Status: Completed.
Digital Archive for Sustainable Management and Planning in Heritage Buildings with Community Access.
Perched on a sandstone promontory the Nottingham Castle has a rich history profoundly contributing to Nottingham’s past and at times to the narrative of the country. The research aim was to initiate a resource charting the building evolution using archival material, records and surveys with a current, accurate elevation digital model. The Nottingham Castle Trust as managers of the asset along with the owner Nottingham City Council collaborated to develop the research-led digital open resource for use in interpretation and education. The outcome supports the future management of the asset through the novel methodology for structuring information. Digital modelling and virtual heritage platforms engage with the local community and user groups providing resilience as the building evolves without loosing sight of the significance and social value.
The team used two terrestrial scanners, a Leica Scan-station P20 at ground level complemented by the smaller, lighter Leica BLK360 across the roof area to complete the exterior data capture. These two datasets were brought as groups into the Leica Cyclone software before being exported into Arena4D to allow virtual reality interrogation. Additionally, archival material was interrogated to build a timeline for the development of the Ducal Palace to chart the major events in its evolution. These complement the current 3D data to provide understanding of the significance and support the future development of the palace.
The Castle is currently undergoing a major refurbishment and development to enable future sustainable use. However, much of the building history, layered structures of different ages, medieval and 19th century additions, have neither been recorded, analyzed nor digitally reconstructed.
The Virtual Reconstruction of Nottingham Castle Project aims to develop a virtual resource charting the building historic evolution using archival material, records and laser scanning surveys of the building and its structure to enable accurate digital models of the building history. It will provide novel state-of-the-art interactive platform for digital and virtual heritage platforms that advance the role of virtual museums in the future. Our research team will introduce and develop a research-led digital open resource to use in interpretation and education.
Project Investigator (PI) -
Nottingham Trent University
Project Investigator (PI) -
Nottingham Trent University
Co-Investigator (CoI) -
Nottingham Trent University
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