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    Arsenale

    View of the Venice's Arsenale, featuring the renovated Squadratori.
  • Sponsored by: Telecom Italia
  • Created by: Virtual Environments Class (ARCH598)
    Prof. Jim Davidson, T.A. Dace Campbell, Robert Baldino, Daniel Kohn, Viju Koti, Kenneth Last, Osama Quotah, Scott Starr, Cameron Turner, Kenneth Wright
  • Software: AutoCAD, 3D Studio, WorldToolKit
  • Images:
    Proposed Bridge from an Arsenale Building, (126 KB)
    Close-Up of Proposed Bridge, (150 KB)
    Squadratori in Context, (101 KB)
  • Models:
    North Site, VRML 1.0, (2.53 MB)
    North Site, G-Zipped, (34.6 KB)
    South Site, VRML 1.0, (2.42 MB)
    South Site, G-Zipped, (32.8 KB)

    To promote the virtual interface technology, Telecom Italia sponsored the development of a virtual environment representing the Arsenale, a historic naval shipyard in the city of Venice. The focus of the CEDeS Lab's simulation of the Arsenale is the Squadratori, currently under reconstruction. The simulation also features a proposal for a new bridge designed by Professor Augusto Burelli of IUAV, the architecture school in Venice.

    The Arsenale was the largest industrial complex in Europe in the 15th century, capable of constructing and storing parts for over a hundred naval galleys. The Arsenale complex was able to build one ship per day, and in 1436 a Spanish visitor to the Arsenal witnessed the completion of ten fully armed galleys in six hours.