4CH

Project code: GA101004468

Programme: Horizon 2020

Call: H2020-SC6-DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-20-2020

The project aims to start implementing the structure, organisation and services of the CC which will operate as a virtual infrastructure providing expertise, advice and services using state-of-the-art ICT with a special focus on 3D technology. A Strategic Advisory Board (SAB), including representatives of major national and international CH bodies, will be established to advise on cultural, scientific, technological, financial, strategy and policy areas. 4CH will design and implement the ICT infrastructure of the CC – based on a Cultural Heritage Cloud compliant with the EOSC vision – to provide an open collaborative digital space for cultural heritage conservation, giving access to repositories of data, metadata, standards and guidelines. Access to high-performance computing service providers will be supported.

The core results of 4CH work will include:

A holistic interdisciplinary approach to state-of-the-art 3D documentation of monuments and sites for conservation, preservation, access and exploitation.
Guidance on policies and strategies.
A catalogue of well-documented standards.
An inventory of software and tools.
Guidelines for data acquisition, management and storage.
A set of success stories on advanced digitisation.
Advice on funding opportunities.
Training and education plans for professionals and managers.
Communication and dissemination of 4CH results.
A complete business model and a sustainability plan for the Competence Centre.

4CH will foster the implementation of actions to substantially increase the number and the quality of digitised sites, documents and monuments.

Project duration

01.2021 - 12.2023

Department scientific supervisor

Danila LONGO (Dipartimento di Architettura DA)

Coordinator

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)

Partnership

INCEPTION S.R.L.

PIN S.C. a R.L. Servizi Didattici e Scientifici per l’Università di Firenze

Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation

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