Abx conference of boston paola 26oct2014_definitive
1. Barcarolo Paola - Architect, Ph.D. Student
University of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Caputo don Gianmatteo - Architect
Patriarcato of Venice, Veneto, Italy
Spencer Matz Margaret - Architect
Milestone Architecture PLLC, New York, NY, USA
Speakers:
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2. Paola Barcarolo
Gianmatteo Caputo
Valerie Fletcher
Joseph Flinders
Sara Foley
Amy Gansell
Deborah A. Garwood
Pete Kercher
Diane Lewis
Margaret S. Matz
Alisa Nadolishny
Isabel Sandoval
Aaron Schillinger
Ilina Udrea
Domenico Visintini
Authors:
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5. Milestone Architecture’s exhibition,
“Ancient Presence, Modern Projection:
Torcello-Venice, Italy” immerses the
visitor in a contemporary experience of
Venetian-Byzantine structures located
on the island of Torcello.
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8. Timed to coincide with the 2014 Venice
Architecture Biennale and conceived as
a participatory exhibition, live feeds
connect Torcello with the two
installations in New York City and
Venice.
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11. The ancient structures’ fundamental
relationship to architecture is
interpreted through the installations,
where physical objects, light projections
and interactive software engage the
viewer.
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14. Creative deployment of digital media
- as a transparent construction
material and Live Streaming medium -
invokes themes of modernist
architecture while facilitating a
contemporary experience of Torcello,
across time and space.
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16. Notably, the exhibition and its website
adapt cutting-edge techniques of
Human Centered Design to the project.
Tools of visual, haptic and aural
presentation permit points of entry for
persons with differing abilities, so that
any visitor may gain access to the
Basilica and partake in its spirit
through a prism of modalities.
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18. The concepts of cultural and natural
heritage cover many aspects of daily
life. Within the concept of heritage,
UNESCO considers diverse assets, both
tangible and intangible with elevated
characteristics of cultural, natural,
social and historical value.
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20. The action of raising questions of an
enrichment in the natural and cultural
heritage assumes meanings of primary
importance, economic, cultural, natural
and logistical organizational nature.
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22. This highlights the tourist connotation
acquired by the asset to be enhanced,
especially when it is recognized as an
asset of humanity and an element to
use with respect to nature or ecosystem.
Therefore, our project wants to present
it as an artifact to keep and preserve
for been handed down through the
historical memory.
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24. Patriarcato di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Arch. Don Gianmatteo Caputo
@ g.caputo@patriarcatovenezia.it
University of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Ph.D. Student, Arch. Paola Barcarolo
@ paolabarcarolo@gmail.com
Milestone Architecture PLLC, New York, NY, USA
Arch. Margaret Spencer Matz
@ mmatz@milestonearchitecturepllc.com
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