Fiorillo Fausta

Associate Professor in the GSD CEAR-10/A – Drawing at the Politecnico di Milano, where she carries out teaching activities in the field of representation and surveying for architecture. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering and earned an international PhD in Architecture and Urban Phenomenology. Since 2009, her research has focused on the development and application of advanced digital surveying methodologies (laser scanning and photogrammetry), as well as on reality-based representation and modelling applied to cultural heritage and archaeological sites. She has participated in numerous national and international research projects and is the author of several scientific publications on topics related to image- and range-based surveying systems applied at different scales, from the architectural dimension to the micrometric one; the construction of interoperable digital models for the documentation, interpretation, and management of built heritage; and the application of immersive/interactive technologies (XR) and artificial intelligence techniques for the analysis and enhancement of cultural heritage.

Career

Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Salerno. Professional qualification and registration with the Order of Engineers.
Annual scholarship for attending courses and carrying out advanced studies abroad from the University of Salerno, carried out at the Arquitectónica Photogrammetry Laboratory of the University of Valladolid (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Spain).
International PhD in Architecture and Urban Phenomenology from the University of Basilicata and the University of Salerno.
Research fellow at the University of Salerno and the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Research collaboration with Fondazione Bruno Kessler – 3DOM (3D Optical Metrology Unit).
Senior Researcher at the Polytechnic University of Milan as part of the ERC Consolidator Grant LIFE – Living in a Fringe Environment project.
National Scientific Abilitation as Associate Professor (08/E1 – Disegno).

Research

Research activities are focused on the development and application of digital methodologies for the surveying, representation and documentation of architecture and cultural heritage. The main areas of research concern:

• advanced 3D surveying techniques (laser scanning and close-range photogrammetry) applied at different scales, from architectural to micrometric dimensions;
• integration and management of image-based and range-based survey;
• reality-based modelling and HBIM for cultural heritage;
• metric and geometric analysis of historical architecture and archaeological sites;
• methodologies for virtual reconstruction and digital interpretation of buildings;
• immersive and interactive visualisation systems (VR, AR, MR);
• artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for reading and analysing the degradation of the built heritage;
• web platforms and digital environments for sharing, managing and using 3D models.
  

Grants, awards and Honours

2024. Special Mention REUSO 2024 for the paper: Fiorillo F., Mirri R., Cardani G. “Back to court: a reuse perspective to preserve identity and memory of Palazzo Visconti Nuovo (Brignano Gera d’Adda-BG)”, In ReUso

2024. Documentazione, restauro e rigenerazione sostenibile del patrimonio costruito, no. 4, pp. 1161-1171, PVBLICA.

2022. Best Paper Award 3D-ARCH 2022: Antinozzi S., Fiorillo F. “Optimised Configurations for Micro-Photogrammetric Surveying Adaptable to Macro Optics and Digital Microscope”, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVI-2/W1-2022, pp. 25–32.

2021. Best Paper Award UID2021 - Sessione Prometeo. La teoria e la tecnica: Bolognesi C., Fiorillo F. “Survey and Modelling for a Theoretical Reconstruction”, In Connettere/Connecting, pp. 139-146, Franco Angeli Editore.

2021. Accésit Premio “Juan Manuel Raya” - Exposición EDIGRÁFICA 2021 - XV Congreso Internacional de Expresión Gráfica Aplicada a la Edificación: Redibujabdo el futruo APEGA 2021, for the panel: Mea C., Fiorillo F., Rossi C., “3D Reality-Based Modeling in HBIM Environment Applied to Archaeological Sites: Reconstructive Hypothesis of the Late-Roman Fort of Umm Al-Dabadib (Egypt)”.

2017. Best Paper Award IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural: Fiorillo F., Rossi C., “Metric analysis and interpretation of the unit of measurement in the Late Roman Fort of Umm al-Dabadib (Egypt)”. Proceedings of the 3rd IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, pp. 139-144.

2013. Best Paper Award XXIV CIPA International Symposium - Recording, documentation and cooperation for Cultural Heritage: Fiorillo F., Remondino F., Barba S., Santoriello A., De Vita C. B., Casellato A. “3D Digitization and Mapping of Heritage Monuments and Comparison with Historical Drawings”. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2, 133-138.

Community Service

Member of the International Scientific Committee CIPA Heritage Documentation.

Member of the board 2026-28 and of the Communication and Research Commission of the REAACH (REpresentation Advances And Challenges).

Member of the Scientific Committees of the following conferences: XV International Conference APEGA 2021 on Graphic Expression Applied to Building; 27th International Symposium CIPA Avila 2019 “Documenting the past for a better future”; 3DARCH “3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualisation of Complex Architectures” 2022-2024-2026.

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board (17/01/2019-01/12/2019) of the book “Industry 4.0 on Architecture and Cultural Heritage” (Bolognesi Cecilia Maria and Cettina Santagati. Impact of Industry 4.0 on Architecture and Cultural Heritage. IGI Global, 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1234-0.