Description
The LFA main occupation is closely related to heritage, its documentation and its dissemination. With this premise, our activity is carried out at three main levels: research, applied research and dissemination. The first two areas are linked to each other, since the application of the advances produced by constant research allows us to self-finance this and the needs generated by each of the works is directing the steps of our research. The work of dissemination implies an effort to disseminate not only our research but also the heritage that is the object of our work.
All this is reflected in photogrammetric surveys made from high-resolution images obtained thanks to digital cameras from the ground or located in two unmanned flight devices that allow data to be taken from the air or by means of a wide-ranging 3D laser scanner. range of buildings, archaeological remains and heritage objects. From small Romanesque churches in the north of the province of Palencia to the Aqueduct of the Miracles of Mérida, the archaeological remains that appeared in the works of the Madrid M-30 or the archaeological site of Paestum (Italy). From the attendance of a large number of national and international congresses to the collaboration with the “La Edades del Hombre” Foundation in the design and organization of its Leonese Castilian sacred art heritage exhibitions. and the works of intervention, restoration and rehabilitation of the Church of San Bernardo or the publication of books, articles and collaborations, among which the publication of the book Las Ruinas de Dios stands out, which opens to the public another line of work based on the recovery of the lost heritage.
LINES OF INVESTIGATION:
- Lost or forgotten architecture documentation.
Heritage conservation through the recovery of endangered architecture thanks to the virtual recreation of monuments, buildings and other heritage elements.
Principal investigator: Jesús San José Alonso
Preparation of heritage databases.
Principal investigator: Jesús San José Alonso
- GeoTechnologies of representation.
Development of laser scanners to document churches, monasteries and other buildings and elements of architectural heritage. Through the use of laser scanners - and other tools, such as drones - it is possible to obtain high resolution metric and photographic documentation, as well as high precision models of three-dimensional objects.
Principal investigator: Juan José Fernández
Development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, to be used in capturing images of the architectural heritage from all possible points of view. The subsequent objective is to digitally document this heritage in the most faithful and precise way. Principal investigator: Juan José Fernández
Aims of the Chair
The purpose of the Laboratory is the study and dissemination of built architecture and heritage elements through documentation and analysis. For this purpose, it uses 3D laser scanners and photogrammetric techniques by means of terrestrial and aerial photography.
Works related to the intervention in architectural elements and the configuration and design of spaces and the elements that make them up, oriented to cultural uses.
Social and economic interest
The conservation of architectural heritage and cultural elements not only constitutes a large part of the work of professionals dedicated to restoration in various professional sectors, but also involves the maintenance of what is the basis of our culture and way of being.
Every conservation project begins with a more and more technified and complex documentation, where scanners and photogrammetric technologies are applied profusely.
