From an input from the Castello di Città Council a thesis in Civil Engineering dedicated to Campo Bruno Reffi
For Campo Bruno Reffi, located in the historic center of Titano between car parks 6 and 7, there could be a future dedicated to sport and free time thanks to an unprecedented structure developed on an area of approximately 650 square meters set up for playing for five-a-side football, volleyball or basketball, as well as for practicing disciplines such as yoga, surrounded by an athletics track.
Gabriele Notariale, a 22-year-old from Tavullia who on 13 April illustrated the project to the Castello Council of the City of San Marino, from which the University had received a request for an in-depth analysis with which to think about a change for the area frequented by both tourists and residents.
In detail, the study would foresee the arrival of a resin flooring that would allow various sporting activities, developing 66 meters in length and 17 in width, located between the tree-lined paths that lead from the Cava Antica square to the Cava degli Umbri, and would remain to be from frame to the area.
“The analysis – explains Michele Bacciocchi, professor at the University of San Marino and supervisor of the thesis – in addition to proposing innovative engineering solutions, involved a timely verification of the services present at the level of the water, gas and other networks, to confirm the feasibility of the hypotheses also put forward from the point of view of the necessary water, electricity connections and so on". In this aspect the thesis was supported by the Autonomous State Company for Public Works (AASLP), thanks to the contribution of a staff representative who in the past graduated from the University of San Marino.
The document, entitled "Enhancement of Campo Bruno Reffi: considerations on the current state and redevelopment hypotheses", alternates a sporting vocation with another cultural and entertainment-related one, with the possibility of installing stages for concerts and other types of events . The skating rink, already present, would also remain to provide a space for those who try their hand at skateboarding, rollerblading and the like, after having been appropriately arranged by intervening on the flooring, walls and parapets.
“The basic idea – underlines Bacciocchi – was to enhance what was already present by also offering an enrichment, in full respect of the greenery and with a system designed to be used even in the colder months. The return to sport – he concludes – ultimately celebrates a not too distant past, when tennis was played right there for decades”.
Together with the Notarial project, in the course of the degree course in Civil Engineering over the past few weeks, theses have been discussed on the methods of recovering the full functionality of bridges affected by earthquakes, hypothesizing 81 different scenarios, and on the seismic dynamics to take into consideration in the design of viaducts.