AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to equip students with the essential knowledge for managing information obtained from the analysis and design phases of interventions on historic buildings. By participating in the planned learning activities, students will be able to:
• Organize information from diagnostic surveys of a building;
• Access data from municipal and regional geoportals;
• Develop a georeferenced relational database within a GIS (Geographic Information System) environment for managing restoration project data;
• Utilize GIS tools for georeferencing historical maps;
• Use tools for on-site data collection;
• Generate customized reports.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is mainly conducted in a lab format, with all students participating in practical exercises and the instructor delivering lectures ex cathedra.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course topics are organized into the following instructional modules:

1. Introduction to relational databases;
2. Geoportals;
3. QGIS: interface and main commands, inserting and creating layers.
4. Structuring a relational database for storing information related to the case study (year-long project);
5. Use of servers for sharing the GIS project;
6. Georeferencing historical maps within a GIS environment;
7. Tools for collecting on-site data linked to a GIS project;
8. Print layout and customized atlases.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

QGIS User manual: https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/it/docs/user_manual/index.html

QGIS Training manual: https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/it/docs/training_manual/index.html

Casanova M., Macchioni E., Repetti C., Segantin F. (2019). Il GIS per la valorizzazione dell’architettura del ‘900: dalla scala territoriale all’edificio, in Lauria M., Mussinelli E., Tucci F. (a cura di), La PROduzione del PROgetto, Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN): Maggioli S.p.A., pp. 281- 289, ISBN: 978-88-916-3602-7

Acacia S., Casanova M. (2018). Georeferencing of historical iconography for the knowledge of the built heritage, in Mosquera J.M., Almoraima Gil M.L. (a cura di), Conserving Cultural Heritage, LEIDEN: CRC Press/Balkema, pp. 75-77, ISBN: 9781138067448, Cadiz, 21-24 maggio 2017

Acacia S., Casanova M. (2015). Un sistema informativo per l’Albergo dei Poveri di Genova, in Il Progetto Sostenibile, pp. 184-191, ISSN: 1974-3327

Acacia, S., Casanova, M. (2015). Recording and publishing to ensure informed choices for future generations, in Proceedings of EAEA12, Envisioning architecture: Image, Perception and communication of heritage, Lodz University of Technology, 2015, pp. 290 – 298, ISBN 978-83-7283-681-6, Lods, 23-26 settembre 2015

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Classes begin in November

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

See the “Final exam 1st year” 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

See the “Final exam 1st year” 

FURTHER INFORMATION

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