Abstract
Abstract. The paper describes how new digital methodologies can be used within the field of Cultural Heritage, not only with the aim of documenting the actual state of an architecture but to review the past transformations it has undergone, conserving and representing these histories as well. Over the last few years, the methodologies of acquisition and integrated representation for 3D patrimony documentation have developed and consolidated considerably: the possibilities of the digital realm can augment the understanding and the valorisation of a monument. The specific case offered in the present paper, the Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia in Venice, is a significant example. It suggests not only the theme of the "no longer existing" regarding its façade, which has undergone evident modifications, but also the recontextualization of a number of decorative elements, such as the bas-reliefs which once marked the entrance and are today conserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The described experience shows how integrated methodology, from high resolution laser scanning and photogrammetric survey to 3d modelling, can develop a reliably virtual diachronical reconstruction from different sources of an historical building. Geomatic tools combined with computer graphics provide a better understanding of building history through the use historical documents, playing a paramount role in preserving and valorizing the cultural and environmental heritage.
Highlights
The affirmation of digital technology within the field of Cultural Heritage has brought forth the awareness that 3D surveying and modelling can play a very important role in the understanding, restoration and valorisation of Cultural Heritage
This paper describes the study undertaken upon the diverse geometrical-decorative configurations, which, one after another, have successively adorned the façade of the Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia between the Fourteenth and Sixteenth centuries
The main goal of this work is to show how geomatic tools (Laser scanning and digital photogrammetry), integrated with all the historical and physical analyses and computer vision, can provide the applications that are needed to integrate all of the information on the Misericordia coming from various, often non-intercommunicating sources into a coherent whole
Summary
The affirmation of digital technology within the field of Cultural Heritage has brought forth the awareness that 3D surveying and modelling can play a very important role in the understanding, restoration and valorisation of Cultural Heritage. This consideration is evident when it’s applied to historic architecture. The construction, dating from the early 1300’s, reveals gaps that are identified from the evident material traces; the façade as well presents some incongruities in the mounting of the ashlar masonry in the crowning pediment. The current study proposes a process of “virtual reintegration” where 3D surveys, initially used to support the stratigraphic analysis providing interpretative hypothesis, become the fundamental instrument in furnishing virtual reconstructions coherent with the historic, geometric and material documentation
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
