Towards a Smart Cultural Heritage in a Post-Pandemic Era

Abstract

Preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage symbolizes a problem already present before the pandemic period and amplified during the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, the dematerialisation of architecture by digital technologies is the approach to connect Society 5.0 and architecture in cyberspace. The ambition of this chapter is to achieve an approach aimed to explain the impact of ICT during the pandemic and post-pandemic period, using HBIM technology, an essential tool for the approximation of Society 5.0 to the tangible smart heritage. On the other hand, the creation of a virtual tour breaks down architectural barriers (physical and spatial) allowing access to all users as a benefit of the dematerialisation of the asset. The work represents the use of technologies to create new knowledge and values, generating connections between people and tangible and non-tangible things.