Villa Sette Bassi Project

The latest issue of the HTWK's research magazine "Einblicke" focuses on "Kulturerbe erforschen (Exploring Cultural Heritage)". Ilka Viehmann and Ulrich Weferling give a brief overview of their work and the application of BIM in the Sette Bassi Project.

Forschungsmagazin Einblicke 2023 Das Forschungsmagazin der HTWK Leipzig mit dem Schwerpunktthema Kulturerbe erforschen

Bright prospects for the future 😀

🌳 Una Roma che non ti aspetti alla villa di Sette Bassi e un casale destinato all'archeologia GUARDA IL VIDEO 👉 https://bit.ly/41098HV

Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

Great news from Rome. Archaeological excavations are taking place in the Villa of Sette Bassi.

⛏ Si scava alla villa romana di Sette Bassi, Parco archeologico dell'Appia antica.
🎯 Nuovi sondaggi archeologici in previsione di ricerche più estese.
GUARDA IL VIDEO 👉 https://bit.ly/3LzTzlD

Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

In September and October, we were in Rome for another campaign at the Villa of Sette Bassi. After the floor plans of the central main building had already been drawn up in the spring, the building remains was now recorded in sections and elevations at a scale of 1:50, in true-to-scale photomaps and photographs. The northern main building was completely recorded by means of 3D scanners. We had a great time and thank the Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica and DE MARCO SRL very much for their support and cooperation.

What's going on in the Sette Bassi project? It's been a long social media break, but of course we haven't been idle…

After our first big campaign, we spent the winter analyzing the collected data. Based on the scan data, we were finally able to start modelling a digital model on which Building Information Modelling methods for building research are being tested. The building research documentation was digitized and the first analyses of the spatial development of the southern main building could be carried out.

In March and April, another major campaign took place, which now focused on the central main building. This time, the building research team was supported by three students from the Historical Building Research program at the TU Berlin, who were able to participate in both the scanning work and the drawing documentation.

To our great delight, two of the students from the Master's program were persuaded to take on their own object of study, which they are now investigating independently as part of their Master's thesis. Madleena Brunken and Marco Rossini have been investigating the so-called garden portico of the villa since May 2022.

Archaeological activities in the area of the Villa of Sette Bassi 🤩

Archeologia, grazie ai radar scoperto antico tratto della via Latina Il passaggio della strada accanto al corpo di fabbrica noto come Dépendance era ipotizzato da tempo sulla base dei tratti affioranti rispettivamente nel parco degli Acquedotti e nell’area del deposito officina della Metro A di Osteria del Curato

Last week we finished our first big campaign in the villa of Sette Bassi. In the past 6 weeks, two of the three main buildings and the so-called temple could be completely scanned. Using the Structure from Motion method, image plans of almost all walls of the main builing A were created. These helped to create the building research documentation in the form of sections, views and mapping on a scale of 1:50. Furthermore, all rooms and walls were photographically documented and described.

We are satisfied and happy with what we have achieved! Now it's time to process and rework the data at home!

We thank the Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom - Istituto Archeologico Germanico for their support and look forward to seeing them again soon.

Foto: I. Seiler (TU Berlin)

Yeah, we are in Rome for our first big campaign! Today we first had to look for fixed points. Great fun after a 3 year break 😀 Then we scanned the freshly cleaned temple and started with the documentation of the main building A.