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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

G. Styhler-Aydin, I. Mayer et al.:
"Integrated Building Survey for Detailed Recording of Cultural Heritage in Jeddah, Saudi‐Arabia";
accepted as talk for: The Second National Built Heritage Forum, Dammam (invited); 12-10-2012 - 12-12-2012; in: "Research Papers on Architectural Heritage: Research & Heritage 2, Research Papers for the 2nd National Built Heritage Forum", (2012), ISBN: 978-603-8022-74-0; 13.



English abstract:
Saudi Arabia has a rich architectural heritage, which in some parts is in danger to decline. A way for saving it for future generations is a detailed recording. Within the frame of the project DATARSA (Documentation and Analysis of Traditional Architecture of Saudi Arabia) a step forward to the recording of the traditional architecture has been started by the King Abdul University in Jeddah in cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology (VUT). Focus of the cooperation was the introduction the approach to building archaeological research in the work of the documentation in Jeddah. Within the frame of a workshop, members of the VUT Department for History of Architecture and Building Archaeology offered their experience gained in many years in different cultural areas with a specialization on integrated survey techniques.
This paper will present proven survey, documentation and analysis methods and techniques on an interdisciplinary level involving architects, building surveyors, surveyors, historians and so on.
The knowledge of different survey methods reaching from the classical hand measurements to tachometry, photogrammetry and the high tech method of 3D laser scanning. For an efficient building survey these methods must be combined in an appropriate way. Therefore the knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of each of these methods is absolutely essential. The challenge for the documentation of the unique architectural heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the search for the most suitable appliance of the different methods. Each object asks for its own solution and decisions must be reconsidered from project to project.
A detailed and precise building survey is a potential tool for the following preservation of cultural heritage. The profound knowledge on its own cultural heritage strengthens the awareness of traditions and could be a starting point for the revitalization of endangered heritage.

Keywords:
Urban heritage in the kingdom of Saudi-Arabia Education and training in the field of urban heritage building survey, building construction, building archaeology, documentation

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