abx conference of boston paola def_26oct2014[2]

Barcarolo Paola - Architect, Ph.D. Candidate

University of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Caputo don Gianmatteo - Architect

Patriarcato di Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Spencer Matz Margaret - Architect

Milestone Architecture PLLC, New York, NY, USA

Speakers:

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Paola Barcarolo

Gianmatteo Caputo

Valerie Fletcher

Joseph Flinders

Sara Foley

Amy Gansell

Deborah A. Garwood

Pete Kercher

Diane Lewis

Alisa Nadolishny

Isabel Sandoval

Aaron Schillinger

Ilina Udrea

Domenico Visintini

Authors:

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3© Sansovino Restauri, Venice, Italy, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

4© Milestone PLLC, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

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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6© Deborah A Garwood, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

7© Milestone PLLC, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

Timed to coincide with the 2014

Venice Architecture Biennale, and

conceived as a participatory exhibition,

live feeds connect Torcello with

installations in New York and Venice.

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9© Deborah A Garwood, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

10© Milestone PLLC, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

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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12© Deborah A Garwood, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

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13© Milestone PLLC, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

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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15© Deborah A Garwood, NY, New York City, USA, 2014

www.restore-torcello.com

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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© Paola Barcarolo, Venice, Italy for Milestone PLLC, NY, NYC, USA, 2014

Accessible Communication: logo, logo-line, stickers, bookmarks, invites, banners and posters, poster for vaporettos, for NYC - Torcello - Venice

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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The action of raising questions of an

enrichment of the natural and cultural

heritage assumes meanings of primary

importance, economic, cultural,

natural, and logistical organizational nature.

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Banner for San Lio’s Church, Venice

125 x 259 cm – 4ft 17⁄32in x 8ft 531⁄32in

Poster for Venice’ Public Realities

42 x 29.7 cm – 1ft 417⁄32in x 0ft 1111⁄16in

Poster for San Lio’s Church, Venice

100 x 70 cm – 3ft 33⁄8in x 2ft 39⁄16in

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This further highlights the tourist connotation acquired by the asset to be enhanced, especially when it is recognized as an asset of humanity, as an element to use with respect to nature and the ecosystem, but especially as am artifact to keep and preserve for been handed down through the historical memory.

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Video: Torcello-Venice-New York City

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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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Speakerswww.restore-torcello.com

www.restore-torcello.com

@ Paola Barcarolo | paolabarcarolo@gmail.com

@ Gianmatteo Caputo | g.caputo@patriarcatovenezia.it

@ Valerie Fletcher | vfletcher@ihcdesign.org

@ Joseph Flinders | stalin.jf@gmail.com

@ Sara Foley | sara.e.foley@gmail.com

@ Amy Gansell | amygansell@yahoo.com

@ Deborah A. Garwood | deborah.garwood@gmail.com

@ Pete Kercher | strategicdesign@ksdc.eu

@ Diane Lewis | dianelewis.ra@verizon.net

@ Margaret S. Matz | msmatznyc@aol.com

@ Alisa Nadolishny | alisa.nadolishny@gmail.com

@ Isabel Sandoval | isabelsandoval@gmail.com

@ Aaron Schillinger | ashilling@gmail.com

@ Ilina Udrea | ilinaudrea@gmail.com

@ Domenico Visintini | domenicovisintini@gmail.com25

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Made by Paola Barcarolo, Udine, Italy – Milestone PLLC, NYC, USA – 2014