Sergey Klimenko, Yulia Klimenko, Dmitry Karelin
Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy), Russia
The paper analyses the experience of scientific 3D-reconstructions made at the Moscow Institute of Architecture. These reconstructions are made for students’ yearly papers or as part of theoretical works and restorations by the research fellows. The historical and architectural analysis which has been carried out at the Architecture and Urban History Department during more than half a century plays the key role. Scientific architectural reconstructions often become one of the methods of such analysis. The traditional instruments for these reconstructions are hand drawings and paper models. However, during the last 15 years the role of digital technologies for this scientific area has increased considerably.
The poster contains several reconstructions of different monuments from antiquity to 18th–19th сenturies, they are made by the authors themselves or under their supervision. The reconstructions including those made with computer technologies illustrate the different aims of the researchers. Thereupon the justification of the object selection is essential, as well as the definition of the selection criteria. The main types of the scientific reconstructions are defined: the recreation of the original look of a rebuilt object, reconstruction of lost monuments, 3D-visualisation of not constructed projects, the reconstruction of specific architectural details or stages of construction. Integrating the experience of the scientific reconstructions at the Moscow Institute of Architecture, testing the results and their comparison with the experience of other Russian scientific organizations and researchers could promote this kind of research in the architectural history.