What is Architectural Informative System

An instrument for data management and elaboration. GIS have been developed in urban planning, while the first applications to cultural heritage have been made in the field of archeology. The first uses related to architecture were realized by applying the traditional GIS to two-dimensional drawings (plans and sections). Subsequently information systems have been developed using models as a three-dimensional interface: either importing 3D models within GIS or using Building Information Modeling software. The main potentialities of information systems consist of performing correlation and analysis of vast amounts of data that, especially for buildings, have heterogeneous characteristics and different scale of representation. Since this data is related to architecture, the model – in its three-dimensional nature – favors a reinterpretation in terms of space and time.

The Representation of Architectural Heritage in the Digital Age

Stefano Brusaporci (L'Aquila University, Italy)