AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightAn alternative approach was offered for on-site future reconstruction using augmented virtual reality techniques, firstly creating Auto generated 3D models by using previously mentioned image documentation, and then virtually reconstruct the minaret (in-situ) as an alternative compatible with international charts recommendations for reconstruction such as reversibility and authenticity.This approach opportunities and threats are discussed, and comparative case studies were applied on iconic minarets, seeking to investigate the possibility of widening this practice to cover other affected monuments, solely documented by tourists’ photos, in order to implement this methodology on all the damaged heritage by Syrian war in the future.
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Abstract
A six years destructive war in Syria has damaged many of the heritage sites, causing partial or total loss of invaluable monuments. Aleppo, one of those world heritage sites in Syria, has lost -due to this war- many important and unique monuments of the old city, such as the mosques’ minarets dating and documenting different eras of Islamic architectural heritage, one of them is the minaret of Aleppo Umayyad mosque (the great mosque) destroyed on April 25th 2013. Fortunately, many of those minarets have metric photographic documentation, and Umayyad minaret is one of them, that facilitate future reconstruction. An alternative approach was offered for on-site future reconstruction using augmented virtual reality techniques, firstly creating Auto generated 3D models by using previously mentioned image documentation, and then virtually reconstruct the minaret (in-situ) as an alternative compatible with international charts recommendations for reconstruction such as reversibility and authenticity.This approach opportunities and threats are discussed, and comparative case studies were applied on iconic minarets, seeking to investigate the possibility of widening this practice to cover other affected monuments, solely documented by tourists’ photos, in order to implement this methodology on all the damaged heritage by Syrian war in the future.
Özet
Suriye’de altı yıldır devam eden yıkıcı savaş kültürel miras niteliğindeki sit alanlarını tahrip etmiş, değerli tarihi yapıların kısmi olarak ya da tamamen yok olmasına sebep olmuştur. Dünya mirası sit alanlarından biri olan Halep şehri, İslam mimarisinin farklı dönemlerine uzanan ve o dönemleri belgelendiren minareler gibi birçok önemli ve eşsiz tarihi yapısını -bu savaş sebebiyle- kaybetmiştir. Bu minarelerden birisi de 25 Nisan 2013’de yok edilen Halep Emevi Cami (Halep Ulu Cami)’ne aittir.