Heritage BIM in Monument Preservation - Innovative Strategies for Preservation and Monitoring

Heritage BIM in Monument Preservation - Innovative Strategies for Preservation and Monitoring

Kick-off event for the project Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) as a documentation, planning and monitoring method for the elimination of harmful environmental influences using the example of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Worms Synagogue and conference on the topic: Heritage BIM in Monument Preservation - Innovative Strategies for Preservation and Monitoring

LUX - Pavillon der Hochschule Mainz, Ludwigsstrasse 2, 55116 Mainz March 27/28, 2025

  • How do climate change and environmental influences affect built cultural heritage?
  • How can the BIM (Building Information Modeling) planning method contribute to the recording, maintenance planning and monitoring of cultural monuments?
  • How can heritage conservation and world heritage-specific requirements be recorded in the digital model and made usable in the long term?
  • How can interdisciplinary data from different sources (soil, construction, archaeology, topography) be integrated in order to develop a holistic conservation methodology?

Organized by AI MAINZ - Institute of Architecture at Mainz University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Directorate of State Monument Conservation and the World Heritage Secretariat at the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (GDKE), ICOMOS Germany and CIPA Heritage Documentation.

The event in Mainz will provide insights into the exciting topics from current research projects and initiatives around Heritage BIM (HBIM) from Germany and abroad in order to ensure a basis for the development of efficient information management for the sustainable preservation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Program on Thursday, 27.03.2025

13:00-14:00 Getting together

14:00-14:15 Opening & Welcome

14:15-14:45 Point clouds as a georeferenced model – A complementary approach to H-BIM including the results from imaging methods of building diagnostics, Sebastian Hoyer, Julian Rudolph, and Yahya Ghassoun

14:45-15:15 HBIM model of the Edo Wiemken monument in Jever – The model as a central database, Jelde Borgmann

15:15-15:45 Heritage-BIM – Requirements for digital models for the preservation of historic buildings, Eric Ewert and Ralf W. Arndt

15:45-16:15 Coffee Break

15:15-15:45 WoodF(ea)uture – Automated timber stability assessment enhancing heritage digital twins, Maria Chizhova and Gerold Kempter

16:45-17:15 Guidelines of the Federal Chamber of Architects – BIM in existing buildings, Alexander Schwab

17:15-17:30 National Research Data Infrastructure – Special Interest Group BIM and Building Research, Tobias Arera-Rütenik and Sebastian Krück

17:30-18:00 UNESCO World Heritage Synagogue Worms – Innovative Strategies for Preservation and Monitoring, Piotr Kuroczyński and Karol Argasiński

18:00-20:00 Social Dinner with local wine and finger food

Program on Friday, 28.03.2025

09:00-09:15 Welcome

09:15-09:45 Digitalization in Poland – Transforming Heritage Documentation and Preservation, Adrianna Barłóg and Karol Argasiński

09:45-10:15 Modern digital technologies in preservation of historical objects and the grounds  of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Agnieszka Tanistra-Różanowska and Tomasz Zemła

10:15-10:45 Notre-Dame de Paris digital ecosystem – From material object to knowledge object, Roxane Roussel and Violette Abergel

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:30 Bridging Two Worlds – Linked Open Data meets HBIM – Heritage Management of Large Historic Buildings with the MonArch-System, Tobias Arera-Rütenik and Alexander Stenzer

11:30-12:00 A Hybrid Modelling Approach for Information Processing Workflow in Cultural Heritage Projects and the Way Forward for AI Supported Heritage BIM Data Modelling, Yusuf Arayici

12:00-12:30 The sense of documentation – The role of ICOMOS ISC CIPA-HD , Fulvio Rinaudo

12:30-14:00 Closing Discussion with local wine and finger food – Innovative Technologies in Heritage Documentation, Piotr Kuroczyński, Markus Fritz-von Preuschen, Constanze Fuhrmann and Fulvio Rinaudo

13:30-15:30 Virtual excursion – Holistic exploration of Cultural Heritage sites (Venue: LUX Pavillion), Julian Stockemer and Fabian Pueschel

14:30-16:30 Real excursion – Visit of the Gutenberg Museum, Piotr Kuroczynski (15 min. walk to the Venue: Naturhistorisches Museum, Reichklarastraße 1, 55116 Mainz)

15:30-16:30 Real excursion – Visit of the Old Cathedral Johanniskirche, Jan Lutteroth (5 min. walk to the Venue: Johanniskirche, Bischofsplatz 10, 55116 Mainz)