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 1:The hotel of stay in Pisa
Group photo in the lobby of "Grand Duomo." |
| Professor Fiamma grown-up in Pisa navigated the town walk. |
It was the Pisa university which was the main hall of the workshop and
Professor Paolo Fiamma belongs to. It is one of the old universities in
Italy which it was established in the first half of the 14th century, and
Galileo Galilei, the astronomer and physical scientist, also studied. W16
member took a walk the city area by navigation of the professor who was
born and grew up and is well familiar with the town.
Moreover, famous "leaning tower of Pisa" which is in one corner
of the duomo which is world heritage is located in the neighborhood of
a university, and all of the participated members tried to climbing leaning
tower after finishing the workshop on the 1st day. Although many teachers
who saw the leaning tower for the first time said, "It was small than
I expected.",it was so tough to climb actually than expected. Inclination
of 5 degrees of leaning tower was quite a thing in physical feeling, and
it was a hard work to climb without any handrail. From the summit of leaning
tower, the beautiful scene which overlooks the rows of houses of historical
town Pisa was seen against the background of the ground in Toscana and
the ridge line of a steep mountain range.
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| 2･3:Tried climbing leaning tower climbing. The leaning tower |
| A walk and dinner party of the rampart city near Pisa, and the city of
Lucca. |
In the evening of the 2nd days which finished all the announcements, they
made a short trip from Pisa to Lucca with a population of 80,000 by bus
and also had a dinner there. Historical rows of houses are remained in
the Lucca old city surrounded by the rampart built from the 16th century
to the 17th century, and especially, duomo (cathedral) of a Romanesque
style, the Sun Michele Inn follow church (7), anfiteatro piazza built in
the Amphitheatre trace of the time of the Roman Empire are famous. Lucca
is a hometown of the author of "Pinocchio" and also the birthplace
of composer Giacomo Puccini known for works, such as "Tosca."
Puccini's birthplace is a museum now, and the members participated
in the dinner party at the restaurant which is associated to Puccini and
adjacent to the museum after taking a walk the old city. (9)
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| 4:Participated in the bus tour of the city area. The photo is taken by
professor Fiamma. |
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5･6:They had aperitif and dinner which Professor Fiamma who was born in
Pisa arranged.
The raw pasta of a form like leaves is a style peculiar to Pisa. |
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7:Professor Swarts always carried iPad during his stay, recorded the animation
and the photograph on that spot and enjoyed sharing them with the members.
In addition, Professor Kostas and Professor Novak were also making full
use of devices, such as a high speed camera.
8･9:They visited a small town Lucca near Pisa by bus. The building of a
photograph is theSan Michele in Foro church. |
It is a research about this Lucca that Professor Fiamma announced in this
workshop. In Lucca, the city project which will aim at construction of
various new institutions, such as a technical center, a bus terminal, an
art museum, a conference hall, and a market, by 2015 is progressing. "Since
it is thought that a plan has the big influence in the style of traffic
because it's a compact town, the traffic flow simulation using the data
collected at VR model created by UC-win/Road and the spot is tackled."
(by Professor Fiamma)
| There is a festival Biennale of art in capital of water Venice. |
On the 3rd day, they left Pisa by bus and moved to Venice where a closing
workshop is held through the plain of the Toscana district dropping in
at Firenze (10, 11) on their way. They changed to the water taxi, got into
the canal like a maze and went to the hotel which is located at the back
of Piazza San Marco.(12･13)
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| 10･11:Dinner party at a restaurant. The commemorative photo is taken with
surrounding the statue of Puccini who is the opera composer associated
with Lucca. |
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12:Since they were involved in traffic congestion, they stayed in Firenze
only for several hours, butthey made a quick state visit the famous Duomo,
city hall and Ponte Vecchio, etc.
13:They arrived in Venice with the water taxi in a rain. |
It seemed that other members were interested in his advice of Professor
Novak who announces a novel idea in the field of media art each time.Professor
Marcos Novak(University of California, SB) is the very advanced of Venice
who has visited there more than 20 times. He especially recommends each
hall of the art festival "La Biennale di Venezia" and 2 art museums
for modern art which Mr. Tadao Ando involved with the construction, "Palazzo
Grassi" and "Punta della Dogana". On All Day Tour of the
final day, Professor Fumio Seki (Nihon University) and Forum 8 staff walked
the town together with the navigation of Associate Professor Tomohiro Fukuda
(Osaka University) who visited Venice also in the series of our journal
"blog of a city and construction."(14~16) They enjoyed the atmosphere
of the capital of water appreciating an art museum Professor Novak recommended
(above-mentioned), famous Ponte di Rialto over Canal Grande, etc.
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| 14:Piazza San Marco crowded with the people who visited on vacation. |
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15:The typical spectacle of Venice where waterway traffic is prosperous
for many years |
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| 16:Sculpture which stands outside of the Punta della Dogana art museum Professor
Novak recommended. |
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17:Associate Professor Fukuda who moves by delivery of gondola |
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