Preserving the Nautical Traditions and Maritime Heritage of Venice, Italy

E Term, 2005

Summary

To help Arzana to restore and preserve the nautical traditions of Venice By collecting and organizing information for the development of various fundraising and awareness programs. They created three-dimensional CAD models of various traditional to be used for restoration in the future. They also created a database with local elements of nautical heritages using GIS.

Authors

  • Brian Catalano
    • ME 2006
    • bcatalano@wpi.edu
    • Cal Poly Pomona Grad Student
  • Kristen Gervais
    • BIO 2006
    • kris10@wpi.edu
    • Tufts Veterinary School
  • Ryan Sinapius
    • BIO 2006
    • ryan.sinapius@gmail.com
    • MIT Lab Tech

Sponsor

This project was sponsored by Arzana, a Venice based company that specializes in restoring traditional boats of Venice. Arzana stocks a wide variety of traditional Venetian boats, making its profit by lending them to movie producers who are filming in Venice.
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