Data Management and Strategic Planning in hybrid modeling processes of Architectural Heritage

• Grant number: 24/04163-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: June 27, 2024
• End date: September 26, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Architecture and Urbanism Technology
• Agreement: Network of Italian Universities
• Principal Investigator: Márcio Minto Fabricio
• Grantee: Maisa Fonseca de Almeida
• Supervisor: Alfonso Ippolito
• Host Institution: Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de São Carlos (IAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
• Associated to the scholarship: 22/15430-0 - Document Management and Data Planning of the Built Heritage - Definition, detail and precision of digital modeling., BP.PD

Abstract

The post-doctoral research internship abroad project intends to investigate on the definition of accuracy and resolution of the three-dimensional digital model related to the survey, document management and data planning of architectural heritage, using computational tools. It is intended to enhance the process and knowledge about the use of different techniques, offering innovations in relation to modeling planning and its workflow, combining survey techniques with terrestrial laser scanner and photogrammetry, and production of a hybrid model, using point clouds. Considering that the architectural heritage as a cultural asset must be preserved and valued, the use of digital tools, the systematization and production of accurate digital architectural documentation through registration, offers an opportunity for a more detailed understanding of its evolution as an architectural organism, allowing the mapping and identification of elements, materials, and construction techniques, and can contribute to the assessment of their physical integrity. In this way, the works and research projects that have been conducted in the Department of History, Design and Restoration of Architecture (DSDRA) of the Sapienza University of Rome in terms of virtual reconstructing three-dimensional modeling techniques based on point clouds of existing buildings with automated processing transformed the point cloud data initially into meshes, which are then applied to the final rendered (textured) 3D models and vectorized in CAD systems could offers important samples and practical field survey and computational work about the potential of advanced technologies in the modeling process in a hybrid way, using laser scanning of the exterior of the building and all its details and, in addition, the use of drones to capture external images and map the building and its surroundings. The combination of different surveying techniques allows building architectural spaces with high spatial precision, producing virtual environments with better definition of some constructive elements. The research could offer unveiling new perspectives on heritage digital production, with innovations in data management and strategic planning.