Abstract (EN):
In a moment when digital technologies can interfere in every moment and task in the architectural production, architects are using them in many different ways. In architectural heritage, stone is a prevalent material and one can find some examples of architects exploring particular uses of computers when facing this kind of challenges. However, it seems that there is a lack of references trying to develop a transversal reading of the context, by offering a systematisation of those approaches. With this concern, this paper wants to describe and illustrate the way digital technologies can support architectural intervention in stone heritage buildings, bearing the specificity of this material, its constraints and opportunities. For each moment, specific computer-based technologies can be employed not only to perform those tasks, but also, to assure the flux of information through a digital continuum. This paper overviews those moments by discussing the technologies available and presenting some examples from existing reference practices. To test those concepts and arguments, this paper includes the description and illustration of an experiment carried out in the Laboratory by the authors, of a digital continuum process from surveying a stone building, to design and fabrication.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
No. of pages:
10