Research & Publications

Books Published

 

Exhibitions and Conferences

 

2022  Dialoghi in Curia, Presentazione del volume “From Pen to Pixel. Studies of the Roman Forum and the Digital Future of World Heritage.

2018  VernissageNew drawings of the Vatican Belvedere, Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, November 21 - 23, 2018. 

2014  Roman Forum ExhibitionRilievo dello structure monumentali e ipotesi ricostrutive del foro Romano del XIX al XXI secolo. Exhibit of 19th century work of Ecole des Beaux-Arts architects, materials on Giacomo Boni’s documentation, water color and 3D high definition DHARMA documentation, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma and World Heritage Center of UNESCO, 2nd April to 13th April 2014. 

2014  Roman Forum ConferenceThe Digital Future of World Heritage, A symposium on blended scholarship and management in the new millennium, Rome, Italy, April 2-4, 2014.  

 

Book Chapters

 

Krusche, K., “Using Technology for the Benefit of Tradition: Lessons Learned from the Neumarkt Development, Dresden” in Durability in Construction: Tradition and Sustainability in 21st Century Architecture, R. Economakis, ed., London: Papadakis, 2015. ISBN-13: ‎978-1906506551

Krusche, K., Turner, P., Sweet, C.J., “History in 3D: New Virtualization Techniques for Innovative Architectural and Archeological Scholarship and Education,” in Archaeology in the Digital Era: Papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012, Graeme, E.,Amsterdam University Press, 2014. ISBN-13: ‎978-9089646637

Uplekar [Krusche], K. “Historic Preservation and its relevance today, Examination of Dresden's Frauenkirche in Light of the Venice Charter” in The Venice Charter Revisited: Modernism, Conservation and Tradition in the 21st Century, M. Hardy, ed., Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008, pp 446-461. ISBN-13: 978-18-4718-688-1.

Uplekar [Krusche], K. "Transforming Historic City Centres: Integrated Approach of Urban Design and Historic Preservation" in New Architecture and Urbanism, Development of Indian Traditions, D.  Prasad, ed., First Edition, New Delhi: INTBAU India, 2008, pp 103–6. ISBN-13: 978-81-7525-879-2.

 

Refereed Publications

In publication, Krusche, K. “Urbanism in evolving Europe,” Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e.V., anticipated publication date Autumn 2022.

Krusche, K. “Decoding a Hindu Temple: Toronto’s Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and the Mandala as a Principle of Design,” Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, May 2022.

Krusche, K. “3D Documentation and Visualization of the Forum Romanum: A Dharma Project,” Ioannides M. et al. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11196. Springer, Cham, 2018, pp. 281-300. ISBN: 978-3-030-01761-3.

Krusche, K. “3D Digital Documentation; From a Field of Specialization to an Interdisciplinary Point of Interaction,” Key Note, 2017 3D Digital Documentation Summit, NCPTT, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, Heritage Documentation Programs (NPS – National Park Services), and the APTI Technical Committee for Documentation, New Orleans, April 18-20, 2017.

Krusche, K., and Sweet, C. “Documenting National and World Heritage Sites: The need to integrate Digital Documentation and 3D Scanning with Traditional Hand Measuring techniques,” 3D Digital Documentation Summit, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, July 10-12, 2013, the Presidio in San Francisco, California. 

Uplekar Krusche, K. “Heritage, Tourism & Conservation at the Taj Mahal,” Indian Architect and Builder, Jasubhai Media, Dec 2011, Vol 25 (4). 

Krusche, K. PH Kapp, H Sites, G Photogrammetry. “The need to integrate Digital Documentation and 3D Scanning with Traditional Hand Measuring techniques,” SMARTDoc: Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age Symposium, 2010.

Uplekar Krusche, K., Ajjain, D. Anders, S., Dokonal, I. and Kapadia, J. “History, Morphology and Perfect Proportions of Mughal Tombs: The Secret to Creation of Taj Mahal,” Archnet-IJARInternational Journal of Architectural Research, Archnet-Design media Lab at MIT publishing, Vol 4, Issue 1, 2010, pp 158-178. ISSN - International 1994-6961.

Uplekar Krusche, K. “Keeping Up With Heritage: Tourism and Issues of Conservation at Taj Mahal, India,” World Heritage and Tourism: Managing the Global and the Local, June 2‐4, 2010, Quebec City, Canada, Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 748-758. ISBN PDF: 978-27-6379-438-9.

Uplekar [Krusche], K. “Transformation of Historic Urban Centers: Finding the urban origins of Bombay and planning its future” at the 12th International Seminar Forum UNESCO, April 2009, Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi. ISBN 978-84-694-1784-3.

Uplekar [Krusche], K. “The Reconstruction of the Frauenkirche,” 11th Issue of Sacred Architecture, D. Stroik, ed., Journal of the Institute for Sacred Architecture, January 2006, pp. 25-26.

 

Conference papers

 

“Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation,” Natural and Working Lands, Congress for New Urbanism CNU, Place Initiative’s UTC Climate Summit, 17thand 18th May 2021. 

“Harvesting Digital Data – Bramante’s use of the perspective to create the Cortile del Belvedere,” Digital Humanities Case Studies and Methodologies I: Using spaces from the digital perspective, Renaissance Society of America, RSA April 2021.

“3D Analysis of Cultural Heritage as a tool for architectural, historical, and archeological research – 3D Mapping the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy,” Digital Approaches to Art History and Cultural Heritage, Merton College, Oxford, Virtual Conference 4th-5th March 2021

“New Findings on the Temple of Vespasian in the Roman Forum,” New Work on Hellenistic and Roman Temples, Archaeological Institute of America, Society for Classical Studies, AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting conference Jan 5-10, 2021.

“Codex of the Hindu Temple: The Controversial Role of Treatises,” 72nd Annual International Conference, Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, April 24-28, 2019. 

“Learning from the past to deal with rapid urbanisation in the present,” 2018 World Congress Programme, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture, and Urbanism, INTBAU, London, Nov 27-28, 2018. 

“3D Documentation and Visualisation of the Forum Romanum: The DHARMA Forum Project,” 3D Digitisation, Reconstruction, Modelling and HBIM, International Conference on Digital Heritage, Cyprus, October 29-Nov 3, 2018. 

“The Mandala and its Principles for Design: Decoding a Hindu Temple,” Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC), 44th Annual Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 22–25, 2018. 

“Digitizing Vatican,” Technology for Tenderness Meeting, Vatican Arts & Technology Council, 1-3 Dec 2016. 

“Digitizing the Taj Mahal - New Knowledge through a Virtual Realization,” Does Data Construct Reality, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, PNC 2016 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings, Aug 16-18, 2016. 

“The Local and the Universal – identifying the classical architecture in the historic urban core of Mumbai,” Gemeinsames Doktorandenkolloquium TU Dresden/Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar zur Denkmalplege und Baugeschichte, 08 Jan 2016. 

“Historic transformation of Mumbai: A study on the historic center of Mumbai,” TU Dresden/Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar zur Denkmalplege und Baugeschichte, 03 June 2015.

“Forshungsergebnisse,” Gemeinsames Doktorandenkolloquium TU Dresden/Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar zur Denkmalplege und Baugeschichte, 16 Jan 2015. 

“Merging Technology and Tradition: Integrating Traditional Hand Measuring Techniques and 3D Scanning into Preservation Education,” Preservation Education: Sharing Best Practices and Finding Common Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, September 8-9, 2012. 

“The Roman Forum, some findings,” University of California Berkeley, Joint Meeting of the 2012 PNC Annual Conference, December 7-9, 2012.

Krusche, K., Sweet, C., Sweet, J., and Turner, P. “History in 3D: New Virtualization Techniques for Innovative Architectural and Archeological Scholarship and Education,” From the scientist to the citizen: communicating digital archaeology, Computer applications and quantitative methods in Archaeology Conference 2012, University of Southampton, UK.

“Studying the Core of Universal Classical Traditions,” Pecha Kutcha Session, Prince’s of Wales Foundation, Annual Alumni Meeting, London, Nov 2011. 

Turner, P., Krusche, K., Sweet, C. and Keller, B., “Visualizing History: Visualization of Archeological and Architectural Sites,” 2011.

 “Documenting National and World Heritage Sites: The need to integrate Digital Documentation and 3D Scanning with Traditional Hand Measuring techniques,” with Paul Kapp, Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age (SMARTdoc), School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, November 19 & 20, 2010. 

Uplekar Krusche, K., “The benefits of applying HDS for archaeological studies of the Roman Forum,” 2010 Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference, San Ramon on September 24, 2010.

“The benefits of applying HDS for archaeological studies of the Roman Forum,” Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference, San Ramon, September 24, 2010.

“Sustainment of Heritage: Tourism and Issues of Conservation at Taj Mahal, India,” 1st International Conference World Heritage and Tourism: Managing for the Global and the Local, Laval University, 2-4 June 2010, Quebec City, Canada. 

“Sprawl Repair:  The New Frontier,” Traditional Building Conference INTBAU-USA Symposium, Baltimore, Oct, 2009. 

“Traditional architecture – old and new buildings, bringing sustainable development in today’s economy,” Triennale V International Conference in Bologna, Italy, September 25, 2009.

“Transformation of Historic Urban Centers: Finding the urban origins of Bombay and planning its future,” 12th International Seminar Forum UNESCO, Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi, Vietnam, April 07, 2009.

“Preservation, Architecture and Urbanism: How are we originally Green?” Traditional Building Conference in Chicago, Sept 19, 2008.

"Traditional Architecture and Its Relevance in Asia," Traditional Building Conference in New Orleans, Oct 18, 2007.

“Frauenkirche in light of the Venice Charter,” Venice Charter Revisited Conference, Modernism and Conversation in the post-war world in Venice, Nov 2, 2006.

“Contemporary practice and issues on preservation,” Traditional Architecture: Building and Teaching in the 21st Century, Traditional Architectural Group TAG, RIBA in UK, May 26, 2006.

“Pattern Book for Saxon Villages of Romania,” International Conference for the integrated development of Sighisoara and the Saxon Villages of Transylvania, The Mihai Eminescu Trust, United Nations Development Programme, and World Bank at Bucharest, Romania, Nov 2004.