The Building Stones of Prato’s Cathedral and Bell Tower, Italy

Coli, Massimo; Ciuffreda, Anna Livia; Donigaglia, Tessa; Tanganelli, Marco

doi:10.3390/app121910132

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“…Indeed, most robotic platforms are noted in the context of contemporary construction and architectural forms that are more likely to be characterised as being relatively homogenous and uniform in external form relative to historic buildings (e.g., climbing robots with vacuum/suction mechanisms [137,138]. That said, unmanned automated vehicles (UAVs) have been successfully used for attaining digital reality capture data from heights [139] and in confined spaces [140,141] (Figure 7). However, although drones have been used for decades, the range of sensors that can be deployed has remained limited due to the combination of limited payloads and the lack of drone solutions that make contact with surfaces in a controlled manner (which would be required for the deployment of a range of other sensors).…”

Section: Robotic Applications For Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Kennedy,

Penman,

Watkinson

et al. 2024

Heritage

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Heritage science is an established and thriving field of enquiry. Initially considered as inherently cross-disciplinary, encompassing both the needs of conservators and practitioners and the high-quality evidence produced by scientists, heritage science has, through its expansion in recent years, formed a discipline in its own right. Here, we examine how heritage science can, and to an extent has, moved beyond the straightforward scientific analysis of historical materials and artefacts through an exploration of heritage science’s interactions with four key themes: (i) historical and archival research, (ii) conservation practice, (iii) policy at governmental, organisational and institutional levels, and (iv) a view to how new technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, can shape the future of heritage science. Much of the review narrative is framed via the analysis of UK-based case studies; however, they deal with issues that are international in nature (universal) and therefore transcend the UK context. Taken together, we demonstrate that heritage science as a discipline is capable of directly instigating or (re-)framing new areas or avenues of research, as well as enhancing and feeding into existing research questions, and has adapted and evolved along with emerging technologies and funding opportunities.

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Section: Robotic Applications For Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Kennedy,

Penman,

Watkinson

et al. 2024

Heritage

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“…Pietraforte sandstone has very good physical-mechanical properties [8,9,10,11,12,13]: UCS = 130 MPa,  = 26.25 kN/m 3 , E = 16.8 GPa,  = 0.194, Vp = 4,900 m/s.…”

Section: Geologymentioning

confidence: 99%

San Niccolo’s Tower-Gate, Florence – Italy: Masonry Charcterisation and Structural Analysis

Coli,

Lacanna,

Vannucchi

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COM

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This San Niccolò's tower-gate stands up for 40 m on the Southern bank of the Arno River at Florence (Italy) as witness of the III Medieval ring of the city-wall erected in the XIV century. The Florence Municipality, for conservation purposes, planned to acquire knowledges on the Tower-Gate structure and masonry to leave hand down and perform seismic vulnerability assessment for that outstanding historical monumental building. The studies had been developed in three stages: 1) geometric survey by means of laser scanner and photogrammetry by drone and ground, with HBIM implementation. 2) NDT and LDT investigations performed according to the rule in force, namely the "MIBACT 2011 Guide Lines" for historical buildings. 3) seismic parametrization of the ground and tower-gate's masonry, and analysis of the seismic vulnerability of the tower-gate. The geological background implies that the tower's foundations are a few meters deep and rooted in hard quartz-calcareous turbidites bedrock. The seismic survey and the microseismic zoning of the Florentine area led to define the seismic parameters for the ground and the Towe-Gate. We conclude that the state of conservation of the Tower-Gate satisfies the principle of Integrity and Authenticity and the seismic performances are verified.

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“…For example, Verde Prato which originates from the city of Prato, is the result of the serpentinization process of a peridotite, therefore being a serpentinite. 10 Another example is the so-called Verde Antique, which is found in texts in the year 1745, or Marmor Thessalicum -in this case, due to its origin, in the region of Thessaly, Greece. 11 Using bibliographical research as methodology, this work presents a survey or rocks used in architecture with different commercial names, but which are indeed serpentinites.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employment of serpentinite rock in architecture

Carmignano¹,

Brandão²

2023

MSEIJ

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The serpentinite rock is formed by minerals of the serpentine group, such as antigorite and lizardite, and can be found in several countries around the world. It has several commercial applications, among them its use as an ornamental rock. It can be found in numerous constructions, such as churches, houses and buildings. However, trade names are adopted for ornamental rocks, making it difficult to identify and confirm the existence of the specific rock in buildings. Using bibliographical research, the present work aims to study the use of serpentinite as an ornamental rock, identifying its first applications in the world and presenting commercial names adopted for this rock, allowing a better understanding of the relevance of this rock in world architecture. More than sixty commercial names of serpentinites used as ornamental rocks, in different applications, throughout different civilizations, were found.

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The Building Stones of Prato’s Cathedral and Bell Tower, Italy

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

San Niccolo’s Tower-Gate, Florence – Italy: Masonry Charcterisation and Structural Analysis

Employment of serpentinite rock in architecture

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