The industrial activity of Palermo, despite having lived a rather short prosperous period, has left traces that are well recognizable and identifiable with architectural artefacts of considerable importance for design quality and size. The Gulì factory, designed by the architect Pietro Scibilia, a pupil of Ernesto Basile, is a piece of history incorporated into the urban fabric. In fact, the designer is a key player in the quality of the Palermo building production of the last century and the Gulì factory is an interesting complex both from the architectural point of view and its urban location, very close to the historical center and significant cultural interest poles. The architectural structure, abandoned and deprived of its original function, maintains a strong historical and collective memory and has interesting potential not only for its volumetric configuration but above all for the typological characteristics that characterize it. The study, conducted at the Department of Architecture of the University of Palermo, proposes an intervention to recover the decommissioned structures through the rehabilitation of the degradation produced by abandonment and the regeneration of the building artifacts present through a reconfiguration of the spaces aimed at welcoming new functions at the service of the city community. The project proposal, while maintaining the volumetric authenticity of the architectural system and enhancing the historical, collective memory and the symbolic values linked to the artefact, makes use of new prefabricated and reversible compositional elements and technological solutions aimed at improving efficiency energy and comfort within the confined spaces.

L’industria palermitana, pur avendo vissuto un periodo fiorente piuttosto breve, ha lasciato tracce ben riconoscibili e identificabili con manufatti architettonici di grande importanza per qualità di progetto e dimensioni. La fabbrica Gulì è molto interessante sia dal punto di vista architettonico sia per la sua localizzazione urbanistica molto prossima al centro storico e a poli di rilevante interesse culturale. L’impianto architettonico, abbandonato e privato della sua funzione originaria, mantiene una forte memoria storica e collettiva e possiede interessanti potenzialità non solo per la sua configurazione volumetrica ma soprattutto per i caratteri tipologici che la connotano. Lo studio propone un intervento di recupero e rigenerazione dei manufatti edilizi presenti mediante un’opera di riconfigurazione degli spazi finalizzata ad accogliere nuove funzioni a servizio della comunità cittadina. La proposta progettuale si avvale dell’adozione di nuovi elementi compositivi prefabbricati e reversibili e di soluzioni tecnologiche finalizzate a migliorare l’efficienza energetica e il comfort all’interno degli spazi confinati.

Firrone, T. (2019). Recovery and refurbishment of the buildings of the former Gulì textile factory in Palermo. In R. Amoéda, S. Lira, C. Pinheiro (a cura di), REHAB 2019: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures (pp. 207-216). Barcelos : Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development.

Recovery and refurbishment of the buildings of the former Gulì textile factory in Palermo

Firrone, Tiziana
2019-01-01

Abstract

The industrial activity of Palermo, despite having lived a rather short prosperous period, has left traces that are well recognizable and identifiable with architectural artefacts of considerable importance for design quality and size. The Gulì factory, designed by the architect Pietro Scibilia, a pupil of Ernesto Basile, is a piece of history incorporated into the urban fabric. In fact, the designer is a key player in the quality of the Palermo building production of the last century and the Gulì factory is an interesting complex both from the architectural point of view and its urban location, very close to the historical center and significant cultural interest poles. The architectural structure, abandoned and deprived of its original function, maintains a strong historical and collective memory and has interesting potential not only for its volumetric configuration but above all for the typological characteristics that characterize it. The study, conducted at the Department of Architecture of the University of Palermo, proposes an intervention to recover the decommissioned structures through the rehabilitation of the degradation produced by abandonment and the regeneration of the building artifacts present through a reconfiguration of the spaces aimed at welcoming new functions at the service of the city community. The project proposal, while maintaining the volumetric authenticity of the architectural system and enhancing the historical, collective memory and the symbolic values linked to the artefact, makes use of new prefabricated and reversible compositional elements and technological solutions aimed at improving efficiency energy and comfort within the confined spaces.
2019
Settore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'Architettura
978-989-8734-41-9
978-989-8734-42-6
Firrone, T. (2019). Recovery and refurbishment of the buildings of the former Gulì textile factory in Palermo. In R. Amoéda, S. Lira, C. Pinheiro (a cura di), REHAB 2019: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures (pp. 207-216). Barcelos : Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development.
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