Data, Models and Visualization: Connected Tools to Enhance the Fruition of the Architectural Heritage in the City of Padova

Abstract

This contribution focuses on the relationship between informative models, databases and innovative visualization tools, as crucial inputs for the knowledge and management of cultural heritage and for the interaction with the design process. Along with the ever-growing development of survey, storage and analysis technologies, upgrading the representation tools can support the interpretation and processing of the new available information assets. The Tu-CULT research project has the purpose to acquire, store, process and disseminate data regarding the monuments of the city of Padua, studying how the information and communication technologies (ICT) contribute to the management of the architectural heritage and to the design of transformational scenarios involving the monuments. Specifically, we address the issues of digital survey and archiving, 3D information modelling, and multimedia visualization for a multi-level access to the collected documents and the developed scenarios.