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In-Depth Information
4. Members, partners, and initiatives
4.1. Members
The Task Group is currently hosted by the University of Alcalá (Spain), and is composed by
the following international teams of researchers:
University of Alcalá (Spain), Department of Architecture, Technical School of
Architecture and Geodesy: Research Group 'Cultural Heritage and sustainable
architecture'(http://www2.uah.es/cipa_opensource_taskgroup). Director: Prof. Dr. Arch.
Pilar Chias (pilar.chias@uah.es). Researchers: Master in Civil Engineering Tomás Abad,
Prof. Dr. Ing. León González Sotos, Dr. Arch. Ernesto Echeverría, Dr. Arch. Enrique
Castaño, Dr. Arch. Fernando Da Casa, Ph. D. Ángeles Layuno, Dr. Ing. Raúl Fernández
del Castillo, Dr. Ing. Francisco Maza, Arch. Manuel de Miguel, Arch. Paz Llorente.
Their main research subjects are focused on cultural heritage documentation and
dissemination, mainly at architectural, urban and territorial scales, including landscape
studies. They lead and participate in many national and international research projects,
and develop different methodologies to be applied to the documentation and
dissemination of the cultural heritage at territorial, urban and architectural scales. They
also collaborate with other Universities as the University of Grenoble (France), the
CUJAE in Havanna and the University of Oriente (Santiago de Cuba).
These methodologies use free open-source CAD software for cultural heritage
documentation, as well as databases, digital cartography, terrestrial and aerial
photogrammetry, and GIS for cultural heritage management.
They are also leading an important effort in order to disseminate all data and
informations related to cultural heritage via Internet. As an example can be cited the
Ancient Spanish Cartography e-Library (http://www.ielat.es/).
University of Valladolid (Spain), Technical School of Architecture: 'LFA-DAVAP
Laboratory of Photogrammetry' (http://www.uav.es/davap/). Director: Dr. Arch. Juan
José Fernández Martín (juanjo@ega.uva.es); Coordinator: Dr. Arch. Jesús San José
Alonso (lfa@ega.uva.es); Research director: Dr. Math. Javier Finat (jfinat@agt.uva.es).
Since 1995, this team is leading an important documentation and dissemination
programme about the cultural heritage mainly in the Comunidad de Castilla y León
(Spain), but also in Italy. They currently use both terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry.
Politechnical University of Valencia, Technical School of Architecture: 'Colour' and
'Photogrammetry' research groups. Research directors: Prof. Ph. D. Ángela García
Codoñer (angarcia@ega.upv.es) and Prof. Dr. Arch. Pablo Navarro
(pnavarro@ega.upv.es). Researchers: Dr. Arch. Jorge Llopis, Dr. Arch. Ana Torres, Dr.
Arch. Juan Serra.
They all are members of the Assoziazione Internazionale dei Design.
The team is developing some experiences on drawing and documenting the cultural
heritage of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) by means of different techniques,
including colour charts, architectural design, terrestrial photogrammetry, and CAD.
