Architectural monuments are actually museum exhibits. They are exposed to an aggressive natural environment and often to exploitation. A new approach to the problem of preserving these exhibits is information modeling. BIM model is a virtual copy of a monument with all necessary information about the monument: geometry, detailed description of components, properties of elements, historical references, etc.
«New Customs», Дюссельдорф, Германия
Element libraries make the ideas of «old» architecture technologically accessible in new design and construction, creating a new «technological bridge» between the past and the present. We can preserve our heritage for future generations thanks to information technology. Digitized architectural monuments will not deteriorate. They will not be demolished to make way for a new building, and they will remain in their original form forever.
