Multisensor Data Fusion for Cultural Heritage Assets Monitoring and Preventive Conservation

This paper shows the first phase of an ongoing interdisciplinary research project aimed at codifying procedures for the control and non-destructive analysis of the conservation status of CH artefacts to guide preventive preservation actions. It specifically explains the results of an experiment aimed at defining the procedural phases of semantic-informative enrichment of a digital architectural model where the morpho-metric components acquired with instrumental survey techniques are linked with cognitive and technical aspects (microclimatic, material, and geometric deviation data), with the aim of making this model a support for the simulation of scenarios connected to preventive preservation programmes. The research was carried out on the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Padula, affected by plaster detachment from the frescoes on the intrados of the vaulted systems. The work was conceived to support a mainly qualitative assessment regarding a possible relationship between micro-environmental variations and visually perceived degradation phenomena to provide a first indication of the conservation status of the investigated surfaces. The analyses were conducted through algorithms that, as such, are repeatable and objective. In addition, these processes, as they were applied to the models derived from the architectural survey, made it possible to make the most of these outputs. Therefore, by combining the algorithmic manipulation of the digital representations with the necessary critical interpretation of the data by the specialist, it was possible to address some actions of direct intervention and guide the most appropriate choices for subsequent in-depth diagnostics, more targeted, reducing the damage to the historical heritage

Chapter Gli spazi della conservazione del vino: studio e rilievo delle bodegas spagnole

The 43rd UID conference, held in Genova, takes up the theme of ‘Dialogues’ as practice and debate on many fundamental topics in our social life, especially in these complex and not yet resolved times. The city of Genova offers the opportunity to ponder on the value of comparison and on the possibilities for the community, naturally focused on the aspects that concern us, as professors, researchers, disseminators of knowledge, or on all the possibile meanings of the discipline of representation and its dialogue with ‘others’, which we have broadly catalogued in three macro areas: History, Semiotics, Science / Technology. Therefore, “dialogue” as a profitable exchange based on a common language, without which it is impossible to comprehend and understand one another; and the graphic sign that connotes the conference is the precise transcription of this concept: the title ‘translated’ into signs, derived from the visual alphabet designed for the visual identity of the UID since 2017. There are many topics which refer to three macro sessions: - Witnessing (signs and history) - Communicating (signs and semiotics) - Experimenting (signs and sciences) Thanks to the different points of view, an exceptional resource of our disciplinary area, we want to try to outline the prevailing theoretical-operational synergies, the collaborative lines of an instrumental nature, the recent updates of the repertoires of images that attest and nourish the relations among representation, history, semiotics, sciences

Il rilievo dell’Architettura tra identificazione tipologica e strutturazione semantica. La Certosa di San Lorenzo a Padula nella rappresentazione digitale per il Cultural Heritage.

La digitalizzazione delle testimonianze del patrimonio costruito ha animato una nuova sfida dell’epoca contemporanea: la creazione di sistemi intelligenti, efficienti e scalabili per l’indicizzazione, l’archiviazione, la ricerca e la gestione delle collezioni digitali e della relativa documentazione. La strutturazione delle informazioni, spazializzate in ragione di attributi semantici, risponde efficacemente alle esigenze di documentazione e interoperabilità, proprie degli studi interdisciplinari, potenziando la condivisione delle risorse e la creazione collaborativa di conoscenza. L’analisi degli approcci formalizzati finora, mostra diverse questioni aperte e spunti di riflessione connessi con le implicazioni teoriche di una segmentazione architettonica guidata dalla semantica, con le potenzialità espressive e applicative di una interazione più immediata con la rappresentazione digitale nonché con le modalità di accesso e recupero della documentazione spazializzata. Un primo scopo della ricerca è la definizione di una metodologia di annotazione semantica che risolva l’ambiguità e codifichi l’incertezza della etichettatura, affinando la qualità dell’informazione. Una seconda finalità è l’indagine di approcci che razionalizzino e ottimizzino il processo di annotazione, migliorando l’interoperabilità e l’interpretabilità da parte di Intelligenze Artificiali

Chapter La rappresentazione del territorio peri-urbano tra city modelling, rilievo e fotografia

The 43rd UID conference, held in Genova, takes up the theme of ‘Dialogues’ as practice and debate on many fundamental topics in our social life, especially in these complex and not yet resolved times. The city of Genova offers the opportunity to ponder on the value of comparison and on the possibilities for the community, naturally focused on the aspects that concern us, as professors, researchers, disseminators of knowledge, or on all the possibile meanings of the discipline of representation and its dialogue with ‘others’, which we have broadly catalogued in three macro areas: History, Semiotics, Science / Technology. Therefore, “dialogue” as a profitable exchange based on a common language, without which it is impossible to comprehend and understand one another; and the graphic sign that connotes the conference is the precise transcription of this concept: the title ‘translated’ into signs, derived from the visual alphabet designed for the visual identity of the UID since 2017. There are many topics which refer to three macro sessions: - Witnessing (signs and history) - Communicating (signs and semiotics) - Experimenting (signs and sciences) Thanks to the different points of view, an exceptional resource of our disciplinary area, we want to try to outline the prevailing theoretical-operational synergies, the collaborative lines of an instrumental nature, the recent updates of the repertoires of images that attest and nourish the relations among representation, history, semiotics, sciences

Urban design strategies for the upcycling of urban infrastructure residual pockets: 3D city modelling from open data and low-cost rapid mapping tools

This paper deals with the 3D City Modelling specific procedure developed as a tool to support strategies for urban regeneration, within the framework of the B-ROAD research project. The B-ROAD research project, whose acronym stands for Below the Road, is developing urban design strategies for upcycling urban infrastructure residual pockets. The B-ROAD’s methodology is conceived as research by design as it is carried out by creating pilot scenarios, disclosing the latent and still unexpressed potential of these wasted areas and displaying their potential transformations, to turn them into precious resources for the contemporary city. The 3D City Modelling of the study area has proved to be essential and strategic yet often complex and critical as most of the spatial and architectural features of B-ROAD spaces, as well as their potential, cannot be detected nor represented through the traditional means of representation of urbanised land, as aerial survey-based representations, or GIS. Likewise, traditional, or even cutting-edge, survey techniques that can be used to acquire missing data are often costly and time-consuming, thus making it hardly impossible to achieve the purpose of extensive and deep knowledge of such a vast area. Thus, 3D City Modelling aimed at examining spaces and providing a final representation of pilot scenarios has been a crucial stage requiring a specific in-depth study

Medidas eco-amigables: La relevancia de la arborización en la lucha contra la deficiencia de árboles en el municipio de Candelaria, Atlántico

The article starts from the analysis of the lack of tree planting in Candelaria, a municipality with jurisdiction in the department of Atlántico, which has a population of 17 thousand inhabitants, located south of the department of Atlántico, 60 km from the city. de Barranquilla, bordering the municipalities of Ponedera, Campo de la Cruz, Manatí and Sabanalarga, the presence of trees in urban areas contributes to the production of oxygen, which is vital for the respiratory health of residents. Also, act as natural filters by absorbing carbon dioxide, helping to reduce levels of air pollutants and mitigate the effects of climate change. The objectivity of promoting the green spaces of the community; By taking the necessary measures, it would be of vital help to obtain social, environmental and economic benefits.El artículo parte del análisis a cerca de la carencia de arborización en Candelaria, , un municipio con jurisdicción en el departamento del atlántico, que cuenta con una población de 17 mil habitantes, ubicado al sur del departamento del Atlántico, a 60 km de la ciudad de Barranquilla, limita con los municipios de Ponedera, Campo de la Cruz, Manatí y Sabanalarga, la presencia de árboles en áreas urbanas contribuye a la producción de oxígeno, lo cual es vital para la salud respiratoria de los residentes. Asimismo, actúan como filtros naturales al absorber dióxido de carbono, ayudando a reducir los niveles de contaminantes atmosféricos y a mitigar los efectos del cambio climático. La objetividad de potenciar los espacios verdes de la comunidad; al tomar las medidas necesarias seria de vital ayuda para la obtención de beneficios sociales, ambientales y económicos

The aftermath of COVID-19 lockdown on daily life activities in orthopaedic patients

Purpose: Following the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many reports have investigated the psychosocial effects of the lockdown. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of the lockdown on the daily life habits of orthopaedic patients.Patients and Methods: Around 30 days after the start of the Italian lockdown, from April 17th to the end of the containment measures on May 18th, the Sapienza University of Rome carried out a 19-item survey on the effects the lockdown caused in patients suffering from an orthopaedic pathology (with regard to changes in lifestyle, pain, treatment) by stratifying the sample by age, sex, profession, pain location, pathogenesis and prior surgeries.Results: A total of 292 subjects with orthopaedic pathologies took part in the survey. Taking into consideration the totality of the sample, physical activity was significantly reduced (p <0.001). The increase of a sedentary lifestyle was statistically significant (p <0.001), as well as an increase in pain (p <0.001) and the need to adjust the pharmacological treatment (p <0.001). The increase in pain was particularly significant in the 50-70 age group, among workers, and in polyarthralgic patients. About 55.48% stated that the lockdown period worsened their underlying pathological condition and 53.77% expressed the need to undergo a new clinical evaluation at the end of the lockdown.Conclusion: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and resulting sudden changes in lifestyle led to a change in patient perception of orthopedic pathology including a worsening of musculoskeletal pain requiring an adjustment or change in pharmacological and physical therapy

Il ruolo dell'espressione grafica nelle Digital Humanities al tempo del Covid-19: un caso studio italiano

The lockdown experience lived for the Covid-19 and the consequent physical closure of all places of culture, highlighted the need to implement and develop alternative ways of enhancing and using the CH by the public. Many cultural institutions have promoted initiatives to allow citizens to access heritage online: virtual tours, online collections, digital and social initiatives. In this scenario, it has been and still is fundamental to rethink the contribution that digital technologies can provide as well as the role that is attributed to the graphic expression. The paper, starting from the case study (the castle of San Martino Valle Caudina), investigates the variations that the graphic representation of the architectural heritage must assume in knowledge projects and its transmission through digital humanities. So, starting from the digitization of the castle through consolidated image-based survey techniques, the 3D model becomes the access key to knowledge, organized in a multiscale dimension. The study focuses on the main attributes that digital representation, cultural contents and communication graphics must have in relation to the type of user to whom it is addressed, presenting different connotations with respect to the specialization and the cognitive needs of the public. The theme, not new to the attention of scholars, is brought up to date by the pandemic experience acquires value in its application to little-known cultural realities although of great historical value for which, such an approach, makes it possible to trigger virtuous social processes in often marginal territorie