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Page 1: CIMS Internship Presentation

Changing Cities - Cultural Heritage Landscapes: Using New Tools/Technologies to Represent the Spirit of Place

Images taken by James Arteaga

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Outline

I. Academic, Work & Volunteer Experience

II. Internship Organization

III. Internship Project

IV. Conference Working Paper

V. Future Work

Image taken by Ardi Karimi

Images taken by James Arteaga

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ContextBologna, Italy - Ottawa, Canada

The context of where the work comes from and where we are is essential to acknowledge.

Acknowledgement, and recognition of, as well as dialogue with Indigenous Peoples in conversations relating to space, place, and heritage conservation in the Canadian context is essential in developing methods and approaches that are specifically designed for our context.

Therefore, I would like to acknowledge that I am on the unceded and unsurrendured territory of the Algonquin Nation.

Image from apihtawikosisan.com; Painted by Fanny Aishaa

Image from the National Post

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Academic Experience

Bachelor in Environmental Studies (B.E.S.) in Honours Planning, School of Planning, University of Waterloo (2013)

- Minor in Second Language Acquisition- Minor in the Spanish Language

3rd Year Exchange to the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (2011/12)

- Public Space & Urban Design, Town Planning in the Global South, Languages & Translations

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Canadian Studies: Heritage Conservation, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies (formerly School of

Canadian Studies), Carleton University (2016)- Relationship between Urban Planning & Heritage Conservation

- Local/Municipal Heritage Conservation Practice- Representation in Heritage Conservation

- Heritage Conservation & Immigrant/Diaspora Communities

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Work Experience

Policy & Programs Assistant, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (Summer 2014)

Heritage Assistant, National Capital Commission (Winter 2015)

Heritage Research & Resource Developer, Region of Waterloo (Summer 2015)

Cultural Development & Initiatives Intern, City of Ottawa (Winter 2016)

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Volunteer Experience

Co-Chair, Carleton University’s Heritage Conservation Symposium (2015/16)

Heritage Planning Advisory Committee Member, Region of Waterloo (2014)

Images taken by Krista Gowan

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Internship OrganizationCity Space Architecture

A non-profit cultural association established in 2013 and based in Bologna, Italy.

Aims to promote a general awareness on architecture and public space, focusing on a shared vision of our common liveable future.

Previous projects include: the Pop Up City Project, the Past, Present, and Future of Public Space Conference, and the publication of the Journal of Public Space in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology.

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Internship ProjectTeam Members

Professor Luisa Bravo, President- Founding Editor of the Journal of Public Space

- Adjunct Professor in Urban Planning and Design, University of Florence

- Adjunct Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology

Professor Simone Garagnani, Vice-President- Research Associate & Adjunct Lecturer, University of Bologna,

- Charter Member and Practitioner at TC Project - Vice President of the Associazione duepuntilab

Valerio Francia, Treasurer- MSc in Architectural Engineering Student,

University of Bologna- Interested in public space, people’s perceptions of public space,

and how public space is usedn

- Thesis title: “Mapping Urban Perception – New Investigation Tools of Public Life in Bologna”

Images taken by Luisa Bravo

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Internship ProjectGoal

To conduct a deeper study of the European city, specifically the public spaces of Bologna’s historic centre, by means of digital photo-model-ing and high-definition surveys, in order to capture its reality, and experience it in the digital domain.

If we hoped to better understand the city’s cultural landscape, we needed to understand the public spaces that form help form it. This is due to the fact that according to the Charter of Public Space, and the European Landscape Convention, public spaces are where the foundation of a community’s identity can be found.

The identity of a community or the Spirit of Place (Genius Loci) in public spaces, is formed through multiple layers of complexity and Spirits of Time (Genius Saeculi) that include the tangible, intangible, and living heritage of the city.

Because this project was meant to be accessible to all field of study, and both the public and private sector, simple and affordable tools and technologies were used throughout the project.

* This was an experimental project and is still a work-in-progressArchival information from the Public Library, Modern Art

Gallery, and the Local History Museum; Images taken by James Arteaga

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Internship ProjectCase Study Area

- Piazza di Porta Ravegnana- Piazzetta Anchille Ardigo

- Piazza Rossini- Piazza Verdi- Via Zamboni

Chosen because of the significance to the city’s

image, specifically le Due Torre in P. Porta Ravegnana,

which are the iconic structures of the city, and

P. Verdi, which is a significant political & social space for

various residents of the city.

Image taken by James Arteaga

Image taken by James Arteaga

Image taken by James Arteaga

Image taken by James Arteaga

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Internship ProjectSignificant Events

Project Introduction (May 16)- Valerio Francia, Mattia Fantini, Eres Tedla Tekeste

Informal Photogrammetry Workshop- Valerio Francia, Mattia Fantini, Ilaria Mazzi, Elena Masina

Urban Centre Agisoft Photoscan Workshop (June 4)- Valerio Francia, Mattia Fantini, Ilaria Mazzi, Elena Masina

Urban Age “Shaping Cities” Conference (July 14-15)

Research Seminar with Australian PhD Candidate (August 5)- Valerio Francia, Elisa Lafumera, Eres Tedla Tekeste, Arturo Del Razo, Carlo Estrada Grajales

* These events contributed to the project in both a practical and theoretical manner

Top Image taken by Luisa Bravo;Bottom Image taken by James Arteaga

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Internship ProjectInformal Photogrammetry Workshop

We practiced taking images for the purposes of photogrammetry at Piazza di Porta Ravegnana.

We experimented with different media for taking images including a: DSLR Camera, iPhone, and Point & Shoot Camera.

Images taken by Simone Garagnani

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Internship ProjectTaking Images

The images taken of the case study were not pointed on the building facades that formed the public spaces, but were instead pointed towards the open public space.

The case study area was divided into six sections for the purpose of using photogrammetry, and each section was photographed with four horizontal rows of images. - 1st Row: ground row- 2nd Row: bottom row of facade- 3rd Row: middle row of facade- 4th Row: top row of facade

The majority of the images were taken around mid-day - afternoon with a Canon T3 Rebel DSLR Camera.

Around 300 images were taken for each section.

We also experimented with using GoPro-shot video to extract image stills to use for photogrammetry.

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Internship ProjectUrban Centre Agisoft PhotoScan Workshop

We learned how to use the Agisoft PhotoScan Software to develop a 3D digital model of the built environment.

We experimented with using the images taken by the different media at the previous workshop, and also experimented with the

image alignments accuracy, and the dense cloud quality the images would produce.

Images taken by Luisa Bravo

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Internship ProjectDigital 3D Modeling with Agisoft PhotoScan

There were six main point cloud chunks developed:- Via da Piazza Verdi a Piazza Rossini- Piazza Rossini- Via da Piazza Rossini a Piazzetta Achille Ardigo- Piazzetta Achille Ardigo- Via da Piazzetta Achille Ardigo a Piazza Porta Rav.- Piazza Porta Ravegnana

All chunks were developed using high accuracy image alignment, and high quality dense clouds.

Because of computer processing capacity and other factors, some of these chunks were the result of smaller chunks that were merged later on in the Workflow by manually selecting common points.

Precision of the final dense clouds was not a priority for this project, because we were more interested in using this first layer (tangible) of the urban complexity to further understand the intangible and living layers that contribute to the formation of the Spirit of Place.

Some challenges were faced when using the images taken by the iPhone and also the still images extracted from the GoPro video; therefore, they were not used moving forward in the project.

* The point cloud for Piazza Verdi was developed using Laser Scanning technology

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Internship ProjectUrban Age “Shaping Cities” Conference

City Space Architecture was invited to attend the Conference being held at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy.

The purpose of the conference was to “provide a platform for designers and policy-makers to better understand how their

decisions shape the cities we live in and to reflect on the way our urban environment shape the social dynamics of a 21st Century

urban reality, where over 70% of us will be urban by 2050.”

It was to be a prelude to the upcoming UN-Habitat 3 Conference in Quito, Ecuador being held on October 2016, where Public Space, and Urban Culture and Heritage are major topics of

discussion.

Top Image from LSECities; Bottom Image taken by James Arteaga

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Internship ProjectUrban Age “Shaping Cities” Conference

Many of the topics discussed at the Conference were similar to the conversations we were having at City Space Architecture, specifically about the need to better understand the non-physical things that were happening in cities.

Piazza Verdi, which is a space that is perceived differently by different residents of Bologna (i.e. students, municipal workers, property owners, vendors, etc.) was very much related to the topics discussed at the con-ference, including: the limits of Urban Design, the right to the city, and migrant streets to only name a few. Some residents viewed this space as a troubled area, others viewed it as a space of political expression, and others view it as the centre of student life. Piazza Verdi became a central topic in many of our discussions about the city and public space at City Space Architecture because of the social complexities found there.

Many of the topics at the conference furthered our theoretical discus-sions about the importance of public space, heritage conservation, and the role new tools and technologies in not only conserving the cultural heritage of the city, but to also assist professionals and non-profession-als in addressing and developing creative responses to the challenges that many cities are facing today.

Images taken by James Arteaga

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Internship ProjectResearch Seminar

Carlos Estrada, PhD Candidate from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia was invited to City Space

Architecture for a research seminar where he presented his current PhD research at the the Urban Informatics Lab, QUT.

His thesis research titled, “Imagining the Unseen City: A Par-ticipatory Ethnographic Study to Reveal Marginal Constructions of Nocturnal Urban Space,” examines the affordances of digital

technologies and internet-based interactions for enabling marginalized groups, in this case immigrants and night-shift work-ers, to construct nocturnal spaces, arguing that current technolo-gies influence the way urban users experience their environment.

His research focuses on the production of urban imaginaries as a research strategy to engage marginalised individuals with the co-creation of narratives about their unique way to be citizens,

with the ultimate goal being to challenge dominant and exclusionary schemes, present in policy-making practices, by

positioning worldviews of misrepresented citizens.

Image from LinkedIn

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Internship ProjectResearch Seminar

The research seminar was meant to be a way of learning about the different research being done at the Urban Informatics Lab, City Space Architecture, and Carleton Immersive Media Studio.

The first session of the seminar was a more intimate discussion between the team at City Space Architecture and Carlos Estrada. We discussed the similarities between both of our projects including: - Public Space- Diasporic/Immigrant Communities- Technology- The Right to the City

The second session of the seminar was attended by multiple different people including students, professionals, and academics. This session was an opportunity to further discuss the work being done by Carlos Estrada in rela-tion to technology and its use for urban planning in the city.

The seminar became a chance to further think about the work we were doing at City Space Architecture, specifically where this work-in-progress project could go in the future, and how it could be of use for municipal planners.

The potential for future collaborations were also discussed, specifically collab-orating to participate at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers being held on April 5-9, 2017 in Boston.

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Internship ProjectFinal Work-In-Progress

3D models of our case study area were developed where precision was not important

since the purpose was to illustrate what could be done

with further work and research.

Separate dense clouds were developed for each open

square and each connecting road.

These dense clouds were then merged using Agisoft PhotoScan, and Geomagic

Studio.

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Internship ProjectFinal Work-In-Progress

The platform used to attempt to illustrate the Spirit of Places, through the mapping the tangible, intangible, and living heritage, was UMAP.

This website uses OpenStreetMap layers as its basis to then add other information onto the map.

Some of the intangible and living heritage layers mapped included:- Historic Events- Graffiti & Street Art- Legends, Folklores & Myths- Everyday Social Practices & Situations- Place Names- Perceptions of Space- Use of Buildings

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Conference Working Paper Submission

8th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD) organised at SOAS

University of London (November 7-8, 2016)

Understanding (In)tangible Cultural Landscapes: Digital tools as a medium to explore the complexity of the urban space

Abstract: The cultural heritage landscape (CHL) of the urban space in cities is the result of multiple layers of complexity,

encompassing both the tangible built environment, and intangible cultural values that together influence the living

heritage that forms the Spirit of Place. This paper explores the gap in the intangible and living heritage documentation of CHLs

by using a section of public space in the medieval historic centre of Bologna, Italy. Digital technology is used to propose a

new paradigm in the study of the complex link between the tangible, intangible and living cultural heritage present in the

public spaces of a city’s cultural heritage landscape.

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Future Work

Collaboration between other field of study is needed to further understand the intangible and living elements that exist in the physical urban environment.

Research is needed to explore and experiment the types of affordable tools/technologies that exist today in both the private and public sector that can support the digitial documentation of the non-tangible elements of the physical urban environment.

Virtual reality and augmented reality are technologies that need to be further explored and tested in this type of reserach since they can provide a further step in the documentation and understanding of the built environment through immersive digitial experiences. This technology can also support the develop-ment of afforbale tools that can be used by different people who are interested in better understanding the built environment such as municipal planners, ar-chitects, and local residents.

*There are no limits or boundaries to this work-in-progress project

Images taken by James Arteaga

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Thank You!Merci!Grazie!