The integration of HBIM into GIS for the development of a tourism planning and preventive conservation protocol for the cultural heritage of a destination (HBIMSIG-TOURISM)

Abstract

[ES] Conserving Heritage Assets is a latent fact not only for the field of public administrations and the scientific community, but also for the society in general. The increase in the cultural awareness of the population as well as widespread public access to heritage and the enhancement of numerous monuments and sites have favoured the expansion of so-called cultural tourism. However, poor planning of public use can be a severe risk to the loss or degradation of heritage resources. Currently, there are collaborative methodologies so that all agents involved in the conservation of a Heritage Property can work in a coordinated manner, sharing information about the property with each other with a comprehensive vision of the actions (Heritage Building Information Modelling HBIM). In this framework, the Universitat Politècnica de València is carrying out an R&D&I Project financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, aiming at establishing a method or protocol that allows the efficient management of sustainable conservation and planning of cultural tourism of heritage assets located in a specific geographical environment. This method is based on interoperability between HBIM and GIS. To validate the protocol, three emblematic religious buildings in the city of Valencia have been selected. All of them are located in Ciutat Vella District, also considered an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) in the category of historic centre: The Cathedral, the complex of San Juan del Hospital, and the Real Colegio-Seminario de Corpus Christi. It is a novel technological system that can contribute to the improvement of cultural development and the preservation and conservation of heritage assets through a single integrative tool of HBIM and GIS. The knowledge generated can be framed in the concept of smart cities and applied in the planning of urban tourist environments (Tourist Information Systems -SIT-) that have a significant number of heritage elements and may also have management problems with visitor flows (saturation, congestion, impacts derived from the visit, etc.) and, consequently, the conservation of assets.