We have worked to preserve Venetian bell towers by improving the method for cataloging and analyzing the towers. We investigated the feasibility and benefits of expanding the methodology to include monitoring the towers' structural integrity with specialized instruments, to give deeper insight into the state of a tower. We have standardized the process for cataloging towers by revising and finalizing the methodology for visually assessing them, and by unifying all prior bell tower work into a master database which can be easily used by all future projects. Our project will make the Venice Project Center's work on preserving bell towers vastly more efficient, organized, and focused.

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Creator

• Vitone, Christopher Edward
• Milkin, Michael
• Marion, Melissa W.
• Mill, Eric Rogers

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Computing
• Culture
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04A012I

Keyword

• Architecture--Conservation and restoration
• Application software--Development

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio
• Manzari, H. J.

Year

• 2004

Center

• Venice, Italy Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Location

• Venice

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-21