Visualising an Uncertain Past: Procedural Modelling at Portus
Positioned between the two harbours of Portus, Romeās Imperial port, once stood an enormous building built on massive concrete piers. The vestiges of this structure (ābuilding fiveā) were visible above ground when I visited the site for the first time in 2011, my first season working on the Portus Project. Remains were dotted across the site, often masked by overgrowth, some incorporated into the standing remains of the Late Antique city wall.
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