Bim for Museums: An Integrated Approach From the Building to the Collections

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.

A proposal of a 3D segmentation tool for HBIM management

“…The 3D reconstruction was executed using Agisoft Metashape (Agisoft, St. Petersburg) photogrammetry software. The elaboration process is composed of different phases (Tucci et al 2019;Pierdicca et al 2020):…”

How Were the Tapestries in the Sala Di Saturno of Pitti Palace Arranged? Geomatics and Virtual Reality for Art Curators

“…Previous research has already shown how the management of museums can benefit from visually structured databases (Tucci et al, 2019a;Tucci et al, 2019b). BIM models (or H-BIM, in the case of museums in historic buildings) including data and 3D representation of works of art help museum managers in decision making by correlating information about the collections and the spaces in which they are located.…”

Integration of GPR and TLS for investigating the floor of the ‘Salone dei Cinquecento’ in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

“…In order to correlate the GPR survey with the overall geometry of the building, a laser scanner survey has been performed (Tucci, Bonora, Conti, & Fiorini, 2017). A terrestrial laser scanner samples opaque surfaces with high accuracy and resolution (Tucci et al, 2019). The device emits a laser beam with a pre‐set angular step and measures the distance of the surface computing the time‐of‐flight or the phase‐shift between the waveforms of the emitted and reflected signals.…”