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Sundials of St Mary’s Church in Gdańsk / Zegary słoneczne kościoła pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Panny Marii w Gdańsku
PublicationThe paper presents contemporary research evidence of form, function and history of the sundials of St Mary’s Church in Gdańsk. The discussed sundials are located on the southern wall of the church transept. The sundial, which is believed to be made by Lorenzo Zachau in 1533, is placed on the west side of the western window, at the edge of the wall. The face of this sundial is separated by a horizontal line into two parts. The upper...
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Diagnostics of pillars in St. Mary’s Church (Gdańsk, Poland) using the GPR method
PublicationThe main goal of this study was non-destructive evaluation of pillars in the St. Mary’s Church (Gdańsk, Poland) using the ground penetrating radar (GPR) technique. The GPR inspection was conducted on four brick masonry pillars and five pillars strengthened by reinforced concrete jacketing. Data were acquired with a 2 GHz antenna along longitudinal and transverse profiles. The study involved the estimation of the electromagnetic...
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Chapel at St. Joseph's Church in Gdańsk
PublicationThe subject of this article is the chapel located in the former Gdańsk Carmelite monastery complex. The results of the architectural research carried out in it in 2014–2015 are presented. As a result, the time and purpose of the building’s construction were established. The original appearance and traces of later alterations were also recognised. The recesses found on the longitudinal walls, of similar dimensions, not reaching...
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Foundation text of St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the medieval foundation preserved on the wall above the sacristy entrance in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, which confirms that the foundation stone of the temple was laid on 28th of March 1343. The data set contains one general photo of the foundation text, transcription of its text in Latin and its Polish...
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Epitaph of Martin Ramus in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Martin Ramus, teacher of the parochial school at the St. Mary church in Gdansk who died on 24th of June 1631 in Gdańsk. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish translation,...
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Epitaph of John Botsack in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to John Botsack, esteemed professor and rector of the Gdańsk Academic Gymnasium, Lutheran pastor of the St. Mary church in Gdańsk, author of many theological dissertations, polemical writings and sermons written in both Latin and German....
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Epitaph of Bartholomew Wagner in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Bartholomew Wagner, city physician from 1562, who came to Gdańsk from Konigsberg. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish, and the biography of the deceased, also...
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Epitaph of John Schroeder in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to John Schröder, son of Simon. John, as he was a single, erected this epitaph for himself. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish, and the biography of the deceased,...
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Epitaph of Henry Giese in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Henry Giese, a member of merchant family that came from Germany and settled down in Gdańsk in XVI century. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish, and the biography...
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Epitaph of Oehm family in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Öhm family, rather unknown to Gdańsk. The epitaph was erected by two latest representatives of family – John and Andrew. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its translation in Polish,...
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Epitaph of Guldenstern family in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to family Guldenstern, very noble family that came to Poland with the king of Sweden and Poland – Sigismund III Vasa, and to representatives of Swedish emigration. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its...
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Epitaph of Bartholomew Schachmann in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Bartholomew Schachmann, the mayor to whom Gdańsk owes, among others, the creation of the Neptune Fountain and the decoration of the Red Hall in the New Town Hall. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription...
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Epitaph of George Wildtberger in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to George Wildtberger, personal secretary to king Sigismund III Vasa of Sweden and Poland who died on 8th of February 1593 in Gdańsk. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish...
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Epitaph of John Sinclair in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, which is dedicated to John Sinclair, an Scottish nobleman, the 6th count of Caithness. He was general and from 1716 was chief commandant of the defenses in Gdańsk. He died in 1731 in Gdańsk. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription...
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Epitaph of Edward Blemke in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Edward Blemke, a citizen of Gdańsk who was in city council as a juror, almost till his death in 1593. The epitaph, made in 1591, is one of the greatest and the most beautiful in the whole basilica. Data set contains one general photo...
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Epitaph of George Hojer in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to George Hojer, a citizen of Stralsund, who was travelling all over the Europe and unexpectedly died in Gdańsk in 1585 at the age of 25 during his way back home from Riga. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription...
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Epitaph of James Schadius in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to James Schadius city doctor of Gdańsk, who, after he had studied medicine in Italy, stayed in Gdańsk till his death on 7th of June 1588. The epitaph was erected by his wife and son. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph,...
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Epitaph of George Posse in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataData set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to George Posse, a Swedish nobleman who came to Poland with the king of Sweden and Poland – Sigismund III Vasa, and died in Gdańsk on 8th of March 1616. The epitaph was erected by his son Gabriel. Data set contains one general photo of the...
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Epitaph of Ferber family in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to one of the greatest family in Gdańsk – family Ferber, and one of its member – Konstantin Ferber, whose official career was crowned with the function of mayor of city. The epitaph was erected by his brother John Ferber, the juror, councilor...
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Tombstone of Simon Bahr in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the tombstone placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Simon Bahr, the merchant and banker of the Swedish King John III Vasa and his son, Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland and Sweden. Simon formed powerful alliances by marrying his numerous offspring into the finest Gdańsk families. The...
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Plaque of Dorothy and John Brandes in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the plaque placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to John Brandes, highly influential citizen of Gdańsk, whose official career was crowned with the function of mayor, and his wife Dorothy née Zimmermann. The plaque was placed in the church in 1586. Data set contains two photos of the plaque,...
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Alms-panel of Anton Moeller in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the Alms-panel placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is the work of Gdańsk painter Antoni Moller, made in 1607, or rather – to be more specific – to lower part of this work, which are the verses from Holy Bible. Data set contains one general photo of the inscription, transcription of its text in Latin...
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Epitaph of Clemens and Gabriel Coelmer in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Clemens and Gabiel Coelmer, sons of a Gdańsk merchant; Clemens devoted himself to a clerical career in Gdańsk and became a councilor. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish...
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Epitaph of Anna and Daniel Zierenberg in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Anna and Daniel Zierenberg. Daniel was particularly interested in activities for the education of Gdańsk and was one of those mayors who in 1596 established the foundation called Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis (today PAN BG). Data set...
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Epitaph of Choene-Jaski family in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to family Chöne-Jaski, that came to Poland from Moldavia at the beginning of XVI century and was engaged in trade in amber. Later on, the representatives of the family were in city council as jurors, councilors, judges and city treasurers....
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Epitaph of Eggert von Kempen in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Eggert von Kempen, the progenitor of the von Kempen family, a wealthy Gdańsk merchant, alderman and councilor, and to his son John, an alderman and councilor who, due to unsuccessful financial operations, significantly depleted family...
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Sepulchral plate of Thomas Tympfius in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the sepulchral plate placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Thomas Tympfius, a minter who, together with his brother Andrew, rented several mints in the Kingdom of Poland, and gave his name to the timpf - the silver zloty released by the Tympfius mint. Unfortunately, as a result of...
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Sepulchral plate of James von Werden in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the It refers to the sepulchral plate placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to James von Werden, a rich merchant, a provisor of St. Mary Church in Gdańsk, father of Mayor John von Werden, a founder of this sepulchral plate. The data set contains one general photo of the sepulchral plate,...
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Sepulchral plate of Dorothy and Matthias Zimmermann in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the sepulchral plate placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Dorothy and Matthias Zimmermann, a wealthy merchant and Gdańsk mayor, trusted courtier of King Alexander Jagiellon. The data set contains one general photo of the sepulchral plate, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish...
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Epitaph of Gabriel Schumann and his son Gabriel in St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to Gabriel Schumann, a noble citizen of Gdańsk, who was a juror and finally councilor of Gdańsk, and his son Gabriel, who was not only juror and councilor, but also a city treasurer. Data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription...
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Jakub Szczepański prof. dr hab. inż. arch.
PeopleJakub Szczepanski is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology and since 2016 a Vice-Dean for Scientific Research. Architect, historian of architecture and monuments’ conservator. His research focused on the history of both Gdańsk and Baltric Sea cities’ architecture as well as monuments’ conservation and the contemporary problems of cities. Parallelly with the academic work on the GUT,...
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A Text as a Set of Research Data. A Number of Aspects of Data Acquisition and Creation of Datasets in Neo-Latin Studies
PublicationIn this paper, the authors, who specialise in part in neo-Latin studies and the his-tory of early modern education, share their experiences of collecting sources for Open Research Data sets under the Bridge of Data project. On the basis of inscription texts from St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, they created 29 Open Research Data sets. In turn, the text of the lectures of the Gdańsk scholar Michael Christoph Hanow, Praecepta de arte...
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Inventory of the eastern wall of the presbytery of the former Dominican church - St. Mary's Church in Elbląg, stage from 2015.
Open Research DataThe drawing presents an inventory of the eastern wall of the presbytery of the former Dominican church - St. Mary's Church in Elbląg (now Art Gallery: Galeria EL), stage from 2015.The drawing also indicates the original, not overfolded during subsequent conservation and construction works, fragments of walls from 3 medieval stages of construction.
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Epitaph of Anna Loitz in St. Mary's Church in Gdansk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk which is dedicated to Anna Loitz, daughter of the well-known merchant Michał Loitz, wife of the juror and councilor Jan Konnert the Younger. The data set contains one general photo of the epitaph, transcription of its text in Latin, its Polish translation,...
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Photographic documentation of St. Andrew’s Church in Osiek (Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland) at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
Open Research DataThis dataset presents photographic documentation of the St. Andrew’s Church settled in Osiek (Oświęcim County, Małopolskie Voivodeship – Lesser Poland), built in 1538-1549. This wooden church is a late-gothic Silesian-style building. Inside the church are the baroque main altar and the rococo pulpit, shaped like a boat from the second half of the 18th...
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A walk Around Gdańsk for Physicists
PublicationI provide a guide to Gdańsk (Danzig) and some of its suburbs, focusing on sites of particular interest to physicists. These include the Town Hall with the old Gdańsk standards of length at its entrance, the solar dial of 1588 on its corner, and its bell tower; the Naturalists Society; the medieval harbor crane; the medieval astronomical clock in St. Mary's Church; the late nineteenth-century lighthouse and time ball; and sites...
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Epitaph of Dorothy and John Brandes in St. Mary's Church in Gdansk
Open Research DataThe data set concerns epigraphy. It refers to the epitaph placed in St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk, that is dedicated to John Brandes, highly influential citizen of Gdańsk, whose official career was crowned with the function of mayor, and his wife Dorothy née Zimmermann. The epitaph was founded by their family, and especially by their grandson John Speymann,...
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Piotr Samól dr hab. inż. arch.
PeoplePiotr Samól is an associate professor (profesor uczelni) in the Department of History, Theory and Monument Preservation at Gdansk University of Technology. He graduated in architecture (M.Sc. Eng.) and history (B.A.). His researches are focused on the architectural and urban history of Gdansk and Baltic Sea region. He defended his doctoral thesis (scientifc field: architecture and urban planning) on the architecture of Dominican...
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St. Adalberd church 3D point model
Open Research DataResearch data show the church of St. Adalbert in Gdansk, Poland. Two layers are presented in the .zip file: one represents the laser scanning result, the second represents the point cloud from 36 photogrammetry images from the UAV system. The aligned point clouds formed the basis to create the high-resolution 3D model. Reference data are laser scanning...
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Interpolation methods in GPR tomographic imaging of linear and volume anomalies for cultural heritage diagnostics
PublicationThis paper presents results of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey conducted in St. Joseph’s Church in Gdańsk, Poland. The aim of the study was to produce tomographic imaging of a renovated floor as well as the objects buried under the floor to detect linear and volume inclusions. The assumed track spacing was meaningfully greater than the single signal spacing in each track, which induced the need for interpolation methods...
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Integrated Application of GPR and Ultrasonic Testing in the Diagnostics of a Historical Floor
PublicationThe paper presents the results of integrated ground penetrating radar (GPR) and ultrasonic testing (UT) measurements conducted on a historical floor in St. Nicholas’ Church, Gdańsk, Poland. The described inspection was the first stage of the technical state assessment of the building. The aim of the study was the detection of underfloor air gaps, which were observed in a few trial pits. The condition of the ground under the floor...
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A palatal prosthesis from archaeological research in the St Francis of Assisi church in Cracow (Poland)
PublicationThe hard palate is a septum that not only prevents food from entering between the oral and nasal cavity, but also plays an important role during breathing or speech. The presence of cavities within it negatively affects the comfort of life of people with this type of impairment. Hence, in the literature one can find examples of the use of hard palate prostheses to restore the separation between the nasal and oral cavity. During...
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7 Gdański Międzynarodowy Festiwal Chóralny
EventsRektor i Politechnika Otwarta zapraszają na 7 Gdański Międzynarodowy Festiwal Chóralny 10.03.2018 r. (sobota), godz. 11.00 – przesłuchania 11.03.2018 r. (niedziela), godz. 16.00 – koncert galowy
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Combination of terrestrial laser scanning and UAV photogrammetry for 3D modelling and degradation assessment of heritage building based on a lighting analysis: case study—St. Adalbert Church in Gdansk, Poland
PublicationThe construction of the St. Adalbert Church in Gdansk dates to 1310. It is a church of rich history and great historical value, and its care is challenging. In this study, the combination of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was used to accurately build a 3D model of the church. Together with the collected historical inventory documentation, the historic building information model...
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Relicts of the 16th-century cellar by the St Mary's Church in Gdansk / Relikty piwnicy z XVI w. przy kościele Wniebowzięcia NMP w Gdańsku
PublicationSaint Mary’s church in Gdańsk, one of the largest brick Gothic temples in the World, has got no external chapels – except the House of Councils. Its architectural form, however, is not the result of implementation of one project, but realization of a few transforming concepts. The discovery of the relicts of the 16 th century cellars, located in the corner of the transept and the northern aisle, gives an idea of the process...
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Variability of Pomeranian-German_danish Ornamental Forms in the Cistercian Church in Gdańsk Pomerania
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy powiązań między architekturą Zakonu Cystersów na Pomorzu Gdańskim, a budownictwem ceglanym północnych Niemiec i Danii. Wykazano szereg analogii do odnalezionych pierwowzorów udowadniając ciągłość związków między filiacją oliwską, a romańskimi założeniami sakralnymi w zachodniej części basenu Morza Bałtyckiego.
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Monitoring of a historic sacral building on an example Basilica St. Nicholas in Gdańsk
Publicationhe paper describes the case of monitoring the technical condition of a historic sacral building after a failure and during renovation works. In order to monitor the condition of the building, safely conduct diagnostic work, identify the causes of failures andsafely carry out renovation works, a detailed Facility Monitoring Program has been developed, which has been implemented, is operational and is a source of valuable data used...
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Extraordinary Modernism in The Reconstruction of The City Center of Le Havre on The Example of The Church of St. Joseph According to The Design of Auguste Perret
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Assessing historical church tower asymmetry using point cloud spatial expansion
PublicationChurch towers are key cultural heritage. In theory, towers are vertical, while facade elements are symmetrically positioned around the tower axis. However, during service of a structure, building and lifetime conditions cause deviations, with associated risks. Laser scanning point clouds can be used to assess the structural state but a universal approach was missing. The proposed algorithm first estimates the tower inclination,...
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Striking elements - A lifebelt or a fad? Searching for an effective way of adapting abandoned churches.
PublicationAre avant-garde elements added to historical objects as a temporary fashion to fulfill the aspirations of designers or an attempt to draw attention to themselves? It may be the exact opposite, and this type of controversial project is the best lifebelt for such monuments. This article explores issues related to external avant-garde elements added to adapted churches and their influence on the efficiency of such adaptation projects....