The ERASMUS+ project CoVHer is set out to support digital capabilities within the higher education sector in the field of computer-based visualizations of architectural cultural heritage. The collaboration of the European project partners (Fig. 1) aims towards the stimulation, development and critical analysis of innovative learning and teaching practices.

The main objective of CoVHer is to define and agree upon applicable guidelines and operational methodologies for the study, implementation, visualization, accessibility and critical evaluation of culutral heritage represented in general by digital 3D models of lost architecture (Fig. 2) in accordance with the UNESCO Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage (2009) and the FAIR principles (2016).

The specific goals include the definition of applicable standards, methods and a common understanding for the development and evaluation of computer-based visualization of architectural cultural heritage. In order to achive this CoVHer will create a digital repository for 3D models of cultural heritage objects that follows a developed infrastructure according to the mutually agreed upon standards and methods. This infrastructure will be tested during several workshop weeks (Fig. 3) with students and teachers according to usability and open access standards. From the experiences during the workshop weeks CoVHer will generate a handbook and teaching modules dedicated to the method of digital 3D reconstruction of cultural heritage targeted at students, scholars and the public interested in the fields of architecture, engineering, archaeology, heritage preservation and art history as well as professionals in the area of cultural heritage.

The methodology developed in the project is testet in the CAD Courses for architects at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz.