Presentation held at the CAA Netherlands-Flanders chapter meeting 2015 in Amsterdam - Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. More information: http://www.caanlfl.nl/

1. Semantics in the documentation of
architectural heritage: BIM and
linked data
Pieter Pauwels, Ghent University
pipauwel.pauwels@ugent.be
CAA Netherlands-Flanders Chapter meeting 2015
Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22-23 October 2015

4. BUILDING INFORMATION
MODELLING

5. 2008

7. Test-case: The Casino, Ghent - architect Louis Roelandt
built: 1835
demolished: 1945
Louis Roelandt Casino
Ghent, City Archive
Ghent, University Library
Architectural Information Modelling for virtual heritage application
14th International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia. October 20th – 25th, 2008. Limassol, Cyprus.
ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout
Architectural Information Modelling
Introduction BIM AIM Approach Future Work Conclusion

8. Building Information Modelling (BIM)

10. Maurice Murphy, Eugene
McGovern, Sara Pavia,
(2009),"Historic building
information modelling (HBIM)",
Structural Survey, Vol. 27 Iss 4 pp.
311 – 327.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/026308
00910985108

11. Scan to BIM
Maurice Murphy, Eugene McGovern, Sara Pavia, (2009),"Historic building information modelling
(HBIM)", Structural Survey, Vol. 27 Iss 4 pp. 311 – 327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02630800910985108
Issues:
- Automation difficulties
- Interpretation (‘post-processing’, ‘cleaning the data’, …)
- Level of Detail and Level of Certainty

12. Margarida Barbosa, Pieter Pauwels, Victor Ferreira, Luís Mateus, (2015),“Towards increased BIM usage for
existing building interventions", Structural Survey, in press.

13. But what about the BIM model?
Why did we go through so much trouble in the
first place?

14. BIM FOR THE BUILDING LIFE-CYCLE

19. 1. high modeling / conversion effort from captured
building data into semantic BIM objects,
2. updating of information in BIM, and
3. handling of uncertain data, objects and relations
in BIM occurring in existing buildings.
BIM for existing buildings
Rebekka Volk, Julian Stengel, Frank Schultmann, (2014) Building Information Models (BIM) for existing buildings –
literature review and future needs, Automation in Construction 38, pp.109-127, DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2013.10.023

20. 1 1
2
3
3

21. INTERPRETATIONS

22. Interpreting metadata and ontologies
of virtual heritage artefacts
Pieter Pauwels, Danilo Di Mascio, (2014) Interpreting metadata and ontologies of virtual heritage artefacts,
International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era 3 (3), pp.531-555.
1. Learning phase
2. Digital reconstruction phase
3. Analysis phase
4. Semantic enrichment phase
5. Integration phase
= Interpretation x 5

23. Pieter Pauwels (2014) Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data, Buildings 2014, 4(3), 549-579;
doi:10.3390/buildings4030549

24. Pieter Pauwels (2014) Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data, Buildings 2014, 4(3), 549-579;
doi:10.3390/buildings4030549

25. Linked Building
Data
Pieter Pauwels (2014) Supporting Decision-Making in the Building Life-Cycle Using Linked Building Data, Buildings 2014, 4(3), 549-579;
doi:10.3390/buildings4030549

26. USAGE OF LINKED DATA TO CAPTURE
DIVERSE INTERPRETATIONS

27. Davide Simeone, Stefano Cursi, Ilaria Toldo, Gianfranco Carrara (2014) BIM and knowledge management for building
heritage, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
(ACADIA). pp. 681-390.

28. Davide Simeone, Stefano Cursi, Ilaria Toldo, Gianfranco Carrara (2014) BIM and knowledge management for building
heritage, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
(ACADIA). pp. 681-390.

29. Davide Simeone, Stefano Cursi, Ilaria Toldo, Gianfranco Carrara (2014) BIM and knowledge management for building
heritage, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
(ACADIA). pp. 681-390.

30. Linked Building
Data
NEED FOR AGREEMENTS / STANDARDS IN TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATIONS

31. USING LINKED DATA TECHNOLOGIES
TO CAPTURE INTERPRETATIONS

32. Ontologies: not ‘one to rule them all’
ifcOWL

33. Jakob Beetz and Pieter Pauwels (2015) Use cases for ifcOWL and Linked Data in the buildingSMART
ecosystem. BuildingSMART Standards Summit Singapore.

34. Pauline van Roosmalen, Reem Weda, (2015).
Onderzoek Nederlandstalige architectuurconcepten.
Eindrapportage juli 2015. In opdracht van B. Mousavi,
het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam.
3.1 Ontwikkelscenario 1: AAT aanvullen
3.2 Ontwikkelscenario 2: AAT gebruiken
als master thesaurus
3.3 Ontwikkelscenario 3: Nieuwe
terminologie ontwikkelen

36. Pieter Pauwels, Ghent University,
http://users.ugent.be/~pipauwel/
pipauwel.pauwels@ugent.be
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