Stefano Cursi

• Sapienza University of Rome

The seismic assessment of existing unreinforced masonry structures is particularly complex. Defining the correct modelling assumptions is essential when using global models to ensure valid results. Achieving this often requires the collaboration of a group of stakeholders with diverse backgrounds who can thoroughly study the structure under conside...

The recognition of past memory evidence and identity through a critical reconstruction is an essential development driver in the field of industrial heritage. The complex network of relationships established in a site between humans, factories, cities, landscapes, and daily life needs the support of digital tools and technologies to preserve materi...

The impact of digital technologies on heritage sciences has increased the speed and automation of processes and practices aimed at the survey, representation, modelling, and information management of the built, architectural, and archaeological heritage. These digital resources are progressively increasing, but only some of them are stored and diss...

Assessing the structural integrity of unreinforced masonry structures is a complex and time-consuming process that necessitates the knowledge of various experts and meticulous cross-referencing of diverse data to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the building. In recent years, the Architecture and Construction Industry has witnessed a digita...

Within the overarching theme of “Managing the Digital Transformation of Construction Industry” the 23rd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2023) presented 123 high-quality contributions on the topics of: Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Simulation and Automation...

In the last decade, digital processes have strongly influenced the ways in which information concerning the built heritage is represented and managed and the consequent preservation and enhancement activities conducted by specialists in the field. While this has led to a significant increase in the amount of data produced, equally evident are the d...

The application of the Building Information Modelling (BIM) process to Built Heritage (HBIM) is a growing practice in processes and activities aimed at the investigation, documentation, and conservation of architectural heritage. However, it still raises some questions, such as the compatibility between the formalisation of information in the BIM m...

Un modello di conoscenza per la rappresentazione del patrimonio costruito Stefano Cursi «Il patrimonio costruito, soprattutto quello italiano, è un archivio di conoscenza in continua evoluzione, che per la sua importanza ed unicità deve essere necessariamente pre-servato. Ogni oggetto appartenente a questo patrimonio è da considerarsi quale fonte u...

L’Heritage Building Information Modeling è ormai adottato comunemente nei processi e nelle attività di indagine, progetto e intervento nell’ambito del patrimonio storico-architettonico, al fine di integrare la rappresentazione geometrica del manufatto con informazioni relative ad altre aree conoscitive. Progressivamente, però, diversi limiti stanno...

Research increasingly makes use of multidisciplinary contributions to achieve valid and shared results. The synergy between different areas of knowledge is greater the clearer the language of sharing. Cognitive maps, an instrument belonging in general to the sphere of cognitive sciences, propose a language for sharing knowledge using graphic codes...

In BIM processes, the concept of Common Data Environment-CDE-has often been depicted as a key element for successful collaboration and information sharing among different actors but, in current practice, acts as a mere documentation repository ineffective for true collaborative purposes. Therefore, the idea of CDE seems to be overrated on the one h...

In the built heritage context, BIM has shown difficulties in representing and managing the large and complex knowledge related to non-geometrical aspects of the heritage. Within this scope, this paper focuses on a domain-specific semantic-enrichment of BIM methodology, aimed at fulfilling semantic representation requirements of built heritage throu...

Nell’ambito del processo edilizio dei beni architettonici, inteso come un sistema strutturato di attività finalizzate alla gestione del patrimonio costruito e del suo riutilizzo, tutte le operazioni compiute dai diversi attori coinvolti sono profondamente influenzate dalla conoscenza derivata da una fase complessa di documentazione e l'eventuale ma...

This research investigates the development of a new modelling and simulation approach for building design-defined as Agent-Based Building Modelling-that moves from the current object-oriented representation (such as in BIM) to an agent-based one. In the proposed approach, the representation domain is extended in order to include users and hosted ac...

This paper investigates the possibilities related to BIM representation enrichment through semantic web approaches, and presents a prototypal application oriented to the integration of the informative model of the building with a knowledge base developed by means of ontologies. Its scope is to enhance the semantic level of representation of buildin...

In its application to design phases, BIM has progressively shown limits in terms of the spectrum of representation and efficiency of supporting collaboration. A possibility of overcoming these limits can be found in the enhancement of the level of the semantics of BIM, in order to represent knowledge rather than information. A way to reach this shi...

This paper presents an ontology-based model to support the representation and management of information and knowledge during investigation activities for the conservation of architectural heritage. Despite the significant impact of information and communications technology (ICT) on architectural heritage, current approaches to its use in this conte...

This paper presents a system for simulating human behaviour in built heritage artefacts aimed at supporting the decision-making processes for their possible re-use.Its goal is to predict the mutual influence between the occupancy phenomena and the architectural heritage environment, in order to optimise the balance between efficiency requirements o...

At present, few computational methods exist that support architect in predicting how their design will be used and experience after its construction. The research described here aims at establishing a new approach for the computational simulation of building occupancy, focused on a clear definition of use scenarios as specific structures of active...

The research presented in this paper aims at developing a modeling framework that integrates a BIM environment and a knowledge base defined through ontologies whose purpose is to homogeneously represent and manage in one extended model all the knowledge necessary for an accurate planning of MEP intervention on built heritage. In the complex field o...

In a built heritage process, meant as a structured system of activities aimed at the investigation, preservation, and management of architectural heritage, any task accomplished by the several actors involved in it is deeply influenced by the way the knowledge is represented and shared. In the current heritage practice, knowledge representation and...

In hospitals the configuration of the environment deeply affects the efficiency of the host organization, supporting or preventing the activities of intended users and operators. Although some simulation models have recently been introduced in architectural design, their actual application is limited to simulate people’s movement in case of specifi...

Knowledge representation and management play a key role in built heritage field, deeply influencing decisions and actions of the different specialists involved in investigation, intervention, conservation and fruition processes. An accurate and complete representation and comprehension of architectural heritage artefact requires a large amount of s...

The presented research aims at extending current Building Information Modelling (BIM) approach to built cultural and historical heritage in order to provide a modelling environment where all the knowledge related to the artefact can be integrated, formalized, managed and made available to the different professionals involved in the investigation an...