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This laboratory studies architectural and urban histories. Historical sources of leaning are not merely something in the written form only. You can learn from physical objects, telling you history non-verbally, such as architectural remains, ancient earthenware potteries, as well as architecture. Our laboratory places emphasis on the latter. Through not only reading literatures at desk, but also jumping out into the field and measuring the size of a building, which has existed for a long time, you are ready to feel “human activities” related to the city and its architecture in the past. Specifically, we have conducted research on eminent ruins of ancient Rome, proceeding in cooperation with the Italian government agency, such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Ostia. Furthermore, we have explored Akoris Archive of the Nile River in cooperation with the Institute of Egyptian Archaeology. As a domestic investigation, we perform research in Hagi City in Japan.
Employing the latest technology of leaser-scanning, we have produced Digital Twin of a city and its architecture. This approach can digitalize an object via a point cloud, which is data point in space representing an actual object. We use XYZ-RGB-type point-cloud, which are three dimensional (3D) colored points placed with an approximate 2 mm distance. Advantages of digital twins are displaying the reality in a metaverse (Virtual Reality space) with accuracy. Therefore, they can be utilized as useful data for research as well as the maintenance and management of architectural remains. Furthermore, a drawing with an appearance of a photograph (a photograph with an appearance of a drawing) is produce freely when required for a location. Moreover, digital twin can be used for measurement of not only distance but also area, volume, and angle, when research data is required. Another advantage is that a set of cloud points, X, Y, Z, R, G, and B, consists of text data, and does not have any specific file form, which enables data to be preserved almost permanently in any specific file form. These data are available online. At present, data are compressed to one-tenth or less. However, density is elevated along with the development in digital communication technology. This technique is highly evaluated worldwide and we will start a measurement survey of the Aurelian Walls and its surroundings in Rome in 2023. We offer a digital twin of the former campus of Hakozaki of Kyushu University, including four buildings of national registered tangible cultural properties. You can perform a virtual event in the Hakozaki Campus of the metaverse. Please visit our website for an opportunity to view and attend these exceptional virtual events. (Digital recreation images will be available soon on the website regarding the Pompeii Ruins and the Akoris Archive.
https://history.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/potree/workspace/Herculaneum.html
https://history.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/potree/workspace/Ostia.html
https://history.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/potree/workspace/Hakozaki.html
＜Lab Website＞http://history.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/HP/
