There are a number of ancient and medieval historical buildings which are in ruins. The conservation and restoration of these buildings is a challenge for every nation in the world. If we complete them by using 3D softwares, could it be helpful in understating the spatial organisation of spaces in architectural history? Does anybody know what kind of researches may be possible in this field and what kind of soft wares may be useful in this context?
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Thank you very much Fernando, you have given a concise and complete idea about the research in the area, It will definitely influence my further investigation in the subject. Bimo's examples are really practical demonstration of his kind of work, It inspired me a lot. Thanks Bimo.
I have participated in several digital reconstructions and visualisations and we often have discussions with our local Architectural History Professor about it. The point is that the visualisation itself is often performed in a "Hollywood" style. That is: beautiful and detailed. However, from a research perspective, this often gives false information. While we have used rendering techniques on multiple projects, we try to always balance them with pseudo-color images, indicating aspects of the project that are related to accuracy, project phasing, certainty/uncertainty.
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Researches on historical buildings (or whatever kind of building) using 3D softwares are legitimate and fruitfull, provided specalists of both fields, architectural history and digitization, work very closely together, otherwise it produces only templates with no guarantee of scientific acuteness.
The problem we often phase is that accuracy and certainty vary thoughout a site or project. E.g. you might be able to have a "accurate" estimate for a certain Window height, based on construction financial reports, where you base on other comparable buildings for other parts and sometimes on drawings or paintings for other parts. All in the same project. To represent this all as a clean CAD drawing or a detailed 3D model is technically feasible, but it does not follow the rigour of an academic approach.
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