2022

Teatro Verde and The Vatican Chapels

The recording of the island of San Giorgio Maggiore is a project aimed at demonstrating that it is possible to create a high-resolution digital record of a monumental complex, from the urban and architectural elements to the interiors and specific artefacts within its collection. Recording can also form part of an architectural site’s restoration and preservation.

Aerial photogrammetry shot © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Teatro Verde

The Teatro Verde, designed by architect Luigi Vietti and inaugurated in 1954, was not initially included in Factum’s first digitisation campaign in July 2020. It was recorded later, between January and July 2022, as part of the project to restore and reopen the theatre to the public in collaboration with Cartier. A team from Factum Foundation employed a LiDAR 3D scanning system to obtain accurate data that could give way to the creation of 3D models, orthophotos and architectural drawings. If needed, LiDAR scanner can also be combined with photogrammetric recording to complete certain areas with higher surface resolution. Aerial drone-based recording was also carried out as part of this survey.

Preliminary results of the recording were provided to artist Mattia Casalegno for his movie La Maschera del Tempo (trailer), produced by the Giorgio Cini Foundation. Including Factum Foundation’s 3D information, the work explores the sustainability and unique identity of the Teatro Verde, with sound designs provided by Maurizio Martusciello (Martux-m).

Aerial photogrammetry shot © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Aerial photogrammetry shot © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Point-cloud data acquired using the LiDAR scanner © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Point-cloud data acquired using the LiDAR scanner © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Point-cloud data acquired using the LiDAR scanner © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Point-cloud data acquired using the LiDAR scanner © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

Point-cloud data acquired using the LiDAR scanner © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

3D model of the Teatro Verde © Factum Foundation for ARCHIVe

Preview of the architectural drawings of the Teatro Verde © Imran Khan | Factum Foundation

The Vatican Chapels

For the first Holy See Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2018, internationally renowned architects were invited to design ten chapels in the forested park of the Cini Foundation on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. The project was inspired by the 1920 Woodland Chapel created by Erik Gunnar Asplund for Stockholm’s cemetery. With his Skogskapellet Asplund defined the chapel as a “place of orientation, encounter and meditation, seemingly formed by chance or natural forces inside a vast forest, seen as the physical suggestion of the labyrinthine progress of life”.

All ten Vatican Chapels were also recorded in January 2022 and the data was processed into 3D models of the interior and exterior of all ten buildings.

Panoramic shot of the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Pedro Miró operating the LiDAR software © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Recording inside one of the Vatican Chapels © Oscar Parasiego for Factum Foundation and ARCHiVe

Point cloud data of the Vatican Chapel designed by Ricardo Flores © Factum Foundation for ARCHIVe

3D model of the Asplund Pavillion © Factum Foundation for ARCHiVe

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