Abstract
Abstract. The paper discusses the first outcomes of an ongoing research activity aimed at developing a general BIM-based methodology for the organization and the management of the information needed for maintenance and safety assessment of museums. The Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze (Florence, Italy) which has a very complex spatial organisation as a result of transformations occurred over the centuries, has been considered as an illustrative application of the proposed methodology. One of the specific elements which characterize museums, compared to other buildings, is the issue of the relationship between the building itself and the artworks there contained. A specific element of the research is consequently the need not to limit the attention to only the building (i.e. the envelope), but to consider within the BIM also the presence of the art collections. Starting from a recent laser scanner survey, a BIM has been created and a semi-automatic workflow has been investigated to obtain a FE (Finite Element) model to be employed for static and dynamic structural analysis purposes. Currently, since the scans inevitably included the artworks, a test is underway to add in the BIM of the museum also its collections (M-BIM). Each element can be inserted as a BIM object including its geometric representation and physical data (dimensions, materials, weight…) and linked to different museum inventory and conservation databases for the museum management.
Highlights
The origins of the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze (Florence, Italy) date back to the eighteenth century, when Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo gathered in the premises of the ancient Ospedale di San Matteo and the convent of San Nicola di Cafaggio a modern Academy of Fine Arts along with other schools and art workshops in the city
The research considers two complementary aspects; the first deepens the investigation started in 2010 regarding seismic risk assessment, the second one concerns the possible inclusion in BIM of information related to the art collections
The experience of the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, whose architecture almost has all the existing issues related to the analysis of historic structures, continues a research began in 2010, when the Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici della Toscana tested in the museum the application of the “Guidelines for Seismic Risk Assessment and Reduction of Cultural Heritage"
Summary
The origins of the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze (Florence, Italy) date back to the eighteenth century, when Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo gathered in the premises of the ancient Ospedale di San Matteo and the convent of San Nicola di Cafaggio a modern Academy of Fine Arts along with other schools and art workshops in the city. The Gallery occupies a large part of an urban block that it shares with the most prestigious institutions for arts education and restoration in Florence: the classrooms, auditorium and libraries of the Accademia di Belle Arti and the Conservatorio Musicale Cherubini, the laboratories and museum of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. It is a building complex whose structural behaviour is strongly characterised by the interaction between its many parts. The research considers two complementary aspects; the first deepens the investigation started in 2010 regarding seismic risk assessment, the second one concerns the possible inclusion in BIM of information related to the art collections
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