Università Iuav di Venezia
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Venice, 21 May 2009
sistema laboratori Iuav
Silvia Mander
Francesca Rizzi
Sabrina Toniolo
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Sistema dei laboratori
What is this?
A new organization that bring together the laboratories in which all the
research activities are organized and coordinated
The development of the existing laboratories and the creation of new ones to
increase the organization
1th level system
operating in research and teaching
operating in outside production reality
• deep impact for the Iuav outside promotion
• rationalization of the resource and the investment to optimize the processes
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Sistema dei laboratori
What is laboratory?
Competence center with a scientific autonomy
composition:
- scientific responsable (teacher)
with the task to develop research, to keep in contact with the
outside and other laboratories
- working staff expert in tecnical scientific area
- specific competence on scientific field
- specific equipment
- archives in open source
- effective required for products and services
- chances of outside finance
Discipline:
material test
cartografic
chemistry
comunication
Applied physics
geophysics
geotecnic
computer science
petrography
urban and environmental policy
representation
survey
hearth science
structural engineering
informative geographic systems
environmental awareness
science of building construction
technology
topography
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Sistema dei laboratori
Relations
University bodies
Developing of
scientific knowledge
Inside
research
Tecnical-scientific
products
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Faculty
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Outside
relations
Products and
services teaching
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laboratori
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Developing of outside
relationship
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Benefit and research
contracts
Publishing of the
results
Strumentali ncreasing
Self-financing of the
system
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Sistema dei laboratori
Cultural and instrumental resource
Data and objects archive
Specialist tools e software
• digital archives of photos
Fotograf.
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LST
• digital archives of test machines data.
LabSCo
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LFA
• litoteca: collection of building and decorative materials from
ancient and modern quarries
• materioteca: archives of materials, products and innovative
techniques for architecture and industrial design.
• digital archives of works products
LAM A
ARTEC
LAR
• geographical digital archives and statistical database: census,
electoral data.
• traditional and digital archive of maps and aerial photograms
(more 100.000 maps and 35.000 aerial photograms ).
•analogue and digital surveys and images database
LIT
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Entire patrimony: 5.890.000 Euro
200.000
400.000
600.000
800.000
1.000.000
1.200.000
strumenti
software
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Sistema dei laboratori
The System’s labs includes
• ArTec Archives on the Techniques and Materials of Architecture and Industrial Design
• CIRCE Cartography Lab
• CIRCE Photogrammetry Lab
• CIRCE Geographic Information Lab
• FisTec Environmental Engineering Physics Lab
• LabSCo Construction Sciences Lab
• LAMA Lab for Analysing Materials of Antique Origin
• LAR Project Support Lab
• Me.La Multimedia Lab
• TerraLab for Earth Sciences
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Secretary of the System Lab
Administration and accounting processes
The secretary of the System works on the administration and
the accounting processes.
For the research we manage the agreements and we drow up
the contacts with authority, corporations and companies
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Secretary of the System’s Labs
Financial resources: agreement and for account of a third party
agreement
2003
321
319
328
for account of a
third party
2004
2005
263
254
2006
215
2007
180
160
140
120
100
80
migliaia di euro
60
40
20
0
LF
LC
LIT
LAR
ARTEC
LAMA
LFA
LabSCo
LST
Fotograf.
Ombrello
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Secretary of the System’s Labs
Financial resources : found’s source 2003-2007
finanziamenti dall'ateneo
Internal founds from our
University used for ordinary
charge
1400
1300
attività in conto terzi
External founds from private
companies for laboratory service
1200
1100
1000
900
ricerca convenzionata
External founds from public
authority corporation on private
companies used for research
800
700
600
ricerca nazionale e europea
National and community found
for research
500
migliaia di euro
400
300
200
100
0
LF
LC
CIRCE
LIT
LAR
ARTEC
LAMA
LFA
LabSCo
LST
Fotograf.
Ombrello
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Secretary of the System’s Labs
External relations: main clients
Local government, cultural and scientific institutions
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Regione del Veneto:
Altre Regioni:
Provincia di Venezia:
Altre Province:
Comune di Venezia:
Altri Comuni:
Musei Civici Veneziani:
Museo provinciale petrografia e mineralogia di
Nicotera:
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana:
Archivio di Stato di Venezia:
Soprintendenza B.A.P.di Venezia:
Soprintendenza Speciale Polo Museale della città
di Venezia:
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici:
UNESCO:
Università di Salonicco:
Università di Xanthi:
Istituto Cattaneo:
Istituto di Diagnostica:
Istituto centrale per il restauro:
International Cartography Association :
CNR:
WWF:
ENEA:
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Companies and foundations
Laboratori
• Bologna Fiere:
1
• CLESSIDRA - Studio di progettazione integrata e
restauro Reggio Emilia:
1
• Fondazione di Venezia:
2
• Distretto Veneto dei Beni Culturali:
2
• VEGA:
2
• Insula:
2
• Associazione nazionale poliuretano espanso rigido: 1
• Eraclit-Venier:
1
• AERMEC:
1
• ANSFER, Associazione presagomatori acciaio
per cemento armato:
1
• Giuliane Solai:
1
• EUROHolz:
1
• RDB:
1
• CME:
1
• ANAS:
1
• Veneta engineering:
1
• Collegio dei geometri:
2
• Ordine ingegneri:
2
• Treviso tecnologia:
1
• Stazione sperimentale vetro:
1
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Laboratory
The System’s labs include
• ArTec Archives on the Techniques and Materials of Architecture and Industrial Design
• CIRCE Cartography Lab
• CIRCE Photogrammetry Lab
• CIRCE Geographic Information Lab
• FisTec Environmental Engineering Physics Lab
• LabSCo Construction Sciences Lab
• LAMA Lab for Analysing Materials of Antique Origin
• LAR Project Support Lab
• Me.La Multimedia Lab
• TerraLab for Earth Sciences
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Laboratory
Where is the Lab?
LAMA
CIRCE
FisTec
LabSCo
TerraLab
MeLa
ArTec
LAR
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Casa del gondolier,
San Polo 2468/B, 30125
Venezia
[email protected]
www.iuav.it/lama
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Tolentini, Santa Croce 191,
3
Cotonificio veneziano,
30135 Venezia
Dorsoduro 2196, 30123 Venezia
[email protected]
www.iuav.it/circe
[email protected]
www.iuav.it/artec
[email protected]
www.iuav.it/sistemalaboratori/mul
timedia
[email protected]
www.iuav.it/lar
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via Torino 153/A, Mestre Venezia
[email protected]
www.iuav.it/sistemalaboratori/fistec
[email protected]
http://www.iuav.it/labsco
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3.1 Laboratory
ArTec Archives on the Techniques and Materials of Architecture and Industrial Design
collects and archives examples of materials, products and
innovative techniques for architecture and industrial design,
for use by researchers, students and professionals.
The Archives also organizes, catalogues and exhibits these
materials, as well of those of the LAMA, LabSCo and TerraLab
labs.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• analysing, testing and implementing research methods and
techniques, and their consequent impact on technologically
innovative teaching regarding design materials, products and
techniques of design;
• collecting, analysing, mounting, cataloguing and disseminating the
archives of antique and modern materials;
• building relationships with manufacturers;
• developing activities with other labs, in particular, with the
FisTec Environmental Engineering Physics Lab.
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3.2 Laboratory
CIRCE Cartography Lab
The lab operates and does research in the field of map-making and the representation of
urban and regional phenomenon.
It collects, retrieves, archives, processes and disseminates its cartografic, photographic,
aerial, satellite and surveying patrimony online and through information systems.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• studying antique and modern maps (physical support and their metric,
semantic and symbolic content);
• producing special, technical, thematic and digital maps, orthophoto maps,
historical and current photo maps;
• collecting, retrieving, filing, processing, disseminating and distributing
online its cartographic, photographic, aerial photographic, satellite image
collections and as well as analogue and digital surveys from various sources;
• managing analogue and digital archives of documentary materials;
• cooperating with cultural entities and the official producers of
documentation, to exchange materials and develop products of common
interest;
• continuous monitoring of the production and availability of digital maps in
raster and vector formats on an urban and regional scale;
• scanning, numbering and geo-referencing maps, enabling institutions and
producers to exchange materials.
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3.3 Laboratory
CIRCE Photogrammetry Lab
The lab focuses on the technical and scientific issues involved in the surveying and
digital representation of architecture; it has considerable experience in surveying
cities, geographical regions and objects (statues, moulding, artefacts, stones). The
tools and techniques employed include terrestial topography, GPS, photogrammetry
(close range and aerial), laser-scanning and image processing.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• studying and applying new technologies in the fields of topography,
photogrammetry and laser scanning;
• verifying metric accuracy and improving processing programmes in the field of
surveying, the rendition of land and aerial photograms, remote sensing images and
digital photogrammetry;
• using and testing analytical photogrammetric techniques for the digital
representation of architectural and the territory;
• verifying and processing data collected by terrestrial laser scanner;
• accurate topographical and photogrammetric surveys on an architectural and urban
scale;
• projecting, measuring, calculating and compensating topographic data;
• image processing;
• producing software for educational and research purposes;
• experimental use of 3D scanners for small scale objects.
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3.4 Laboratory
CIRCE Geographic Information Lab
The lab is active in the field of Geographic Information Systems, making use
of the major GIS software tools on the market and by developing applications
with Open Source tools.
It designs and develops online services and makes it possible to download the
University’s cartographic and aerial photographic resources.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• producing applications based on general programming languages and languages
specific to GIS and WebGIS development environments;
• designing Geographic Information Systems;
• retrieving and organizing geographical data;
• testing and using software for processing geographical information;
• building geo-referenced geographical databases;
• producing software for viewing and querying geographic information;
• studying and applying 2D and 3D spatial analysis techniques to vector and raster
data;
• developing web publishing, search and download functions for documentary
resources;
• developing methodologies and techniques for processing statistical data;
• elaborating satellite images.
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3.5 Laboratory
FisTec Environmental Engineering Physics Lab
The lab is active in various fields interested in applied physics in relation to the
built environment: acoustics, lighting techniques, the thermophysics of buildings
and materials, ambient comfort and interior environmental quality. It is involved in
environmental verifications for analysis and conservation in the field of
architectural and cultural heritage.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• building acoustics and the measurement passive acoustic requirements for buildings;
• ambient acoustics (listening to music, concert halls, recording studios, auditoriums, theatres,
classrooms, movie theatres, etc.);
• outdoor acoustics (acoustic zoning, acoustic pollution from infrastructures, manufacturing
zones, public performances spaces, techniques for the acoustic protection of the territory);
• interior and exterior ambient light;
• natural lighting and light conveyance devices;
• lighting sources and devices;
• microclimates and air quality;
• thermophysical properties of materials, components and structures;
• conservation of architectural and artistic-cultural heritage;
• environmental specifications and upgrading;
• transmission of water vapour in opaque elements;
• surface and interstitial condensation;
• building energy ratings;
• civil and special plant-engineering;
• environmental control for the conservation of architectural and artistic heritage;
• thermal and hygrometric numeric simulations;
• fluid dynamics simulations;
• heat load assessment and projections for building energy consumption.
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3.6 Laboratory
LabSCo Construction Sciences Lab
LabSCo began testing construction materials in the late
1940s and, in 1961, became the Italian Republic’s official
laboratory (Laboratorio Ufficiale della Repubblica italiana).
The lab does research and outside projects on issues
regarding Law 1086/71 and for experiments leading to new
patents. It is actively involved in quality control at
companies manufacturing concrete and steel for reinforced
concrete and prestressed concrete in Italy and abroad.
LabSCo is currently a European leader in studies on fullscale structures.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• static and dynamic tests on full-scale structures;
• official verification and certification as customarily entrusted to Italian
universities in the field of construction law;
• physical and mechanical stress tests and special assessments on natural
and artificial stones, concrete materials, bricks and wood;
• physical and mechanical stress tests on inert materials and hydraulic
binders for concrete;
• mechanical stress tests and special assessments on steels for reinforced
and prestressed concrete;
• mechanical stress tests on metallic (steel) test specimens for buildings;
• tests for verifying and qualifying of materials from steelworks, ironworks
and factories producing structures in reinforced concrete, metals, wood and
composite;
• sound and ultrasound tests on stone and wall materials;
• calibration of instruments and test machines.
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3.7 Laboratory
LAMA Lab for Analysing Materials of Antique Origin
The lab conducts research on materials once used in construction and decoration
(archaeometry and deterioration studies) and on the techniques and materials of painting and
ceramics, providing support for restoration projects in particular.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• collecting and preparing samples;
• optical microscopy analyses;
• colour micrograph;
• mineralogical analyses by means of RX difractometry;
• porosimetric analyses;
• calculating water absorption;
• calculating volumetric weight or apparent density;
• chemical analyses;
• calculating the C&O isotope for identifying white marbles;
• infrared spectrophotometry;
• topographic surface analyses with a scanning electron
microscope (SEM) and photographs;
• qualitative and semi-quantitative chemical analyses by
means of EDS microprobe interfaced with a SEM;
• ion chromatography.
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3.8 Laboratory
LAR Project Support Lab
The lab’s three divisions support individual works or
urban scale projects throughout all phases of
development and in the eventual management of their
output: from conceptual drawings to realistic renderings,
from virtual to physical rendition, from animation to film
sequences, from online circulation to complex archiving.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• testing new research technologies for architectural and
urban design;
• computer-aided drawing and design (graphics, volumetric
analyses, renderings);
• dynamic representation of architecture (animations,
simulations);
• creating interactive archives (videos, hypertexts, web
pages);
• scale models (wood, metal, plastic materials) made with
traditional methods and through the use of computer
technology.
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3.9 Laboratory
Me.La Multimedia Lab
The lab concentrates on analysing and experimenting with systems and methods for
producing and for representing what is created in the fields of visual arts, theatre and
architecture. Its research and output relies on traditional communication channels
(publishing, press and television) and the latest media (internet, satellite channels). It
works with entities involved in regional management and the protection and conservation
of cultural heritage, as well as research institutes and industry at large.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• making 3D interactive models, digital animation, videos, multimedia and editorial projects,
internet sites, multimedia and interactive installations for exhibitions and other events;
• elaborating and processing digital media;
• coordinating, mounting and managing exhibitions, for the University’s multimedia space in
particular;
• researching, experimenting with and developing of new forms of representation,
communication and interaction;
• research in the field of multi-sensorial interaction and new interfaces for communicating
architecture and design, cultural products, and the visual and performing arts;
• organizing seminars, training courses and masters programme on new professions, as well as
post-graduate training and refresher courses for public administration personnel;
• cognitive, perceptive and emotional design: design methods oriented towards experimental
and experiential verification.
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3.10 Laboratory
TerraLab for Earth Sciences
The lab analyses the physical-mechanical characteristics
of loose ground and rocks (volume and weight
characteristics, consistency limits, attrition parameters
and edometric tests) for investigating underground waters
and the degradation of building materials.
Specific expertise and areas of intervention:
• developing and managing technical laboratory tools for physical
and mechanical tests on grounds and rock;
• analysing the physical-mechanical characteristics of loose ground
and rock for investigating underground waters and accessing the
degradation of construction materials and for geophysical
prospecting;
• developing research with other labs (especially FisTec, LabSCo
and LAMA).
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