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Warmest · loW Altitude Remote sensing for the Monitoring of the state of Cultural hEritage Sites: building an inTegrated model for maintenance.

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2017-12-01 → 2022-12-31
EU contribution
€1,296,000
Participants
10
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

loW Altitude Remote sensing for the Monitoring of the state of Cultural hEritage Sites: building aninTegrated model for maintenance.

WARMEST -or loW Altitude Remote sensing for the Monitoring of the state of cultural hEritage Sites: building an inTegrated model for maintenance– is a project that looks at heritage sites as spaces that need to be not only visited but appreciated and taken care of. These two last characteristics, recognition and preservation, are key to civilization: We need to ensure that we are able to take care of cultural heritage as, for instance, Alhambra, Santa Croce or Marzamemi in our case, not only for those who live nowadays but for future generations. In that sense, WARMEST strategic goal is to make use of Artificial Intelligence to optimize maintenance procedures in these cultural and natural heritage sites. Through the introduction of these new tools and technologies to collect data and to analyse them, WARMEST will create a novel specific Decision Support System. This software will enable heritage excutives and managers to set on sound economic and technical basis the most suitable maintenance procedures taking into account current and future scenarios. It will thus greatly help in preparing sound and cost effective maintenance plans, given that maintenance of monuments and sites is a challenging management and engineering activity, due to the large variety of loads (different types of sites and actions), strict regulations (to preserve the natural, archaeological and historical values) to consider, and the continuous operation throughout the year. WARMEST project is carried out by an international and multi sectorial consortium. That consortium is formed by more than 30 researchers belonging to 3 academic institutions, 5 private companies and 3 associations from 4 different countries. In close cooperation with the consortium, 3 heritage sites are involved in the research: Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife (Granada, Spain), Marzamemi Underwater Museum (Sicily, Italy) and Opera Santa Croce (Florence, Italy). The objective is to develope that Decision Support System in these three sites and, later on, be able to transform it in a commercial tool for any Heritage site, small or big.

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Project objective

WARMEST strategic goal is to create a novel comprehensive Decision Support System that will carry out a Cultural Heritage Risk Analsys (CHRA) and suggest improvements in maintenance and disaster management procedures for cultural and natural heritage sites. The maintenance and disaster management plans developed with the support of the Decision Support System, will consider current and future scenarios, setting priorities for the actions to be taken, both on economic and art historical grounds, delivering required information where and when needed, in a user-friendly way. To this end the consortium will develop new technologies to collect data on the conservation status of the sites and new tools to analyse it, as there is presently a lack of data that is specifically relevant to understanding climate change impacts; these technologies in case of emergence, can help to assess the impact of events quickly and on large areas. WARMEST is challenging from a management and from an engineering point of view, given that regulations are strict (to preserve the natural, archaeological and historical values), the factors to take into consideration are complex and not homogenous (technical, economic, historical), the information to deliver differentiated according to users and concise or detailed when needed. The goals set by WARMEST can be met only by creating an heterogeneus consortium, involving knowledgeable experts from various fields from private and public institutions. 9 beneficiaries will participate to the WARMEST consortium; 3 academic institutions, 2 association involved in heritage management and 4 private companies. 4 end users will be commited to the project as external partners to obtain the right mixing of knowledge.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA · GranadaCoordinatorSpain
  • ASOCIACION ARTE TECNOLOGIA Y SOCIEDAD ARTES · GranadaSpain
  • ASSOCIAZIONE MICROCOSMI ONLUS · RomaItaly
  • ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS · MAROUSSIGreece
  • CTADVENTURE SPÓLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA · GdanskPoland
  • EDISON FACILITY SOLUTIONS S.P.A. · TrentoItaly
  • ENGINLIFE-ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS · TorinoItaly
  • IDEAS TECNICAS Y ESTRATEGIAS MULTIMEDIA SOCIEDAD LIMITADA · GRANADASpain
  • LIBERA UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ENNA KORE · EnnaItaly
  • ZENON SRL · MilanoItaly

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union