Lorenzo Nottolini's architectural heritage in Tuscany. Digital twins and database for restoration project management.
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Jun 17, 2024
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Lorenzo Nottolini Restoration Digital twins
Abstract
The article examines methodologies for developing digital databases and digital twins as tools for the restoration and protection of architectural heritage. The focus is on the Aqueduct of Lucca, designed by Lorenzo Nottolini beginning in 1822, a complex work of significant historical and architectural value. The research combines the analysis of archival and bibliographic sources with advanced laser and photogrammetric survey techniques to create detailed three-dimensional models. The study of this case provides an opportunity to apply the described approach to a concrete example, utilizing both direct and indirect analyses. Through this inductive method, it will be possible to derive more general guidelines.
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Lagani, P. (2024). Lorenzo Nottolini’s architectural heritage in Tuscany. Digital twins and database for restoration project management. International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, 129–134. https://doi.org/10.12681/monubasin.8212
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In 2014, the Municipality of Lucca promoted and implemented a comprehensive project in collaboration with the Municipality of Capannori, titled "From the sources to the fountains," aimed at enhancing Nottolini's aqueduct through the creation of a cycling and walking path. The final project was presented and approved in October 2022.
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The research group, coordinated by Susanna Caccia Gherardini and professore Giovanni Minutoli, è composto da Paola Bordoni, Iacopo Campinoti, Gianluca Fenili, Giorgio Ghelfi, Francesca Giusti, Pierpaolo Lagani, Francesco Pisani, Adele Rossi; cfr. Caccia Gherardini S., Classicità a filo d'acqua: l'acquedotto di Lorenzo Nottolini. Studi e indagini per la Conservazione, in Rueda Márquez De La Plata A., Cruz Franco P. (a cura di), Los cuadernos del ReUSO. La gestión territorial y el problema de la conservación de los centros históricos y el paisaje, Atti del convegno ReUSO Caceres 2023, Caceres 18-21 ottobre 2023, Dykinson.
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