The intrinsic nature of local rocks shaped the features of built heritage in historical centers. The resulting building culture is part of the cultural heritage itself, and must be considered when building in such areas, while it is essential to solve the issues related to traditional constructions’ weaknesses. Nonetheless, the potentialities of massive stone envelopes, particularly the importa...

looking from an historical perspective, it can be seen that many civilizations have lived in the country and consequently produced many different cultures and architectural products. one of the oldest cities which contain such historical examples which have lived until present is tabriz. its traditional houses are the most important places to represent the life style of the past. lack of recogn...

In the last few years, several papers dealing with the integration between different surveying techniques (such as photogrammetry, LiDAR, NIR image processing, 2D digital maps, etc.) have been already presented. The main idea of these works is the possibility to overcome the individual weakness of each technique through their combined use, exploiting their complementary nature. In this work, th...

Abstract. This contribution presents a process of documentation and conservation the built Cultural Heritage, tested on partially disused case study located in urban fabric city Pavia. The actions defined led to design implementation tridimensional Information System obtained integrating data collected across different research areas, reality-based models with goal enriching tool for management...

The vernacular architectural style is on the verge of disappearing in Transylvania because depopulation Saxon villages German origin as a result massive migration to Germany. nomination Hărman cultural property UNESCO list part an international legal framework, and Convention Vernacular Architectural Heritage protects this architectonic it represents expression community’s culture, well its rel...

When studying patrimonial edifices or sites, documentary sources, may they originate from archives or from contemporary survey campaigns, provide partial evidences from which the researcher will infer possible scenarios on how an edifice or site may have evolved throughout the centuries. Documentation analysis and visualisation are therefore vital to the understanding of the architectural herit...

“Bazaar” is a Persian word from the language of Iranians of 2500 years ago which has entered the languages of other countries. “Bazaar”, the trading or marketing place with the architectural principles and concerns, was formed in Iran because of the long experience of marketing. This has become a valuable inheritance of Islamic ideological civilization and Iranian advanced architecture and a mo...

This paper addresses the challenges of architectural higher education to cope with a state continuous change within relationship between heritage and sustainability. The initial assumption is that research activities based on design taxonomies—terms used in discourse sustainability—followed by fruitful analysis discussion can contribute advancements curricula development. Accordingly, aims deve...