- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
The Stratospheric Wind Tunnel of Guidonia: reconstruction of a «lost» heritage
- Federica Ribera
- Antonello Pagliuca
- Roberto Facendola
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.84
The documentation of twentieth-century architectural heritage under conditions of material loss raises open methodological issues, particularly for industrial architectures subordinated to performance requirements. The paper addresses the case of the Stratospheric Wind Tunnel at the Guidonia Experimental Centre (1935), a facility for high-speed aerodynamic research almost destroyed in 1943. The integration of photogrammetric survey and analysis of contemporary sources reconstructed not the image of the building but the unified technological logic that informed it, oriented towards vibration control. The study demonstrates how the critical reconstruction of a «lost» architecture can restore not an image, but the understanding of the constructive logic that generated it.
- Keywords:
- Industrial heritage,
- «Lost» architecture,
- UAV photogrammetric survey,
- Archival anamnesis,
- Constructive systems,
University of Salerno, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9349-1093
University of Basilicata, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-2908-0107
University of Salerno, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0001-5291-0036
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Titolo del capitolo
The Stratospheric Wind Tunnel of Guidonia: reconstruction of a «lost» heritage
Autori
Federica Ribera, Antonello Pagliuca, Roberto Facendola
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.84
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Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
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14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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