Research lines

Survey

• As an instrument of knowledge, study, analysis and representation of the archaeological and architectural heritage aimed at the diachronic reconstruction of the main historical and construction phases.
• Integrating different methods and techniques, direct and instrumental (geodesics, photographic, terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry, topographic, laser scanning).
• Defining specific protocols for the restitution of metric, morphological and thematic data.

GIS, Thematic Cartography and Storymap

• Development of methods and procedures, definition of theoretical and operational tools in the context of proprietary and open source GIS systems.
• Data analysis, control, study and archiving of information through database and storymap implementation, territorial development, historical reconstruction of the survey area and understanding of settlement processes.
• Creation of tools and methods for the management and representation of data to guide territorial planning choices and create thematic (archaeological) maps, aimed at the analysis and restitution of new geographical information.

3D Printing

• Study and processing of specific 3D numerical and multi-scale models aimed at 3D printing.
• New scenarios in the archaeological field with different fields of application: the reproduction of artifacts, the representation of the territory, the reproduction of entire archaeological areas and buildings. The advantage is not only to print the models, but also to design the print according to different objectives, thus being able to choose the detail, the materials, the representation scale and different possible levels of interaction, in order to improve the access also to categories with different disabilities. 3D prints become useful tools to operate augmented reality (AR) processes in a framework of interdisciplinary applications for the communication of results, especially in museum contexts, where the reproduction of archaeological and architectural artifacts is the basis for the understanding of important historical phenomena.
• Study and application of new technologies to improve the conditions of accessibility to cultural heritage with particular regard to the use of archaeological works and sites also by visually impaired or blind people thanks to the use of physical models and multisensory applications.

Enhancement of tangible and intangible cultural heritage

• Implementation of museum and/or territorial projects for the development of the potential of national and international cultural contexts through interventions aimed at implementing their use.
• Study for the drafting of guidelines dedicated to the promotion of sustainable tourism based on the re-discovery of the importance of the identity of places as a local and global value.

Projects and Research activities

• PRIN 2017 Le pavimentazioni stradali in pietra. Storia, Conservazione, Valorizzazione e Progetto | ISPC Rome Branch.
• MAECI Jordan. Tecnologie Innovative e Attività di Formazione per la Conservazione e Valorizzazione del Sito Archeologico Umm er-Rasas.
• MAECI Jordan. Documentation and Conservation for Petra Archaeological Park (DaC for PAP). The Rupestrian Tombs of Petra.
• MAECI IRAN project. Archaeology and Technology in Eastern Iran
• MAECI PERU project Intervento operativo per il complesso archeologico di Chan Chan: conoscenza, valorizzazione, promozione.
• Isola di Capri project (2020-2023).Creation of the archaeological map in the municipalities of Capri and Anacapr | ISPC Rome Branch.
• Palazzo Doria Pamphilj project (2020-2021). Architectural survey of the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj cloister in Rome | ISPC Rome Branch.
• Borbona project (2020-2021): Camminando nella Storia | ISPC Rome Branch.
• Cori project (2019-2024). Experimentation and application of new methodological approaches and detection technologies in the study of the archaeological and monumental heritage of Cori (Lazio, Italy)
• Pendici nord orientali del Palatino. Terme di Elagabalo project (2019-2022). An integrated system for the management, consultation and transposition of excavation data.
• CNR-CONCYTEC Bilateral project 2021-2022 | Harmful Event Risk Management Plan in Chan Chan (Trujillo, Peru): multidisciplinary analysis and HBIM methodology.

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