Documentation, Analysis and Representation of Modernist Heritage Through Building Information Modeling

Abstract

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The paper is focused on research activities on documentation, analysis and representation of Modernist Heritage in Latin America. The research is part of a broad project developed by the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara following the main aim of documentation for knowledge, enhancement and preservation of cultural heritage. In addition to several on site projects developed in cooperation with local institutions, mainly in Brazil, and based on historical analysis, documentation, survey, modelling and diagnostic assessment, the research has then opened up to an in-depth study of Modernist architecture. The field of investigation has been extended to Latin America, through the analysis of the main architectures of the iconic figures of Modernism, in order to collect a database of models as support for different research avenues. The methodological process is based on the “survey of the project”, an analysis of documentation as the starting point for the representation in BIM environment from which to extract conventional representations and different levels of interpretation.</p>

A Procedure to Import a Complex Geometry Model of a Heritage Building Into Bim for Advanced Architectural Representations

“…In our opinion, the advantages over CAD environments are clear and lie in the fact that BIM programs are aware that they draw three-dimensional elements with added information. This aspect allows greater control over sections and projections; great flexibility in representation and graphic analysis; and, to automatically update any changes on all drawings, resulting in a time reduction of the elaboration of the graphic representations (Maietti and Zattini, 2019). On the other hand, given the maximum scale of representation of the drawings of 1/125, the accuracy of the scanning was decided in the function of the plotting error (Cardone, 2008).…”

“…Autodesk Revit is among the best known and most used. This type of program allows the generation of a three-dimensional model, rich in information and parametric, but it also offers great possibilities for the analytic visualisation of the model and, therefore, the production of technical drawings (Maietti and Zattini, 2019). However, the modelling tools offered by Revit were considered not suitable for the purpose in terms of speed of the workflow and accuracy of the final output.…”

Digital Survey of the Late 1960's Villa in Ustroń: Creating a Virtual Model of a Heritage Site of Polish Post-War Modernist Architecture

“…Such preventive actions may be carried out in situ in the first stage of research and also virtually in the post production with the help of various computer techniques. [2].…”