Marina Militare-Amerigo Vespucci Implementation Of The Digital Survey And Database For The Management Of Italian Naval Excellence

Abstract

The survey project of the Amerigo Vespucci is part of a research line that DiDA, Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, developed through an experience of collaboration and partnership with the Department of Defense. For more than two years, the Department has been involved in the study of the Cascine park, in Florence, analyzing the architectures of historical value, with a particular focus on the Scuola di Guerra Aerea. The documentation of the architectural heritage received in recent years an innovative technological boost, which led to the development of new modern methodologies of investigation. It is possible to apply integrated survey methods not only to immovable assets such as historical buildings, which abounds in our country, but also to movable ones, included vessels. By now, the processes of data registration and graphical restitution of the survey, both laser-scanner and photogrammetric, are functioning and consolidated, and can therefore be applied in research projects, if the appropriate considerations on the specific asset typology of the subject of study are taken. The application of specific instruments in support of the survey and architectonic representation enables us to achieve increasingly accurate results, engaging multiple aspects of the structure under study. The project investigating the Nave Scuola Amerigo Vespucci allows to expand the current knowledge on the sailboat in order to provide, through survey methods and architectonic representation, the documentation necessary to conduct future renovations and wood restorations. The aim of the present research is to create a digital database that, similarly to those used for buildings of historical value, would facilitate the management of this excellent asset of the Italian Navy.