Digital Alberti: Tradition and innovation in the architectural theory and practice in Portugal

Mário Kruger

doi:10.14195/1647-8681_5_19

Abstract

This research project is a celebration and an innovation. A celebration in the sense of commemorating the order given by King John III, in mid XVI century, to André de Resende to translate Alberti’s De re aedicatoria to the Portuguese language.An innovation in the sense of producing, for the first time, anintelligent computational environment to understand the culturalimpact of this treatise on classical architecture in Portugal and abroad.Research developes in six approaches: Alberti and the De reaedicatoria; New digital technologies; Grammar of sacred spaces;Grammar of column systematization; Architecture for a modernhumanism; The virtual reality of Albertian Architecture.

Highlights

Research developes in six approaches: Alberti and the De re aedicatoria; New digital technologies; Grammar of sacred spaces; Grammar of column systematization; Architecture for a modern humanism; The virtual reality of Albertian Architecture
A celebration in the sense of commemorating the order given by King John III, in mid XVI century, to André de Resende to translate Alberti’s De re aedicatoria to the Portuguese language
An innovation in the sense of producing, for the first time, an intelligent computational environment to understand the cultural impact of this treatise on classical architecture in Portugal and abroad

Summary

Coordinator Mário Krüger

Researchers team Bruno Araújo, Bruno Figueiredo, Eduardo Castro e Costa, Giovana de Godoi, Gonçalo Canto Moniz, Hélder Carita, Joaquim Jorge, José P. Goals This research project is a celebration and an innovation. A celebration in the sense of commemorating the order given by King John III, in mid XVI century, to André de Resende to translate Alberti’s De re aedicatoria to the Portuguese language. An innovation in the sense of producing, for the first time, an intelligent computational environment to understand the cultural impact of this treatise on classical architecture in Portugal and abroad. Research developes in six approaches: Alberti and the De re aedicatoria; New digital technologies; Grammar of sacred spaces; Grammar of column systematization; Architecture for a modern humanism; The virtual reality of Albertian Architecture

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Funding body Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology