identity of Its Community
3 The Reconstruction of Nola Cathedral Following the Unification of Italy Is Exemplary
4 The Shrine of Pompeii: Utopia of Spiritual Rebirth of an Archaeological City
5 Conclusions
References
8 A Preliminary Structural Analysis of Typical Arches of Italian Gothic Churches
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The Gothic Architecture
2.1 Structural Features
2.2 The Pointed Arch: Geometrical Considerations and Typologies
2.3 Main Elements of Italian Gothic Churches
3 Structural Assessment of Masonry Arches
3.1 General
3.2 Historical Notes
3.3 First Static Theories
3.4 From Modern Theories to Current Approaches
4 The Developed Analysis
4.1 Geometric Parameters Setting
4.2 The Adopted Limit Analysis Approach
4.3 Results and Discussion
5 Conclusions
References
9 Changing the History of Architectural Heritage Palaeologian Renaissance—The Style that Never Was?
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Why Kosovo Matters?
2.1 Revisionist Approach to Historical Narratives
2.2 The Problematic Evidence
2.2.1 The Dečani Monastery (1327–1335)—The Final Monument of the Raška Style
2.2.2 The Gračanica Monastery (1315–1321) and the Church of the Holy Virgin of Ljeviška (1306–1307)—The Serbo-Byzantine or the Vardar Style
2.2.3 The Patriarchate of Peć (Before 1260–1337)
3 Palaeologian Renaissance—The Architectural or Painting Style?
3.1 Palaeologian Period—Was There Any “Architectural Renaissance” at All?
3.2 Can the Eyes of the Beholder Be Wrong?
4 Re-appropriation of the Serbian Cultural Heritage as a Tool of Territorial Expansion
5 Conclusions
References
Symbolism and Representation: Utopian Moments and Architectural Movements
10 Exploring Utopian Representations in the Architecture of Art Museums in the Middle East
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Utopia, Arts, and Art Museums
2.2 Reconcilation of the Individual and the Collective
2.3 Utopia/Genuine Home—from Ritual Functions to Storytelling
2.4 Process-Fragment: Thinking as Storytelling
3 Methodology
3.1 Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, 2008
3.1.1 Overlay One: Ribat
3.1.2 Overlay Two: Presence of Allah Through Light
3.1.3 Overlay Three: Creation of Ibn Tulun Mosque
3.1.4 Overlay Four: Buddhist Ritual
3.1.5 Overlay Five: Creation
3.1.6 Overlay Six: The Search for a Capital
3.2 Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2017
3.2.1 Overlay One: Man and Cosmos
3.2.2 Overlay Two: Foundation of Prophet Mohammad House Mosque
3.2.3 Overlay Three: The Rescue of Baby Prophet Moses
3.2.4 Overlay Four: Deluge
3.2.5 Overlay Five: Paradise Lost
4 Discussion
5 Conclusions
References
11 Dantesque Allegories in the Symbolic Architecture of Triduum Structures
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Object of Study
3 Main Bibliographic References
3.1 Temporary Installations
3.2 Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
3.3 “3” Number
3.4 Light
4 The Triduum Structures
4.1 The Triduum Structural Components
4.2 The Triduum Architectural Components
4.3 The Triduum Decorative Components
5 Dantesque Allegories
5.1 Interpretative Hypothesis: Purgatory’s Allegories
5.2 Interpretative Hypothesis: Paradise’s Allegories
5.3 Triduum Structures as Purgatory and Paradise’s Allegorical Figurations
6 Methodologies
7 Objectives Achieved
8 Conclusions
References
12 Architecture, Territory, Traditions. The Cult of the Madonna del Carmine called “delle Galline” in Pagani
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Origins of the Cult of the Madonna Delle Galline
2.1 Sanctuary of Santa Maria Incoronata Del Carmine Detta Delle Galline
3 The Celebrations: Customs and Traditions Between Folklore and Sacredness
4 The Places of the Celebrations: A Complex and Structured Set of Different Architectural and Urban Subsystems
4.1 Religious Buildings
4.2 The Procession Route
4.3 Courtyards and Toselli
4.4 The Ancient Noble Palaces
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
13 Oblique Plane; Layering; Spatial Layering—The Construction of Pavel Janák’s Formal Language
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Formal Language System
3 Form, Order, Style
4 The Third Force and the Oblique Plane
4.1 The Third Force
4.2 Oblique Plane and Triangle, Prism and Pyramid
5 The Interfaces and the Layers
5.1 The Interface Between Observer and Creator
5.2 Haptic and Optic: Mediator Between Creator and Observer
5.3 Layers
6 Techniques
6.1 Layering: Stratification—Superimposition
6.2 Spatial Layering
7 Conclusion
7.1 Janák’s Design Philosophy
7.2 The Formal Language
7.3 The Techniques
7.4 The Meaning: Abstract and Empathy: An Observer’s Perception-Based Creative Method Approaches from Two Dimensions to the Three Dimensions
References
14 Use of Natural Light for Catholic Sacred Architecture: Technological Strategies and Symbolic Values
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Light as an Architectural Methaphor
3 Natural Light and “Functional” Comfort
4 The Natural Light Technological Use
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
The Language of Built Space: Sacred and Religious Dimensions
15 A Unique Space for Different Religions?
Abstract
1 A Declaration of Intents: MIT Chapel and Interfaith Spaces
2 Diversity and Proximity in the Forms of Architecture
3 Gestures and Users: From Individual to Groups, from Silence to Rite
4 The Context: Insertion and Separation
5 Man and the Divine: Light and Works of Art
6 Adapting Spaces: The Role of Flexibility
7 In the End
References
16 Gathering Differences. Sacred Spaces and Diversities
Abstract
Refereces
17 Imagined Spaces in Church Architectural Furnishings: Solomon’s Temple in Small-Scale Architectural Language
Abstract
1 Small Sacred Architecture: The Solomonic Motif and Its Symbology
1.1 Case Study
2 Point Cloud Acquisition Methods
2.1 Data Acquisition Using TLS Technology
2.2 Data Acquisition Using Photogrammetric Technology
2.3 Data Integration
3 Analysis and Considerations About Reconstruction Hypotheses and Final Products
4 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
18 The Convent of La Tourette Between Communitarian Utopia and Religion
Abstract
1 Genesis
2 In Some Religious Way
3 Models
4 La Tourette as a Fulfilled Utopia. Conclusion
References
19 Sacred Spaces and Virtual Design. Toward a Digital Prayer Interreligious Architecture
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 State of Art
2.1 Functional Hybrids and Hybrid Types
2.2 Hybrid Architectures: Interreligious Spaces for Prayer
2.2.1 Rooms of Silence
2.2.2 Interreligious Rooms for Prayer and Meditation
2.2.3 Interreligious Celebratory Rooms
2.3 Digital Technologies Applied to Prayer Spaces
3 Documents and Materials
3.1 Space and Liturgy_ Form and Reforms in the Three Abrahamic Confessions
3.1.1 The Liturgical Movement
3.1.2 Nahda and the Islamic Modernists
3.1.3 Jewish Emancipation and Reformism
3.2 Style and Character
3.3 Light
3.4 Ornament
4 Research Hypothesis and Method
4.1 Studies of Types for Interreligious Prayer Space of the Three Abrahamic Confessions
4.1.1 Directionality
4.1.2 Vertical Type
4.1.3 Flat Type
4.2 Light and Ornament
4.3 Extended Design Approach
4.4 Virtual Tour
4.5 Questionnaire
5 Conclusions
References
Utopian and Sacred Visualization to Culture and Spirituality
20 Design Approaches in the Service of Persuasion in Sacred Architecture
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The Greek Temple
3 The Byzantine Church
4 The Gothic Cathedral
5 The Baroque Church
6 Conclusions
References
21 Utopian Sections. Visionary Architectural Drawings from Early Approaches to the Contemporary Era
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The Section as a Survey, Research and Design Method
2.1 Definition, Etymology and Meaning
2.2 The Section: Classification, Cut and Design Tool
3 Section and Utopia
3.1 Utopia, Heterotopia, Visions Beyond Utopia
3.2 Utopian Section
4 The ‘Construction’ of Utopian Architecture Through the Section
4.1 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
4.2 1900–1950
4.3 1950–1990
4.4 1990 to Today
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
22 Sacred Architecture and Fashion Drawing. The Late Antique Decorations in Cimitile as Ideational Traces for Fashion Design
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
3 From the Drawing of the Decorations in Cimitile to the Fashion Design of New Textures
4 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
23 Sacredness as Morality: Ledoux and Chaux’s Utopia
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Morality and Character
3 The Narration of Utopia
4 Civic Monuments and Dwellings for Communal Living
5 Conclusions
References
Sustainable Approaches to a Utopian Future
24 Yugoslav Utopia of Sustainable City—the Synthesis of Living Environment and Social Order
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Yugoslavia’s Unique Model of Socialism
2.1 Yugoslav Socialist Avant-Garde
2.2 Sustainability and Socialism
3 Utopia of City as a Living Organism
3.1 Sinturbanism by Vjenceslav Richter
3.2 The Concept of Biourbanism by Andrija Mutnjaković
3.3 Urbarchitecture Concept by Radovan Delalle
4 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
25 Architecture and Sacred Landscape in Pre-Hispanic Peru: A Comparative Approach from a GIS Perspective
Abstract
1 The Importance of the Sacred Landscape
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Construction of the Notion of Sacred Landscapes in Peru
1.3 The Recurring Elements in the Peruvian Sacred Landscape
1.3.1 The Apus, the Waka and the Llacta
1.3.2 The Traces
1.4 The Recurrent Relations for the Conformation of the Peruvian Sacred Landscape System
1.4.1 Orientations
1.4.2 Alignments
1.4.3 Directions
1.4.4 Centers
1.4.5 Polarities
1.4.6 Limits
2 Methodology
2.1 The Use of GIS in Historical Landscape Analysis
2.2 Materials and Methods
2.3 Criteria of Selection
3 Landscape Analysis of the Sites
3.1 Waka of the Sun and Waka of the Moon, Moche
3.2 The Capital of the Wari Civilization, Ayacucho
3.3 The Tipon Complex
3.4 The Ollantaytambo Site
3.5 Sacsayhuaman
4 Results and Findings
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
26 Old and New Settlement Strategies in a Marginal Area of Viceregal Naples: Benedictines and Jesuits in the Vomero Uphill Road
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The Religious Orders Role in the Neapolitan Extra-Moenia Areas
3 The Religious Orders Role in the Chiaia Hamlet
4 Benedictine and Jesuit Settlement Strategies in the Vomero Uphill Road
5 Conclusions
References
27 The Paradigm of the Possible City
Abstract
1 The Failure of the “Futuristic” Utopia
1.1 The City of Stone
1.2 The Legacy of the Future
1.3 Conclusions
References
28 Beyond Functionalism. How the Everyday and the Utopian Meet in Reused Parish Churches
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Between Autonomy and Pragmatism: The Complex Nature of Parish Churches
3 The Public Character of the Parish Church and Its Current Challenges
4 A ‘Praxis’ Between the Everyday and Utopia
5 Architectural Autonomy and the Everyday
6 Conclusion
References