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Data parametric representation for monitoring of cultural heritage

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The present paper analyses the Abbey of S. Matteo in Genoa exemplifying a possible use of survey and its elaborations in the field of conservation. The three-dimensional survey was used as the basis for the collection, management and representation of the data derived from the survey on rising damp. The purpose was to test a dynamic data processing system that could be used as a tool to collect data on site as well as to access data remotely. By using software for three-dimensional representation and a node programming language, it was possible to define a system that offered dynamic viewing and was easy to use, through the use of chromatic scales and level curves, which can be generated starting from tables containing numerical data. Surveying, diagnostics, modelling and representation allow one to experiment with new ways of interaction within the common goal of conservation.

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  1. With reference to the state of the art on issues related to humidity and cultural heritage, there is a rich literature, among others for example the following texts: Nady Saïd 2007; Capitani et al. 2009; Camuffo and Bertolin 2012.

  2. According to the agreement between the Parish of S. Matteo (Mons. G.C. Rapallo) and Ecodry Italia Srl (Mr. R. De Rosa), after 3 years of monitoring—which would have given visibility to the operation and at the same time would have allowed the appointed institutions to directly control the procedures—the Parish would have either bought the equipment in the event it proved successful or otherwise returned it.

  3. The Superintendence for Cultural and Landscape Heritage Liguria (from 2016 Superintendence Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Landscape for Liguria) appointed as its project representative, the area representative at the time, Arch. G. Peirano (substituted by Arch. C. Arcolao in 2016); the Curia appointed as its representative, Dr. M.G. Di Natale from the Ecclesiastic Cultural Heritage and Sacred Art Office; the Order of Architects appointed as its representative, the councillor for restoration (Arch. G. Peirano until 2013); the University, involved in the project as Department of Sciences for Architecture (from 2016 Architecture and Design Department) appointed as scientific supervisors Prof. S. F. Musso and Prof. R. Vecchiattini.

  4. The monitoring activities were carried out simultaneously and independently by Ecodry Italia and the University, under the supervision of both Superintendence and Curia. During the agreed upon days for monitoring, measurements were taken independently by both parties in the same points with different equipment.

  5. Non-destructive method that measures the electrical resistance of a material which diminishes in relation to the quantity of water contained in it (Protimeter Mini e Protimeter Surveymaster).

  6. Non-destructive method that measures the dielectric constant of a given material which sensibly increases even with small quantities of water (GANN BL compact B e Protimeter Surveymaster).

  7. Destructive method that measures the quantity of water in a material sample, which is weighed immediately after having been taken and after having dried with a thermoscale (Kern DLB).

  8. This is one of the limitations of the work, because it would have been useful in these 4 years to have had environmental data—outside the church (in the opposite square and in the adjacent cloister) and inside the church (in the hall, the crypt and in the space underneath the crypt)—in order to better understand the condensation phenomena which seemed to be particularly pronounced in the church of S. Matteo.

  9. The use of the phase-variation scanner, because of the technology used, guarantees a measurement accuracy below 2/3 mm. While the scanner is highly precise, it has, however, a limited working range, which, in the case of the equipment used, is 79 m.

  10. Grasshopper is a free visual editor for scripting which does not require programming notions. Through an intuitive graphic method based on node interface, the user can define sequences of instructions that will be translated into three-dimensional models in the Rhinoceros window. The modelling process is implemented with algorithms and operations allowing the calculation of a desired result starting from input data with a logic and finite sequence of elementary instructions.

  11. The non-uniform rational basis-spline (NURBS) are a mathematical model used to define curves, surfaces and solids.

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The authors would like to thank Mons. G. C. Rapallo and Arch. S. Crocco from the Parrocchia di S. Matteo; R. De Rosa and the Ecodry Italia technicians for their precious cooperation; R. Lavezzaro, R. Babbetto, G. Rosatto and A. Orefice for their work on site; Arch. A. Decri from Ipsilon Coop pscrl for sharing several diagnostic tools.

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  2. dAD, Architecture and Design Department, University of Genoa, Stradone Sant’Agostino 37, Genoa, Italy

    R. Vecchiattini

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Battini, C., Vecchiattini, R. Data parametric representation for monitoring of cultural heritage. Appl Geomat 10, 191–204 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-018-0219-1

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