GRA•VIS | Graphic and Visual Science Laboratory

The GRA·VIS laboratory proposes and develops basic and applied research projects in the fields of graphic and visual sciences. In particular, it investigates the fields of image production, visualization, drawing, graphic representation, illustration, graphic design and visual communication. Lab activities also focus on interdisciplinary relationships between the graphic sciences and other fields of knowledge, especially in relation to the emerging demands of contemporary society.

Basic research:

• Graphical languages
• Images and visual artifacts
• Visualizations and representations
• Form drawing and descriptive geometry
• Exploratory and design drawing
• Graphical intelligence and cognitive processes
• Graphic education and learning processes
• Theory, history and epistemology of the graphic sciences
• Tools and techniques of representation 

Applied research:

• Representation and communication of design
• Representation of architecture, city and territory
• Representation and communication of cultural and environmental heritage
• Image design and graphic productions
• Graphic design and visual communication
• Communication of knowledge and information visualization
• Application of graphic sciences to interdisciplinary research

The laboratory is equipped with workstations, instrumentation and software for the production of graphic-visual artifacts.

Palazzo del Pou Salit, ground floor
Piazza Duomo 6, Alghero (SS) – 07041

Chiara Zuddas
Nicole Cosimi Proietti