Abstract
Abstract. The Conservation and the Restoration of Cultural Heritage is a particularly specialized and interdisciplinary process. It requires scientific monitoring and planning and incorporation of skills and knowledge in the academic milieu. Relevant studies programs and courses are primarily designed to explore the possibility of cooperation between scientists (archaeologists, architects, surveyors, engineers etc.). Participating in such an educational institution (Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments”, AUTh, Greece), the development of a protocol for a GIS related to the restoration of cultural heritage buildings and sites through documentation stage was born out of necessity.Α GIS application including the documentation (geometric, architectural, structural etc.) of the historical complex of Saint John, the Baptist (19th century, Kavala, Greece), while using modern 3D representational techniques (laser scanner, topography, photogrammetry, GPS), and the related thematic information (analysis, archive data) has been organized for that purpose and has been used as a case study.The main objectives of the project are to give guidelines regarding the collection, the processing and the management of heritage data, to articulate the cross-disciplinary collaboration/synergy and to provide an educational toolkit. The methodology is proposed to be applied to other objects of study such as archaeological sites, individual structures, monuments and sites of different dating and use (e.g., industrial, religious, fortification etc.).
Highlights
The combination of digital technologies such as photogrammetry, 3D laser scanning and Geographic Information Systems (2D or 3D) and their contribution to digital preservation strategies have already been noted and defined variously in contemporary literature (Campanaro D.M. et al, 2016)
Noteworthy research has been done on methodologies involving architecture and archaeology, conservation and restoration of monuments, graphic documentation and computer imaging (Canciani M. et al, 2013)
Primary focus of these researches was placed on taking advantage of GIS environment and analytic tools for examining architectural structures, archaeological sites, monuments and objects in three-dimensions
Summary
The combination of digital technologies such as photogrammetry, 3D laser scanning and Geographic Information Systems (2D or 3D) and their contribution to digital preservation strategies have already been noted and defined variously in contemporary literature (Campanaro D.M. et al, 2016). In the context of the present work the historical complex of Saint John, the Baptist (19th century, Kavala, Greece) was selected as pilot site (Figure 1) in order to apply certain representational techniques and recording and managing data tools, a multimedia and a GIS application that can be used as educational toolkits. The selection of this historic site was made in the framework of the workshop of the Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments”, AUTh, Greece. Individual monuments of different uses (industrial, of worship and for religious activities, mixed, etc.) and of different dates (from antiquity to more recently) have been studied, as well as historical sites (the FIX industrial complex and the Pavlos Melas camp in Thessaloniki, the Halki Theological School in Istanbul, the historical center of Goumenissa, the rural settlement of Asfontilitis in Amorgos etc.) and many archeological sites (Vergina, Akrotiri of Santorini, Dion etc.), offering specialized knowledge, both theoretical and practical, for the study, maintenance, restoration and restoration of architectural monuments and sites
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