Conservation in the Shadow of Vesuvius: a Review of Best Practices Conservazione All'ombra Del Vesuvio: Un Esame Delle Miglio
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Summary of the Proceedings and Papers Presented at the Symposium Conservation in the Shadow of Vesuvius: a Review of Best Practices Riassunto dei contributi presentati al Simposio Conservazione all’ombra del Vesuvio: un esame delle migliori pratiche Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei n World Monuments Fund n Samuel H. Kress Foundation English italiano CONTENTS Preface by Gaetano Palumbo Introduction to the Symposium by John Stubbs Sustainable Pompeii - Conservation, Fruition and Designing New Architectural Interventions by Giovanni Longobardi A Plan for Pompeii: A Computer-Aided Organization of Improvement Projects for a Complex Archaeological Area by Andrea Mandara Casa dei Postumii (VIII 4, 4.49) and its Insula: Present State and Future Prospects for Conservation and Presentation by Jens-Arne Dickmann & Felix Pirson (in collaboration with Letizia Abbondanza, Corinna Brückener, Janet Haberkorn and Barbara Schick) The Pompeii Forum Project and the Preservation of the Forum by John Dobbins Future-Oriented Archaeology in Insula VI,1 at Pompeii: Conservation, Presentation and Research by Rick Jones & Astrid Schoonhoven A Lightweight Covering System for Protection of Archaeological Sites and Remains: Testing a Prototype for a Newly Excavated Area in Pompeii by Maria Rosaria Motolese Multimedia System for Visiting Archaeological Excavations in Progress: the COVAR Project by Ernesto Antonini, Giovanni Caliendo, Alessandro Costa Developing a Design Approach to Roofing the Stabiae Archaeological Site by Thomas Noble Howe The Insula del Centenario Project by Daniela Scagliarini Corlaita, Sara Santoro, Antonella Coralini Initial ideas regarding a project for restoring and improving the “Casa dell’Ancora” in Pompeii by Giovanna Spadafora and Fabrizio Pesando An Introduction to the Herculaneum Conservation Project by Andrew Wallace Hadrill L’Herculaneum Conservation Project by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill The Herculaneum Conservation Project: Architectural Aspects by Gionata Rizzi Preserving the Decorated Surfaces of Herculaneum by Monica Martelli Castaldi The contribution of the archaeologist to restoration work on the Insula Orientalis I at Herculaneum by Domenico Camardo Restoring the House of the Vettii in Pompeii: a Question of Method by Maria Grazia Flamini, Stefano D’Amico, Gabriella Prisco Conserving archaeological areas: the study case of Arianna’s villa in Castellamare di Stabia in the framework of a research programme on protecting shelters for archaeological sites by M.C. Laurenti, A. Altieri, M. Bartolini, C. Cacace, G. Fazio, E. Giani, A. Giovagnoli, M.P. Nugari, S. Ricci, C. Prosperi Porta, M. Citterio The digital preservation and restoration of PompeiiT he House of C. Iulius Polybius by Masanori Aoyagi, Claudia Angelelli, Alessandro Furlan, Pietro Galifi, Umberto Pappalardo, Stefano Moretti The House of the Silver Wedding Anniversary: the Kress Pompeii Conservation Project by John Stubbs The History of the House of the Silver Wedding Anniversary by Wolfgang Ehrhardt and Fabrizio Pesando The House of the Silver Wedding Anniversary - Aspects of Construction and Structure by Salvatore d’Agostino and Luigi Stendardo House of the Silver Wedding Anniversary: Survey and Graphic Representation by C. Alvaro, L. Fabiani, M. Necci (Azimut S.a.S) Preservation of the Decorative Surfaces in the House of the Silver Wedding Anniversary by Maria Gabriella De Monte An ArcheoGis Program for Managing Archaeological Excavations by Vincenzo Sommella The Casa delle Nozze d’Argento A Preliminary, Definitive and Executive Project for Restoration by Paolo Marconi Symposium Conclusions Principles and ideas for the future Ideas that Emerged at the WMF Pompeii Symposium Annex I - Symposium Participants INDICE Prefazione di Gaetano Palumbo Introduzione al simposio di John Stubbs Pompei sostenibile. Conservazione, Fruizione e progetto di Architettura di Giovanni Longobardi Un Piano per Pompei. La pianificazione assistita dal computer per la fruizione e valorizzazione di un’area archeologica complessa di Andrea Mandara La Casa dei Postumii (VIII 4, 4.49) e la sua Insula: stato di fatto e prospettive future di conservazione e presentazione di Jens-Arne Dickmann & Felix Pirson (in collaborazione con Letizia Abbondanza, Corinna Brückener, Janet Haberkorn e Barbara Schick) Il progetto Pompeii Forum e la conservazione del foro di John Dobbins Archeologia orientata al futuro nell’Insula VI,1 a Pompei: Conservazione, Presentazione e Ricerca di Rick Jones & Astrid Schoonhoven Sistema di copertura a struttura leggera per la protezione di siti e reperti archeologici. Ricerca e sperimentazione di un prototipo in una zona di scavi recenti a Pompei di Maria Rosaria Motolese Sistema Multimediale per la Visita e la Fruizione degli Scavi Archeologici in Corso: Il Progetto COVAR di Ernesto Antonini, Giovanni Caliendo, Alessandro Costa Lo sviluppo di un approccio progettuale per la copertura del sito archeologico di Stabiae di Thomas Noble Howe Il progetto Insula del Centenario di Daniela Scagliarini Corlaita, Sara Santoro, Antonella Coralini Prime ipotesi per un progetto di recupero e valorizzazione della Casa dell’Ancora a Pompei di Giovanna Spadafora Un’introduzione all’ Hercolaneum Conservation Project di Andrew Wallace Hadrill L’Herculaneum Conservation Project di Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Herculaneum Conservation Project: aspetti architettonici di Gionata Rizzi La conservazione delle superfici architettoniche decorate a cura di Monica Martelli Castaldi L’apporto dell’archeologo ai lavori di restauro dell’Insula Orientalis I di Ercolan,o a cura di Domenico Camardo Il restauro della casa dei Vettii in Pompei: questioni di metodo, di Maria Grazia Flamini, Stefano D’Amico, Gabriella Prisco La conservazione delle aree archeologiche: il caso della villa di Arianna a Castellammare di Stabia nell’ambito del progetto di ricerca sulle coperture di protezione delle aree archeologiche, di M.C. Laurenti, A. Altieri, M. Bartolini, C. Cacace, G. Fazio, E. Giani, A. Giovagnoli, M.P. Nugari, S. Ricci, C. Prosperi Porta, M. Citterio La preservazione digitale e il restauro di pompei. La casa di C. Iulius Polybius, di Masanori Aoyagi, Claudia Angelelli, Alessandro Furlan, Pietro Galifi, Stefano Moretti La Casa delle Nozze D’Argento: Il Kress Pompeii Conservation Project, di John Stubbs La storia della Casa delle Nozze D’Argento, di Wolfgang Ehrhardt e Fabrizio Pesando La Casa delle Nozze D’Argento – Aspetti costruttivi e strutturali, di Luigi Stendardo La Casa delle Nozze D’Argento: Rilievo e rappresentazione grafica di C.Alvaro, L.Fabiani, M.Necci (Azimut S.a.S.) Preservazione delle superfici decorate nella Casa delle Nozze D’Argento, di Maria Gabriella De Monte Un programma ArcheoGis per gestire gli scavi archeologici, di Vincenzo Sommella Pompei - La Casa delle Nozze d’Argento: Progetto preliminare, definitivo ed esecutivo di restauro di Paolo Marconi Conclusioni del simposio Principi e idee per il futuro Idee emerse al Simposio Appendice I – Partecipanti al simposio italiano Preface by Gaetano Palumbo hen WMF decided to sponsor the symposium, The impetus for the symposium was a project of the Sam- Conservation in the Shadow of Vesuvius, the uel H. Kress Foundation and the World Monuments Fund to idea was to bring together the wide range explore a comprehensive strategy for the preservation and of professionals who have been involved in presentation of Insula V2 and its most important domus, the Warchaeological conservation at the ancient Roman seaside Casa delle Nozze d’Argento, or House of the Silver Wedding resort of Pompeii as well as numerous other archaeological Anniversary, and the desire to place this project within the sites in the Vesuvius area. All of these sites share not only context of other conservation efforts in the Pompeii area. conservation challenges, but issues regarding site manage- Since 1996, the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei ment, urban development pressures, uncontrolled tourism, has been actively collaborating with a number of universites and site interpretation. Therefore, in addition to the archae- and international archaeological schools. Today, twenty such ological institutions, WMF chose to include representatives institutions are conducting archaeological research in the from diverse fields, including architecture, conservation, ur- area, providing students with unique opportunities for learn- ban planning, infrastructure engineering, information man- ing about and contributing to the knowledge and apprecia- agement, and virtual reality technology. tion of ancient Roman society. WMF convened the meeting in hopes that scholars from The roundtable and general discussion at the end of a wide range of disciplines would be able to share the results the symposium provided an opportunity for all to compare of their latest planning and conservation projects, and pres- and exchange experiences, views and ideas regarding “best ent solutions that have been or are being considered for practices” and, more importantly, to suggest a series of ideas implementation. It is our sincere hope that more and closer and principles toward the common goal of preserving this collaboration between these allied fields and the Soprinten- extraordinary group of archaeological sites for a third mil- denza Archeologica di Pompei is the result. lennium. italiano Introduction to the Symposium by John H. Stubbs rom November 20 to 23, 2003, the Soprintendenza an unprecedented number of technical, methodological, and Archeologica di Pompei and the World Monuments financial tools