What we do
IPTI’s research explores the role of digital technologies in questioning, knowing and communicating values - tangible and intangible - of cultural heritage. We believe processes like laser scanning and digital modelling provide unique contributions to the preservation of memory and identity, creating links between past, present and future.
[…] “intangible cultural heritage” means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.
2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
“In contrast to traditional practice, the values of the emerging heritage paradigm most often rest on intangible vessels, for which the existing conservation toolkit is of little assistance. Under this paradigm, the value of a heritage place can rest on a specific traditional use or a habitation pattern that is important or even indispensable to the well-being of a community.”
Gustavo F. Araoz (2011) – Preserving heritage places under a new paradigm
Latest News
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Public Exhibition for the 2024 Hors Les Murs Exchange
We began investigating the 17th century Estatutos da Província de Santa Maria da Arrábida in May 2019 to better understand the history of Nossa Senhora da Piedade da Caparica and its relationship to other Arrábida Convents across Portugal.
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Recent Advances in Historic Building Information Modeling and Sustainable Building
Last November 19, 2019, took place the 1st edition of the Journeys of Study “The Capuchin Franciscan architecture in debate: spaces, experiences, functionalities”. The meeting, organized by João Luís Fontes (NOVA FCSH-IEM; CEHR-UCP), Ana Tomé (IST-UL; CERIS) and Jesse Rafeiro