Introduction In October, 2016, a small team of researchers and professionals embarked upon a journey to digitally reconstruct and preserve many of the historically significant architectural, archeological and artistic treasures of the ancient city of Volterra, Italy. The results of this and subsequent workshops (in June, 2017; April, 2018; April 2019 and October 2022) have had great value to the...
Ten years ago, in October 2010, we were all ten years younger… and we organized a banquet to inaugurate our effort to raise money to renovate the future Residential College in Volterra. The event took place in the Detroit Yacht Club. Around 180 people participated. Just to remember a few highlights: Bruno Leon, the first Dean of the School of...
Dear Friends; The Holidays and the end of the year are always a great opportunity for looking back at the year passed, and looking forward at the things to come. It is also a good moment to share a few thoughts about our activities at the Volterra-Detroit Foundation. The 2017 was really good for us. We hosted a lot of...
We are extremely happy and honored to be part of the Reality Capture Workshop Team, which has received the American Institute of Architects 2017 Innovation Award. “The Innovation Awards honor new practices and technologies that will further enable project delivery and enhance data-centric methodologies in the management of buildings for their entire lifecycle, from design, to construction and through operations.” (AIA Website)....
Yellow_line International study program Volterra 2018 [art, history and culture] University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture & Volterra-Detroit Foundation OPEN ENROLLMENT ACADEMIC PROGRAM Program at a glance: A six week open enrollment program (May 5 2018 – June 18 2018) at the Volterra International Residential College in Volterra Italy, organized by the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture...