Safeguarding the land and preventing environmental emergencies

SaMoTer Training & Education

Strengthening the event's critical cultural and educational contexts aims to consolidate SaMoTer as a landmark updating and training for operators and professional associations who, in various capacities and personal technical and/or scientific input, work in the construction industry.

The implementation of specific cooperation protocols with leading Universities and Research Centres in architecture and engineering on a national and international scale and collaboration agreements with Italian Professional Association Councils also ensure direct contacts with the production world, high profile programmes designed to promote debate and cooperation between representatives of scientific, professional and institutional worlds.

 

PROFESSIONAL UPDATING COURSES AT SAMOTER 2017

Every seminar earns 3 credits issued by the Italian Council of Engineers and 4 credits issued by the Italian Council of Architects.

 

FOCUS


SAFEGUARDING THE LAND AND PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
Major works, landscape and restoration of the building heritage across Italy

The training courses are organized and developed in relation to current regulations. The involvement of a scientific advisor is assured.
On each show day, speakers include professors specialising in various topics for of interdisciplinary analysis of issues involving the landscape, engineering, architecture and regulations.
Quality will be the main factor guiding the choice of speakers in various different disciplines.

 

TOPICS


Wednesday 22 February | 13.30-17.30

INFRASTRUCTURES AND TERRITORY
Landscape, roads, motorways and bridges

Lecture lasting 3 hours followed by 1 hour of discussion

This seminar earns 3 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Engineers and 4 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Architects

 

Quality design of large infrastructures (road and railway networks, as well as ports and airports) offers extremely significant development opportunities for domestic and foreign trade.
Large infrastructure projects also always contribute to improvements in the quality of life of the population, even if they often have a major impact on the urban or natural landscape.
It is precisely for this reason that projects now require in-depth knowledge of machinery and the most advanced techniques and technologies in order to promote sustainable intervention.

Prof. Arch. Claudia Battaino

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. CLAUDIA BATTAINO, University of Trento

 

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Scientific-subject field: Architectural and urban composition
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
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Prof. Arch. Giuseppe Scaglione

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. GIUSEPPE SCAGLIONE, University of Trento

 

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Scientific-subject field: Architectural and urban composition
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
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Thursday 23 February | 13.30-17.30

ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE
Routine maintenance of the rural and river landscape

Lecture lasting 3 hours followed by 1 hour of discussion

This seminar earns 3 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Engineers and 4 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Architects

 

The issues associated with environmental emergencies and hydrogeological instability are now more than ever before a topic of great relevance.
Monitoring systems and maintenance work in local areas implemented by authorities responsible for water management and the protection of the national environmental and agricultural heritage – such as land reclamation consortia and mountain communities – play an important role in the prevention of natural disasters such as flooding and landslides: a model to preserve, modernise and enhance.

Prof. Arch. Margherita Vanore

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. MARGHERITA VANORE, IUAV University, Venice

 

Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Composition
Scientific-subject field: Architectural and urban composition
Department of Design Culture
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Abstract - Prof. Arch. MARGHERITA VANORE

 

LANDSCAPE DESIGN TO SAFEGUARD THE TERRITORY

Hydrogeological instability and various natural calamities increasingly stimulate a frantic search for so-called “good practices” as regards maintenance or safety work in local areas at risk.
The complexity of these phenomena requires up-line analysis so that research can extend its field of analysis beyond the specificity of mere “technical solutions”. We must broaden the outlook in order to understand, within the scope of landscape design, the critical aspects as well as the value and potential of systems used to model the ground.
The landscape, viewed as a living expression of cultures and practices operating within a systemic vision capable of shaping living and production environments in terms of beauty and sustainability, is an essential landmark in tackling contemporary and near future issues.
From this point of view, it is essential to understand and stimulate the role played by the cultural and environmental heritage defined by water.
The history of ground modelling has handed down a heritage of water management techniques intended to support specific production processes as well as ensure land safeguards.
The landscapes created by water – especially those on the banks of rivers, agricultural reclamation areas, lagoons and delta areas – can be reinterpreted in all their complexity in order to acknowledge their value as system assets, thereby helping to identify possible new projects that include the protection and promotion of the landscape as such.
In these cases, projects can only be based on a specific process of reading, re-design and re-interpretation of the physical and phenomenological features of places and especially the “ground architecture” defined by water management activities and the various current and historical ways they were exploited or produced.
The features of water landscapes are in any case determined and governed by an infrastructure network that ensures the hydrogeological life and balance of land standing above the water line.
Riverbanks are home to numerous production sites that exploit the features of the river landscape, where everything make use of or regulates the waterway, taking on a role of infrastructure and essential structures for every process. In addition, the reclamation system and production spheres in lagoon or delta areas are clearly built by a network of works on the ground still today configured to regulate the space occupied by water. Reclamation basins, rice fields, salt pans and fish farms are important spheres of food production marked off by embankments, pump houses and water control systems.
These territorial contexts are home to valuable architectures and locations shaped by the various processes involved, which the project can re-interpret into new forms through a strategic vision that, within the overall system, retain values reflecting the quality and character of the landscape.

Prof. Arch. Maria Chiara Tosi

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. MARIA CHIARA TOSI, IUAV University, Venice

 

Associate Professor of Urbanisation
Scientific-subject field: Urbanisation
Department of Design Culture
>CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Abstract - Prof. Arch. MARIA CHIARA TOSI

 

MARZENEGO: A METROPOLITAN RIVER
RECYCLING SCENARIOS IN RESPONSE TO URBAN SPRAWL

This report investigates possible new life cycles for the Venice metropolitan area. It will describe the recycling strategies developed in response to the settlement, environmental and hydraulic conditions of a rather fragile area within the scope of a River Contract, i.e. shared decision-making approach. The River Marzenego is the testing ground for these considerations.
As it crosses the Venice mainland, the River Marzenego encounters different settlement and environmental situations: from the centre of a medium-sized city such as Mestre through to its suburbs, that at the same time also configures the linear progress of urban sprawl, as well as small-medium towns and the grid-like Roman settlement pattern. At the same time, the River Marzenego also crosses fragments of countryside squeezed between the urban settlements for which it acts as a backbone, through the broader areas of urbanized countryside, where the main natural reserves play an important role.
This variety of situations and environments and the role the River Marzenego has managed to retain as one of the few elements of continuity in settlement, environmental and relational spheres in this context means it has taken on a truly metropolitan character.
The recycling strategies implemented in this local area have responded to the need to achieve greater integration between agricultural areas, the functionality of hydraulic systems and the way collective open spaces are used, in both built-up and unconstructed spheres.
The hypothesis underlying these trials is that renewed integration between all these various aspects will help direct the metropolitan territory towards recapitalisation that in turn will offset characteristic imbalances: individual and collective mobility costs, low energy efficiency of social and economic processes, insufficient availability of public spaces for social events and recreation, poor quality of the urban scene and substandard hygiene conditions. In addition to these aspects, in environmental terms the hydraulic balance is also evidently imbalanced, there is no ecological continuity and farmland is exposed to progressive erosion.
The River Contract is a context where these considerations and hypotheses have been tested through continuous dialogue with associations, local administrations, cultural institutions and technical organisations. This work context has ensured that the representations, interpretations and design proposals developed, even when they attempted to provide answers to specific topics, have been placed within frameworks of more general common sense.

 

Friday 24 February | 13.30-17.30

RECOVERING HISTORIC CENTRES AROUND THE WORLD
The Italian historic city centre as a model for urban regeneration

Lecture lasting 3 hours followed by 1 hour of discussion

This seminar earns 3 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Engineers and 4 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Architects

 

The recovery of urban centres and all inter-linked issues are a very topical question in Italy and on an international scale.
While the recovery of smaller historic city centres all over Italy is often the subject of public debate – especially as regards funding – the Italian model of sustainable redevelopment and re-qualification projects to adapt to new situation or needs is unique on a truly worldwide scale.

Prof. Arch. Benno Albrecht

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. BENNO ALBRECHT, IUAV University, Venice

 

Professor of Architectural and Urban Composition
Scientific-subject field: Architectural and urban composition
Department of Design Culture
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Prof. Arch. Giorgio Cacciaguerra

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. GIORGIO CACCIAGUERRA, University of Trento

 

Associate Professor of Construction Organisation
Associate Professor of Building Restoration and Preservation
Scientific-subject field: Technical architecture
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
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Saturday 25 February | 13.30-17.30

SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AND MAJOR WORKS
Design and protection of the Venetian Lagoon - MOSE Case Study

Lecture lasting 3 hours followed by 1 hour of discussion

This seminar earns 3 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Engineers and 4 credits (CFP) issued by the Italian Council of Architects

 

Routine and special maintenance projects involving major works defending the cultural heritage also seeking to ensure better environmental protection are often characterised by significantly complex issues.
The case of MOSE – the barrier separating the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea to prevent floods at high tide – is an ideal synthesis of architecture and conservation at the service of the landscape and the environment. This work is unique in the world and testifies Italian ingenuity and capacity for dialogue between different sectors with the shared objective of safeguarding the country's historic and landscape heritage.

Prof. Arch. Aldo Aymonino

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. ALDO AYMONINO, IUAV University, Venice

 

Professor of Architectural Design
Scientific-subject field: Architectural and urban composition
Department of Design Culture
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Prof. Arch. Alberto Ferlenga

SPEAKER
Prof. Arch. ALBERTO FERLENGA, IUAV University, Venice

 

Rector and Professor of Architectural Design
Scientific-subject field: Architectural and urban composition
Department of Design Culture
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Hydrogeological risksEnviromental Emergency ManagementEfficiency and requalificationPublic WorksPrevention and Civil ProtectionResidential buildings