New sensors will be evenly distributed across Brunelleschi’s Dome to monitor structural behavior beyond major cracks.
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#Expo2015, a multimedia Dome in Florence (Video)
The Florence project for Expo2015 was unveiled on December 3rd, 2015 at the headquarters of Regione Toscana. It’s called I_Dome.
Read moreFound scale model of Brunelleschi dome
Experts said Friday they believed they had uncovered a scale model of the famous masonry dome of Florence’s S. Maria del Fiore designed by Filippo Brunelleschi during excavations to expand the cathedral museum. The discovery was presented during an official site visit to the Duomo museum.
Studying the “screpoli” in Brunelleschi’s Dome
The “screpoli” in Brunelleschi’s dome have aroused alarm about dome stability during centuries and its severe crack pattern, which started soon after its construction and strongly increased in time, has been object of different interpretation during centuries. Today was held the first day of the workshop in Florence, Italy at Opera Santa Maria del Fiore.
Brunelleschi’s Dome, summit of Int’l experts
The “Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore”, in accordance with the Architectural and Landscape Heritage Office of Florence and Pistoia, held on Thursday 19 and Friday January 20 at the OPA Art and Culture Center a meeting of international experts to present for the first time the data for the past 60 years of monitoring of Brunelleschi’s Dome.