Florence heritage database: Re-imagining histories | Florence, Italy | Unit 21 | 2023

My project investigates the creative capacity of a database, examining its capacity to visually portray the relationships between artifacts and to inform the design of a building. This design tool enables the re-interpretation of cultural historical narratives and opens up discussions on the interconnected character of different cultures and their heritage. Moreover, it empowers the viewer/manipulator of the database by granting them curatorial control to express their own unique interpretation of heritage. 

The Florence heritage database not only informed the design of my building it also created a digital layer of information on the heritage of the city that the building embodies that could be visualized through AR/VR immersive experiences.

Florence heritage manifestation on site

Experiencing Florence heritage database that is digitally contained in the design of the Florence heritage hub and innovation center.

Project 1 | Immersive database live installation

Live installation to be located in the V&A museum and showing all the visitors’ immersive experiences.

Visitor’s experience of the immersive database

Visitor’s experience of the immersive database

This visitor is searching for artifacts that depict beasts, the immersive database filters the artefacts in the museum and generates visuals that allow the visitor to have a unique experience the museum.

Morphing digital copies of artefacts in Florence to the classical façade on my site.

Final Sections

Sections showing both the physical and digital components of the Florence heritage hub and innovation centre.