Maurice Murphy
Dublin Institute of Technology
Bolton Street
Dublin 1 IRELAND
Sara Pavia
Trinity College Dublin
IRELAND
Eugene McGovern
Dublin Institute of Technology
Bolton Street
Dublin 1 IRELAND
Designs in 3D virtual environments (by the author)
Automated systems using terrestrial laser scanning and digital photogrammetry for recording of historic structures produce accurate 3D surface modelling of historic structures or artefacts, but do not supply detail behind the surface of the scan. Correlation of laser- scan and image survey data with historic documentation will augment the surface detail of the laser scan survey. Architectural pattern books published during the 1700s were one of the main inspirational sources for the design of vernacular eighteenth-century classical buildings. These books contained details of plans, elevations and components of classical architecture and systems of geometrical proportioning. These techniques related to the architectural principles of the Renaissance that evolved from the practice of ancient classical builders. The main aim of this paper is the to describe process of correlation of laser-scan and image survey data with historic detail from architectural pattern books, and secondly the resultant analysis of the systems of geometrical proportioning used in the design and building of eighteenth-century vernacular classical buildings in Ireland.
About the author
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. M.Phil. is a lecturer and researcher in the area of building conservation in the School of Construction in the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. He is also completing a Ph.D. part-time, by research in Trinity College Dublin: "The integration of laser scan and digital image data with historic data to create detailed engineering drawings of post medieval historic structures (1700-1800) in Ireland - a historic building information model". His supervisors are Dr. Sara Pavia, and Dr. Eugene McGovern.
Dr. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is a lecturer and researcher on civil engineering materials, construction technology, applied conservation and building repair in the Department of Civil Engineering, Trinity College Dublin. She is a member of the European Committee for standarisation of limes (CEN, WG11, TG1) with responsibility for the evaluation and validation of the physical testing methods and chemical analysis of limes.
Dr. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Spatial Information Sciences in the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. He is currently leading a number of research projects in the area of laser scanning applied to both cultural heritage and engineering.
The correct citation for this paper is:
Maurice Murphy, Sara Pavia, Eugene McGovern, "Correlation of Laser-scan Surveys of Irish Classical Architecture with Historic Documentation from Architectural Pattern Books", pp. 23-32 in Nexus VII: Architecture and Mathematics, ed. Kim Williams, Turin: Kim Williams Books, 2008.