Application of digital tools for urban heritage conservation
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Sewasew, Yishak Tsehay
issued: 2024-08-01T20:23:54Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Applied Science - MASc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This thesis explored the application of digital tools for urban heritage conservation using the historic port city of Massawa as a case study. The digital applications considered include heritage building and 3D city modeling with Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) principles, digital inventory, environmental comfort assessment, and design applications. The thesis first explored challenges and best practices along with prospects in heritage conservation to focus on resolving particular aspects of challenges or capitalize on trends of good practices. This was integrated using current best practice applications in heritage conservation, such as HBIM. This research develops an alternative HBIM development method for inaccessible heritage sites without requiring modern data acquisition and processing tools. Unlike prior methods, which mostly assume site accessibility for conducting a study, availability of expensive cutting-edge technologies, and particular expertise for data acquisition and processing, the proposed method relies on simple steps using an image. The results of the proposed modeling indicate feasibility of creating HBIM from images with a higher degree of precision. The result was extended to develop a 3D city model of Massawa, comprising four classes of models. This justifies the possibility of developing detailed 3D city models with limited resources, sidestepping the need for cutting-edge tools and associated costs. The 3D city model, in its current state, is proposed to be used in several applications. Digital inventory, environmental comfort assessment, and design applications were considered. The concept of Built Heritage Passport for cultural heritage management was introduced and illustrated in four passport layers to assist cultural heritage management, sustainable urban heritage conservation, and promoting circular economy. It aims to provide a comprehensive, efficient, accessible, and easy-to-use built heritage inventory for a multit…
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/88838
note: APPLICATION OF DIGITAL TOOLS FOR URBAN HERITAGE CONSERVATIONbyYishak Tsehay SewasewB.Sc., Addis Ababa University, 2019A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTOF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCEinTHE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES(Civil Engineering)THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA(Okanagan)July 2024© Yishak Tsehay Sewasew, 2024The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Col-lege of Graduate Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled:APPLICATION OF DIGITAL TOOLS FOR URBAN HERITAGE CON-SERVATIONsubmitted by Yishak Tsehay Sewasew in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the degree of Master of Applied ScienceDr. Solomon Tesfamariam, University of Waterloo and School of Engineering (UBC Okanagan)SupervisorDr. Qian Chen, School of EngineeringSupervisory Committee MemberDr. Sumi Siddiqua, School of EngineeringSupervisory Committee MemberDr. Jahangir Hossain, School of EngineeringUniversity ExamineriiAbstractThis thesis explored the application of digital tools for urban heritage conservationusing the historic port city of Massawa as a case study. The digital applicationsconsidered include heritage building and 3D city modeling with Historic BuildingInformation Modeling (HBIM) principles, digital inventory, environmental com-fort assessment, and design applications.The thesis first explored challenges and best practices along with prospects inheritage conservation to focus on resolving particular aspects of challenges or cap-italize on trends of good practices. This was integrated using current best practiceapplications in heritage conservation, such as HBIM. This research develops analternative HBIM development method for inaccessible heritage sites without re-quiring modern data acquisition and processing tools. Unlike prior methods, whichmostly assume site accessibility for conducting a study, availability of expensivecutting-edge technologies, and particular expertise for data acquisition and pro-cessing, …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444953
language: eng
degree discipline: Civil Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Tesfamariam, Solomon
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88838