Abstract
Abstract. This paper is focused on the possibilities of Heritage Building Information Modelling HBIM to enhance the strategic planning of large monuments ensembles in a Master Plan. The study case is the Charterhouse of Jerez (Cádiz, Spain), a monument acknowledged with the highest level of legal protection since 1856. Its HBIM model, developed with a Level of Knowledge LOK200, provides appropriate alphanumerical and graphical outputs for strategic decision-making on the major guidelines of heritage management: research, protection, conservation and dissemination. This LOK200 HBIM model emerges from the integration of graphic information produced with different techniques, from historic plans to photogrammetric surveys. In relation to research, the architectural analysis required to generate the HBIM model has defined its constructive elements and spaces, its construction process and the higher heritage potential areas. In addition, the synthetic views produced from the model have allowed unexpected relationships and conclusions about the monument. In relation to protection, a precise delimitation of the monument site and its surroundings have been defined. Furthermore, areas with different levels of vulnerability have been characterized. In relation to conservation, the severity of the damages in the main structures and the urgency of the interventions have been defined. In relation to dissemination, the relationship between its current religious use and the odds for public visit have been presented.
Highlights
In recent years, the use of BIM methodology in the field of cultural heritage has accumulated a wide set of experiences, with deep differences in objectives, methodologies and results
That has suggested the adaptation of the LOD concept in the field of cultural heritage named as Level of Knowledge LOK and, as a consequence, the adaptation of the geometric and information characterization to the purpose of the model (Castellano Román and Pinto Puerto, n.d.) in this HBIM approach, the priority is not the achievement of high precision three-dimensional modelling, but rather the exploration of BIM possibilities as regards architectural survey (Figure 1)
Once the HBIM model of the Charterhouse of Jerez has been generated at a LOK200 Level of Knowledge and the Heritage Building Information Repository is prepared, the foundation has been laid for this strategic document (Castellano Román and Pinto Puerto, n.d.)
Summary
The use of BIM methodology in the field of cultural heritage has accumulated a wide set of experiences, with deep differences in objectives, methodologies and results. This work proposes a methodological option that postpones the acquisition of maximum precision by the model for the geometric definition of the elements, which can be accessed later, for the sake of an integral approach to the heritage asset as a whole that addressed the urgency for its evaluation in order to prevent loss (Rua and Gil, 2014) Another case with similar conceptual foundations is that developed in the Italica Archaeological Complex, where the site is treated in its entirety by establishing an active cartographic base (Pinto et al, 2011) for the systematization of heritage information of the complex, using BIM systems for the. The generation of the model and the information structure linked to it were focused on research and legal protection through registration as an asset of cultural interest
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