Application of Digital Technology in the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 November 2024 | Viewed by 791
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building information modelling; construction technology; BIM; heritage digital twin; HBIM (heritage building information modeling); IT architecture; heritage conservation; conservation and restoration of cultural heritage; architectural drawings; architecture; construction
Interests: energy efficiency in building; architectural history; energy saving; green building; sustainable architecture; architecture; building technology; sustainable construction; BIM; construction project management
Interests: building diagnostics; digital survey; historic building information modelling; virtual reality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Addressing archaeological, architectural and artistic heritage requires different phases that include study, knowledge, and the precise and rigorous obtainment of documents that aid in the preservation of cultural assets, whether movable or immovable. Therefore, the preservation and restoration of our Cultural Heritage (CH) requires the application of the most innovative, precise and effective techniques so that the intervention is sustainable and lasts for a long time. However, sound historical information is as important as reliable graphic documentation and 3D reconstruction, which support data transfer for research, conservation or heritage dissemination purposes.
Currently, evaluating the topography of the site or monument, carrying out surveys using photogrammetric techniques or employing scans taken by aerial and terrestrial equipment are common in any intervention related to Cultural Heritage. All these measurement and representation techniques share the ability to faithfully transmit the material reality of the cultural assets that we want to know and preserve. Valid data in the scan-to-BIM process help to create 3D models that conform to built surfaces. However, this process is still fraught with great challenges. One is the fact that the data sets are interoperable between the different operators and software aggregates that exist in the academic community.
In order to solve the different knowledge gaps regarding the application of innovative, efficient and sustainable methodologies in cultural heritage in general, the Editorial Office of MDPI’s journal Buildings is presenting a Special Issue entitled “Digital Technology Application in the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings”. In addition to the digitization of objects in faithful 3D models, the virtual reconstruction of historical environments or monuments from the remains that still exist, and the investment in and interaction of these with the visitor, are fundamental in the preservation and transmission of our culture. This is without forgetting the automation of processes, reducing the working hours of human operators. However, these techniques must be based on scientifically endorsed processes, in which rigorous hypotheses are established based on proven scientific data.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the experiences of authors and their most innovative results concerning the interventions and conservation processes performed in order to address historical sites and monuments, which are a testimony to our rich Cultural Heritage. This Special Issue particularly welcomes submissions that seek to integrate different efficient systems and diverse technological resources (including AI) in order to study, catalogue, preserve and disseminate the universal architectural, archaeological and artistic heritage (PA3). This also implies that the expert community can evaluate its usefulness and contrast its effectiveness as an innovative means of study. This is therefore the best means of achieving positive and rapid implementation in the sector.
Dr. Juan Enrique Nieto-Julián
Dr. Juan J. Moyano
Dr. Silvana Bruno
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- cultural heritage
- conservation
- scan-to-BIM
- HBIM
- photogrammetry
- drone photogrammetry
- artificial intelligence
- building archaeology
- image segmentation
- masonry structure
- point pattern analysis
- digital twin
