Point Cloud-Based Historical Building Information Modeling (H-BIM) in Urban Heritage Documentation Studies

Lutfiye Karasaka () and Neslisah Ulutas
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Lutfiye Karasaka: Department of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Konya Technical University, Konya 42250, Turkey
Neslisah Ulutas: Department of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Konya Technical University, Konya 42250, Turkey

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-21

Abstract: Integrating building information modeling (BIM) technology into historical and cultural heritage structures has resulted in historic building information modeling (H-BIM), an effective method for managing and documenting invaluable historical artifacts. H-BIM has the potential to aid with the design, restoration, and maintenance activities of historical buildings by properly integrating parametric data and deliberately assessing semantic information, thus progressing the 3D model’s performance. H-BIM also aims to conduct cultural heritage (CH) studies in a systematic manner by combining 3D modeling techniques and information management. The first step in this process is to conduct a suitable geomatic survey to build accurate 3D models. The most efficient modeling method is to employ 3D point cloud data that are acquired using the terrestrial laser scanning method. This study proposes a manual modeling strategy for urban historical buildings that falls within the scope of the H-BIM methodology. The proposed modeling strategy follows a workflow that inserts point cloud data into the BIM environment in order to create a 3D urban cultural heritage model using ontologies applied with the H-BIM methodology. With this objective in mind, the H-BIM model development platform Revit was used to model the object elements of the inheritance structure in 3D and save them in the BIM library. It is very important to model building elements separately in 3D modeling studies. The resulting BIM product sheds light on fundamental data for the future planning, design, operation, and maintenance processes of the building. Users can obtain data suitable for H-BIM by adding graphical and non-graphical data.

Keywords: architectural heritage; BIM; H-BIM; construction documentation stage; BIM-based drawings; urban heritage documentation; terrestrial laser scanning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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