Abstract
Abstract. Digital archiving technology for conserving cultural heritage is an important subject nowadays. The Taiwanese Ministry of Culture continues to try to converge the concept and technology of conservation towards international conventions. However, the products from these different technologies are not yet integrated due to the lack of research and development in this field. There is currently no effective schema in HBIM for Taiwanese cultural heritage. The aim of this research is to establish an HBIM schema for Chinese built heritage in Taiwan. The proposed method starts from the perspective of the components of built heritage buildings, up to the investigation of the important properties of the components through important international charters and Taiwanese laws of cultural heritage conservation. Afterwards, object-oriented class diagram and ontology from the scale of components were defined to clarify the concept and increase the interoperability. A historical database was then established for the historical information of components and to bring it into the concept of BIM in order to build a 3D model of heritage objects which can be used for visualization. An integration platform was developed for the users to browse and manipulate the database and 3D model simultaneously. In addition, this research also evaluated the feasibility of this method using the study case at the Huangxi academy located in Taiwan. The conclusion showed that class diagram could help the establishment of database and even its application for different Chinese built heritage objects. The establishment of ontology helped to convey knowledge and increase interoperability. In comparison to traditional documentation methods, the querying result of the platform was more accurate and less prone to human error.
Highlights
1.1 Research backgroundThe development of digital archiving technology is rapidly changing the mode of conserving heritage buildings
Some conditions in the application of world heritage are integrated to digital archiving technology (Yen, 2014); In addition, some researchers applied the technology of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to manage the life cycle of heritage buildings
The cultural information was the information from the literature or reports of the built heritage building, including the crafts of constructing the component, the tools used by carpenters, the carpenters who participated in the works, the user and usage of this building component and so on
Summary
1.1 Research backgroundThe development of digital archiving technology is rapidly changing the mode of conserving heritage buildings. Some conditions in the application of world heritage are integrated to digital archiving technology (Yen, 2014); In addition, some researchers applied the technology of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to manage the life cycle of heritage buildings. There are many databases for historic buildings in Taiwan designed by the Taiwanese government, such as the National Cultural Heritage Database Management System, the Cultural Heritage Department of Taichung City, and the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. All of these examples are built for storing and sharing historical information of buildings. Due to BIM’s advances in management and visualization, BIM has seen applications in the conservation and repair of built heritage buildings, creating the Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM)
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