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Objectives

The main aim of MetaMic is to create a virtual environment consisting of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s unrealised architectures set in their original urban environments. Unlike other experiences of digital enhancement of cultural heritage, the contents of MetaMic never existed in reality, but only in the imagination of an artist.

Challenge

The challenge is to apply to a framework dedicated to cultural content, some of the communicative and informational characteristics of current meta-verses: immersiveness in a 3D environment, augmented reality, interactivity, participativeness, FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability) requirements.

Metamic users will be able to interact with the recreated 3D environments, download and upload content, and exchange views with other users, making the platform a living place for cultural and personal relationships, including entertaining gaming experiences. For researchers and scholars, on the other hand, Metamic can become a place for the production and exchange of knowledge, open over time to external contributions. No similar experiences in the field of cultural heritage are currently known.

Main Activities

• Selection of some unrealised Michelangelo architectural designs
• Philological, metrical and material interpretation of graphic and textual sources
• 2D reconstructive drawings (hand-drown and vector graphics)
• Reconstruction of 3D digital models
• Models upload in CNR’s ATON framework
• Creation of human-centred designed interfaces dedicated to different levels of users
• Implementation of the concrete operability of the system

Team

In the Metamic project are involved internationally recognised Michelangelo scholars, the largest existing centre in the field of instrumental surveys of Florentine architectural complexes, qualified members in communication and accessibility design, and the largest Italian research centre in the digital enhancement of cultural heritage participate in MetaMic.

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MetaMic members

Unit 1 – Università degli Studi di Camerino (PI)
Federico Bellini (PI) federico.bellini@unicam.it
Alessandro Basso (till August 2024), Giuseppe Bonaccorso, Michele Loreti, Marta Maganini, Federico Oppedisano, Enrica Petrucci, Andrea Polini, Giovanna Puztu, Daniele Rossi, Nicolò Sardo, Graziella Roselli;

Unit 2 – Università degli Studi di Firenze – DiDA
Emanuela Ferretti (RU) – emanuela.ferretti@unifi.it
Matteo Bigongiari (adjunct member), Stefano Bertocci, Sandro Parrinello, Alessandro Brodini, Irene Bulletti (research fellow), Francesca Tosi, Alessia Brischetto, Ester lacono (research fellow), Salvo Andrea Denaro (research grant);

Unit 3 – IUAV
Vitale Zanchettin(RU), Emanuela Bonini Lessing;

Unit 4 – CNR-ISPC
Bruno Fanini (RU), Enzo D’Annibale, Emanuel Demetrescu;

Adjunct members from other research centers
Flavia Cantatore (Roma-Sapienza), Carlo Inglese (Roma-Sapienza), Francesca Tottone (Roma-Sapienza),  Ariane Varella Braga (UNED Madrid)

3D modelling creators
Dipartimento di Architettura – DIDA: Irene Bulletti
SAAD Camerino: Cristian Andreani, Marco Bocciarelli, Luca Castelli, Simone Iuri Curzi, Nicola Di Carlo, Alessandro Pruni

Work Packages

WP1  (Federico Bellini)
Project reconstructions
Alessandro Brodini, Flavia Cantatore, Emanuela Ferretti, Francesca Tottone, Vitale Zanchettin
Construction and materials
Enrica Petrucci, Maria Giovanna Putzu, Graziella Roselli, Ariane Varella Braga
Iconography
Giuseppe Bonaccorso, Marta Magagnini,  Nicolo Sardo 

WP2  (Stefano Bertocci)
Digital surveys
Matteo Bigongiari, Carlo Inglese, Sandro Parrinello
2D-3D modeling
Cristian Andreani, Alessandro Basso, Marco Bocciarelli, Irene Bulletti, Luca Castelli, Simone Iuri Curzi, Nicola Di Carlo, Alessandro Pruni

WP3  (Francesca Tosi)
Participatory interface
Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Federico Oppedisano, Daniele Rossi, Alessia Brischetto, Ester Iacono, Salvo Andrea Denaro

WP4  (Bruno Fanini)  
IT platform ATON
Enzo D’Annibale, Emanuel Demetrescu, Michele Loreti, Sofia Menconero, Andrea Polini