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
