This work aims at showing the fundamental role that the integration of geomatic techniques and a ... more This work aims at showing the fundamental role that the integration of geomatic techniques and a specific multidisciplinary approach could have in the study, conservation and valorization of ancient buildings, by presenting some results of a research conducted in Pompeii, one of the most important city of the ancient world. The research, which is part of a wider project headed by the University of Padova (MACH-Multidisciplinary methodological Approaches to the knowledge, conservation and valorization of Cultural Heritage), aims at studying the Sarno Baths, an architectural complex located in the southwestern part of Pompeii (Regio VIII, Insula 2, house numbers from 17 to 21). The complex is composed by a set of buildings, the main of which is made of five floors. It leans against the southern rocky front of the city and has a façade which is about 15 m high and 40 m wide. Different research units of the University of Padua were involved in the project and different aspects were dealt with: survey and structural analysis, archaeological excavations, architectural analysis, study of frescoes and building materials. The Archaeological Superintendence of Pompeii has supervised all the phases of the project and has provided part of the data. As regard the architectural survey, after the verification of the existing 3D data acquired from the Superintendence, it has proved necessary to execute a new laser scanning survey of the façade, because of lack of data in some areas (due to the presence of vegetation) and to create a reference topographic network. A set of related spatial data and ortho-images were produced for the architectural and archaeological studies. Moreover, a photogrammetric survey, with both classical and Structure from Motion approach, were performed. The obtained data contributed to an improvement of the available information about the building, in terms of completeness , and helped the archaeologists to study and to better understand its building features, constructive phases and its architectural transformations that occurred before and after 79 CE.
This work aims at showing the fundamental role that the integration of geomatic techniques and a ... more This work aims at showing the fundamental role that the integration of geomatic techniques and a specific multidisciplinary approach could have in the study, conservation and valorization of ancient buildings, by presenting some results of a research conducted in Pompeii, one of the most important city of the ancient world. The research, which is part of a wider project headed by the University of Padova (MACH-Multidisciplinary methodological Approaches to the knowledge, conservation and valorization of Cultural Heritage), aims at studying the Sarno Baths, an architectural complex located in the southwestern part of Pompeii (Regio VIII, Insula 2, house numbers from 17 to 21). The complex is composed by a set of buildings, the main of which is made of five floors. It leans against the southern rocky front of the city and has a façade which is about 15 m high and 40 m wide. Different research units of the University of Padua were involved in the project and different aspects were dealt with: survey and structural analysis, archaeological excavations, architectural analysis, study of frescoes and building materials. The Archaeological Superintendence of Pompeii has supervised all the phases of the project and has provided part of the data. As regard the architectural survey, after the verification of the existing 3D data acquired from the Superintendence, it has proved necessary to execute a new laser scanning survey of the façade, because of lack of data in some areas (due to the presence of vegetation) and to create a reference topographic network. A set of related spatial data and ortho-images were produced for the architectural and archaeological studies. Moreover, a photogrammetric survey, with both classical and Structure from Motion approach, were performed. The obtained data contributed to an improvement of the available information about the building, in terms of completeness , and helped the archaeologists to study and to better understand its building features, constructive phases and its architectural transformations that occurred before and after 79 CE.
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