Ferenc Zamolyi

Digital Archaeology and Classics

Contact

Telephone: +43 1 51581-3497

Location: Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna

Biographical sketch

Studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology (degree: 2004). Graphic designer, 3D modeller and visual artist at 7reasons (2005-2014) - creation of animated short films, exhibition graphics, reconstructions and exhibition concepts for the Wien-Museum, Römermuseum Wien, Museum Carnuntum and Keltenmuseum Hallein, among others. From 2017 employed at the Academy of Sciences, fields of work: Evaluation of laser scan data, 3D reconstructions, preparation of 2D architectural plans from point clouds/scan data as a basis for reconstruction and building research. Main topics: Early and Middle Byzantine architecture (Bishop's Quarter of Side), Coptic monastic architecture Egypt (Theban Monastery of St. Paul, 5th-10th century), Roman architecture (residential complexes Hadrianic Ostia, Magnesian Gate Ephesus, provincial Roman architecture in Pannonia), early Christian church complexes (Burgbichl near Irschen, Carinthia). 
Parallel activity as external lecturer at the TU Vienna (from 2008). Teaching and research topics: Traditional (vernacular) building types and settlements in Central Asia, Southeast Asia with a focus on Indonesia, Oceania and Central Europe. Traditional tools and their use in timber construction.