iPhotoCult Project

The goal of iPhotoCult is to design, develop, demonstrate and validate innovative and intelligent new environmentally friendly and green solutions for safeguarding Cultural Heritage (CH). The iPhotoCult Solutions, which can be applied remotely and on-site, consist of: 1. a suite of advanced diagnostic and monitoring Tools along with Methodologies for their effective and optimum use. Tools providing physical, chemical and structural information, referenced to high-resolution 3D digital models of the CH buildings, monuments and artefacts, thus allowing for accurate and reliable monitoring and analysis of critical changes over time, integrated with data acquisition and, where applicable, remote operation software. 2. a cloud-based Software Services Platform (iSSP) providing services for (i) data processing, management and visualization, (ii) Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported prediction for degradation and deterioration of CH buildings, monuments and artefacts, and (iii) analytical CH methodologies and protocols, in the form of digital “workflows & flowcharts & process-diagrams”, for documenting conservation interventions and for consistency as well as for the standardization of risk assessment protocols, conservation strategies, and conservation materials selection processes. These Solutions will enable and empower CH professionals to better inspect, document, analyze, and monitor the materials condition of CH assets by using a single or combination of cost-effective, safe, and reliable non-invasive and portable photonics & imaging Tools, that could be applied remotely and proximally on-site. They will also be user friendly and will contribute to decision making to manage, restore, and preserve CH by ensuring values of sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion according to the European Bauhaus initiative, thus contributing to make Europe a world leader in sustainable management of CH.