Virtual Reconstruction of the Ancient State of a Ruined Church

Abstract

Resumen TÍTULO: Reconstrucción virtual del estado previo de una iglesia en ruinas RESUMEN: Los modelos tridimensionales pueden representar tanto los elementos patrimoniales existentes como los ya han dejado de existir. En este proyecto se trata la reconstrucción tridimensional de la iglesia del Monasterio de San Prudencio de Monte Laturce (Clavijo, La Rioja, España) tal como se supone que fue durante el siglo XV. En la actualidad el edificio está arruinado por lo que ha sido necesario realizar una importante reconstrucción virtual basad en hipótesis que han requerido la colaboración de técnicos de diferentes áreas de conocimiento, por ejemplo, se ha contado con un levantamiento topográfico de los restos y del área circundante, datos sobre los materiales e hipótesis arqueológicas y arquitectónicas. Dado que existe información de múltiples fuentes, ha sido necesario incorporar un conjunto de criterios de selección y evaluación de las mismas. Three dimensional virtual models can represent both the existing and the already destroyed architectural heritage. This project deals with the 3D reconstruction and representation of the church of San Prudencio's Monastery in La Rioja (Spain) as it is supposed to be during the 15th century. Today the monument is totally in ruins; hence severe reconstruction was needed. This is an exemplary project of close collaboration of different scientific fields. Surveying data of the monument itself and of the wider area around it, but also architectural and archaeological data were collected in situ. It was not possible from the current situation to conclude about the exact form, style and representation of the monument; hence a large part of the project is based on assumptions which have a sound scientific base. Because of the multisource data there was need to define specific criteria by which every data source was evaluated. Está permitido citar y extractar brevemente el texto, siempre que la fuente sea claramente identificada. / Permision is granted to quote short excerpts from this text, provided that the source of such material is fully acknowledged.:AUTORS EDITOR: Los derechos de este texto corresponden a la editorial (Springer Berlin Heidelberg). Conforme a los derechos firmados con la editorial (se incluye copia del contrato), el texto que se incluye en este documento es la versión final previa la formateado de la editorial y está depositado en el repositorio institucional de los autores. / This text is under copyright (Springer Berlin Heidelberg). According to the rights-transfer signed with the publisher (see the attached copy of the contract), the version provided here is the final one but without the formatting given by the book; it is located in the authors' institutional repository.:PUBLISHER OTROS:Las imágenes y planos corresponden a proyectos de documentación realizados por encargo y, en consecuencia, su uso comercial puede infringir derechos de explotación de los promotores. / Pictures and plans come for the documentation of commissioned projects, therefore, thei...

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