Architectural Heritage and 3D Models

Architecture represents the physical space built by man—in its immanent and tangible presence—and a spatial and temporal event. The architectural 3D digital model is the mediator between intellect and tangible reality, and it takes the form of a digital replica of the observable phenomenal reality. Thereby the model expresses—i.e. contains—the history and it’s passage through time; a visual narration that is part of the historical process and critical analysis. It’s an interpretable document, but also a genuine critical-historical text, expressed with the figurative language of the virtual dimension. Presupposition of this methodology for historical analysis, it’s a careful architectural surveying, a wise modeling project and an intelligent and critical use of the digital model.