My latest scientific publication
Avatar e Intelligenza Artificiale: un approccio progettuale basato sul prompting
Paolo Clini, Renato Angeloni, Laura Coppetta, Irene Galli, Michele Polonara
How can we design avatars that tell the story of cultural heritage and engage in dialogue with the public? This research shows how words, images and human choices guide artificial intelligence in creating digital characters.
My next events
Beauty, Space, and the Sacred: Gaudí at 100
Washington, D.C. · The Catholic University of America
Event detailsFrom data to prevention: AI and predictive models for workplace accident risk
Ancona · Training room · INAIL Ancona Territorial Office
Event detailsPaolo Clini · Architecture · Heritage · Artificial Intelligence
Three paths.
One perspective.
I write about Vitruvius and the Basilica of Fano, Antoni Gaudí, artificial intelligence, and how digital technologies can transform our understanding, conservation and communication of heritage—making it a shared resource, accessible for everyone to experience.
The website’s manifesto
The age of AugustusArtificial intelligence
Technology
weaves history together.
Vitruvius, in the age of Augustus, and Gaudí, at the dawn of the twentieth century, stand at the beginning of two worlds. Two thousand years separate them; a shared spirit connects them: seeking humanity’s place within nature through architecture.
Vitruvius is a thread running through our civilisation: he brings architecture, nature, measurement and machines together in a body of knowledge that speaks to different ages. The Basilica of Fano makes this legacy tangible and invites us to bring it into everyone’s lives.
Heritage for everyone, beauty we can share: this is the mission of my research. Digitisation has opened new paths to access; today, AI can bring people even closer to history, helping them understand and experience it as a shared resource.
Community at the heart
Vitruvio Italia
Culture becomes a shared resource.
This website is also the editorial home and manifesto of Vitruvio Italia: a community connecting memory, new technologies and participation to shape the future.
Vitruvius inspires a vision that concerns us all: heritage as a shared resource, culture as care for places, innovation serving people. Sharing beauty means opening up knowledge and giving communities an active role.
Heritage for everyone. Beauty we can share.
01 Reading the past
02 Questioning the present
03 Designing the future
Latest from the blog
Just published
One article for each perspective: the latest on Vitruvius, Gaudí and artificial intelligence.
Vitruvius and water
Water, light, the body and shared life: Vitruvius’s thought offers a cultural perspective on the future of the Carignano baths.
TWO COLUMNS, TWO WORLDS: WHERE MY GAUDÍ BEGINS
From Colònia Güell to the Sagrada Família building site: the comparison that has guided my research into material, structure and nature since 1989.
Living with artificial intelligence: culture, knowledge and responsibility
From Vitruvius and Leonardo to Maindh_Lab: trust, verification and human responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.
Outreach and public engagement
Public talks
Upcoming events
Beauty, Space, and the Sacred: Gaudí at 100
Conference · Washington, D.C. · The Catholic University of America
The Architecture of God
Talk · Loreto · Sala Lambertini
From data to prevention: AI and predictive models for workplace accident risk
Conference · Ancona · Training room · INAIL Ancona Territorial Office
Three paths
One research journey, three perspectives
01
Vitruvius
The De architectura, knowledge and encounters that span our civilisation. The Basilica of Fano as a key to understanding them anew.
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02
Gaudí
From my 1991 thesis to research on materials, nature, structure and authenticity in Gaudí’s work.
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AI & Heritage
Posts, opinions and articles on AI as a way to bring people closer to heritage and make it a shared resource.
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Featured reel
Heritage, one emotion at a time
LA BELLEZZA CHE RESISTE
A gesture of affection, acanthus leaves and the birth of the Corinthian capital in Vitruvius’s account.
Pages and profile
Research continues on social media.
Vitruvius, Gaudí and artificial intelligence: two pages and my personal profile for sharing sources, stories and reflections.
Scientific Director, MAINDH_LAB
A lifetime of research
Digital technologies do not replace heritage. They help us understand it, share it and make it accessible to everyone: a shared resource, beauty we can experience together. Democratising heritage is the mission of my work; today, artificial intelligence can bring it even closer to people.
From my thesis on Gaudí to studies of Vitruvius, digital twins and intelligent agents: this website brings together a journey connecting history, representation and the future, with the responsibility of passing on heritage that belongs to everyone.
Conversations and projects