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International Digital Preservation Workshop 2026 | April 12 – Apr. 24, 2026 | Information Page

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 annual workshops have had great value to the team and the City of Volterra and have been recognized by nearly 40 international publications.  We are very proud that our...

Velio Grandoli, the master of alabaster art

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2024 – so many events…

The summer of 2024 was very eventful at the Residential College in Volterra. It seemed that something extraordinary was happening every day. Maybe the most important story is that we were able to officially celebrate the renaming of our home in Volterra. Volterra International Residential College is nowPagnotta International Residential College The event took place on May 31, with the...

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2024-2025 Artist in Residence Program

We are back! After the long years of COVID and having to rebuild our depleted finances, we restarted the Artist in Residence program this year. We organized the program in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in Detroit. Their help was invaluable, and the results were fantastic. The program came back to life with a bang. It was a collaborative project...

Paul Aubin and Brey Tucker at AU 2024

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Volterra -Detroit Foundation at the Autodesk University 2024 in San Diego

The work of the Digital Preservation Workshop and the subsequent research of Roman design methods were recognized by Autodesk, which invited us to present it at Autodesk University in San Diego (October 15-17). The AU is an annual event that attracts engineering and architectural design professionals from around the world. It is estimated that there were 15,000 attendees in San...

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International Digital Preservation Workshop 2025 | Save the Date | March 30 – April 11, 2025 | Volterra Italy

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, October 2022 and April 2024) have had great value...

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Ten Years Flew By….

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...

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Great News at the end of the year!

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...

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Reality Capture Workshop receives American Institute of Architects 2017 Innovation Award… and is the 2017 People’s Choice recipient!

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)....

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University of Detroit Mercy Open Enrollment Program Summer 2018

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...