The conservation of our built heritage, in particular statues in Aberdeen, evaluated through a social and historical context and their impact, through the use of 3D scanning.

Shaw, Andrew; Leon, Marianthi; Scott, Jonathan

Abstract

Cultural heritage sites all over the world are at risk due to aggressive urban expansion, development, wars and general obsolescence. Not all objects are recorded in detail although they may have social and historical significance. For example more emphasis is placed on the recording of castles and palaces than on crofters' cottages or tenement blocks, although their history can be just as rich. This paper will investigate the historic fabric of Aberdeen through the use of digital scanning, supported by a range of media including old photographs and paintings. Dissemination of social heritage through visualisations will be explored and how this can aid the understanding of space within the city or specific area. Focus will be given to the major statues/monuments within the context of the city centre, exploring their importance in their environment. In addition studying why many have been re-located away from their original site, the reasons why, and how we have perhaps lost some of the social and historical importance of why that monument was first located there. It will be argued that Digital Media could be utilised for much more than re-creation and re-presentation of physical entities. Digital scanning, in association with visualisation tools, is used to capture the essence of both the cultural heritage and the society that created or used the sites in association with visualisation tools and in some way re-enacting the original importance placed upon the monument in its original location, through adoption of BIM Heritage.

Citation

SHAW, A., LEON, M. and SCOTT, J. 2016. The conservation of our built heritage, in particular statues in Aberdeen, evaluated through a social and historical context and their impact, through the use of 3D scanning. In Galiano Garrigos, A. and Kouider, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International congress of architectural technology (ICAT 2016): healthy buildings: innovation, design and technology, 12-14 May 2016, Alicante, Spain. Alicante: University of Alicante [online], pages 67-94. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/55251

• Conference Name: 6th International congress of architectural technology (ICAT 2016): healthy buildings: innovation, design and technology
• Conference Location: Alicante, Spain
• Start Date: May 12, 2016
• End Date: May 14, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Oct 30, 2015
• Online Publication Date: May 23, 2016
• Publication Date: May 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 30, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 30, 2016
• Publisher: University of Alicante
• Pages: 67-94
• ISBN: 9788416724109
• Keywords: Conservation; Built heritage; Visualisation; BIM modelling; Digital scanning
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1600
• Publisher URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/55251