Pompei Knowledge Factory Cultural Heritage and ICT for a smart city

The 'Pompei Knowledge Factory' project introduces a groundbreaking territorial infrastructure model that integrates advanced technologies and expertise to drive innovation in the protection, regeneration, and sustainable development of Pompeii's cultural, environmental, landscape, and industrial assets. This approach aims to transform Pompeii into a smart city, characterized by technological connectivity, sustainability, and balanced urban development. The project defines operational protocols for analyzing, surveying, and managing the entire municipality of Pompeii, not just its archaeological excavations, which attract over 6 million tourists annually. By employing integrated digital survey techniques in a field laboratory setting, the research develops a methodology for multidimensional and multi-scalar analysis that can be applied to other contexts. This innovative framework seeks to address critical urban challenges such as energy management, transport efficiency, and environmental sustainability while reordering development priorities through smart territorial planning.

Gambardella, C., Pisacane, N., Avella, A., & Argenziano, P. (2014). Pompei Knowledge Factory Cultural Heritage and ICT for a smart city. 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM), 132–139. https://doi.org/10.1109/vsmm.2014.7136667