Urban Environment of Disappeared Heritage: Graphic Analysis of Puerta Real in Seville (original) (raw)

Images of the Disappeared Puerta Real in Seville

Digital Restoration and Virtual Reconstructions, 2023

Antonio Gámiz-Gordo / Pedro Barrero-Ortega (2023): "Images of the Disappeared Puerta Real in Seville". Digital Restoration and Virtual Reconstructions. Springer: Cham, pp. 131-150. ISBN 978-3-031-15320-4 / ISBN 978-3-031-15321-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15321-1

THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SEVILLE IN THE 16TH CENTURY: GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE URBAN FABRIC SUPPLEMENTED WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND BUILDING INFORMATION

Revista EGA, 2023

Urban analysis strategies are effective in sectors where the gradual evolution of the urban fabric has preserved traces of the urbanisation process, thereby facilitating the definition and sequencing of structural units. In consolidated sectors the traumatic transformations caused by the replacement of singular buildings and the opening of large public spaces generate discontinuities in the evolution of the urban structure, obscuring our understanding of these traces. This difficulty can be overcome by supplementing graphical strategies with analyses of the subsoil and the buildings themselves. We have used this procedure to reconstruct the morphology of the southern sector of Seville in the 16th century. As proof of its effectiveness, we discuss the results obtained in the analysis of two of the blocks that form part of the sector: the ones on which the Santo Tomás College and Santa María de Jesús University were founded

Combining Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Techniques of Digital Image Processing in “Archaeology of the Architecture” Analysis in the Walls of the Andalusian Site of Vascos (Navalmoralejo, Toledo-Spain)

Computer Applications in Archaeology 2012. CAA 2012, Southampton, Vol. II, 2013

This paper presents the work of 3D recording and geometric documentation of part of the walls of “Ciudad de Vascos” through specific methodologies of Archaeology of the Architecture, with the objective to obtain ‘quickly’ the individual measures of every element whichcompose the wall. We carried out a topographical survey with a TLS (LeycaScanStation C10), for the geometric and volumetric reconstruction; in addition we used a GPS to give absolute coordinates to the work. We obtained the 3D textured model and a series of plans or sections, like first results of the project, as well as a series of orthoimages that will support to the archaeological study. Finally, we used techniques of digital image processing, mainly: image enhancement, edge detection and filters, in order to ‘automate’ the process of defining structural elements to obtain the measurements requested.

A lost Fragment and Gate of the Almohad Wall of the World Heritage City of Cáceres, Spain

The objective of this research is the documentation of a lost fragment of the Cáceres´ Almohad Wall hidden in within some houses that used it in their construction. Thanks to a research of the urban development of the City of Caceres an anomaly in the urban planning was discovered that made us suspect that some popular houses hided a fragment of the ancient Almohad Wall. After the analysis of this singularity the existence of a " lost piece " of the city was discovered; a hidden denatured military structure preserved along the centuries by several houses that reused it within " economy of means ". This paper studies this lost fragment from a holistic perspective: constructive, urbanistic and planimetric; verifying that this is a fragment of the ancient Almohad Wall. The aim of the paper is to contribute not only to the knowledge of Cáceres' Almohad wall, but also to a better understanding of the buildings and spaces of the city from the perspective of how they were constructed; hoping that this knowledge will help to preserve them.

Digital models for the virtual reconstruction and the representation of the existing: the city gates of Turin

2017

This paper focuses on researches already undertaken and presented in this conference: starting from the work previously carried out for the setting up, at the urban scale, of a consistent database for the fortified walls of the city of Turin � which updates reading diagrams, maps, archival documents �, it intends to make thematic analysis aimed on the one hand to survey the �existing� and to critically read historical layers, on the other hand to digital reconstructions. In this regard, city gates constitute a homogeneous architectural 'category' that follow the complex transformation � by enlargements, overlays, reconnections � of the walls layout. On the gates, we are organizing a collection of digital representations, uniformly designed and organized to test study approaches, operating methods, purposes and modes of the graphic communication: starting from the analysis and instrumental survey of the only well-preserved gate (Porta Palatina, I century AD) for the represent...

Virtual reconstruction of the wall and alcazar of Molina de Segura

This communication is intended to describe the completed research process aimed to the virtual reconstruction of the medieval walls of the town of Molina de Segura using the Maya software 2011 in order to represent it in video format within the interpretive center Molina Wall (MUDEM), in the Spanish village of Molina de Segura.

(2016) When an isolated building becomes a guideline for the urban pattern. The case of “Torrenostra” in Torreblanca, Castellón, Spain

Leonardi, A., Gil-Piqueras, T., Giraudeau, S. (2016). “When an isolated building becomes a guideline for the urban pattern. The case of “Torrenostra”, Castellón, Spain”. In 20th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies. pp. 1 - 8. Austria: Museen der Stadt Wien., 2016

From Maps to 3D Models: Reconstructing the Urban Landscape of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the 16th Century

Applied Sciences

The use of 3D visualization technologies offers a unique opportunity to reconstruct historical cities that no longer exist or have been substantially modified. In this paper, we use the oldest preserved map of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, created in 1588 by the engineer Leonardo Torriani, as the basis for its 3D virtual recreation. This map shows the first non-fortified Spanish colonial city whose plan provided a model for the colonial cities in America. These distinct features made San Cristóbal de La Laguna a UNESCO world heritage site. In our work, we present a map-based workflow for 3D reconstruction that balances fidelity to the original map with the integration of other historical sources and the current status of the city. This leads to the development of several 3D models from those distinct sources whose integration provides the 3D reconstruction of the city in the 16th century. The results of this project can be applied to other similar maps that were created in...

Evolution of the historical use and degradation of the Reales Atarazanas of Seville (XIII-XX century

The Reales Atarazanas of Seville are an industrial building of great capacity and size, built in the thirteenth century with the function of shipyard, which remained active, with different uses over the years, until the last century. The recent research work on the building, consisting of a cleaning of the contemporary plaster walls, has brought to light a structure that does not seem to have suffered damage with time. Its long use is a magnification of the building's capacity to survive, almost completely, although very transformed, through the centuries. This responds to a logic of solidity that made possible, diachronically, the incorporation of new buildings in its historical evolution. In the eighteenth century Charles III was able to establish the Real Maestranza de Artilleria in this building without it suffering static and structural problems. Therefore, we cannot deplore a degradation of the building, over time, which remained whole thanks to the constructive and functional versatility and the high quality of the materials with which it was designed and made. This paper aims to analyze the features that saved the arsenal from degradation: those constructive, evolutionary and economic logics intrinsic to this building that made it an emblematic and profitable site for the Crown of Castile from its construction until the end of its activities in the twentieth century. 1. Historical evolution of Reales Atarazanas in Seville: a series of fortunate events. The Reales Atarazanas of Seville (Fig.1), thanks to their architectural modernity, although with big changes and structural reductions, have survived for centuries coming to our day in which are presented as an archaeological living book where you can read the history of Seville in them reflected (Fig.2). The features that have made the dockyard an emblematic monument and closely linked to the historical evolution, social and cultural development of the city are:-The place: its location in Arenal, outside the city walls and closely bound to the river and port, essential activities in the historical development of the city.-The form: the rational design and original edification spatial versatility that have allowed for centuries the existence albeit with many functional and fragmentation redefinitions. This factory pattern allowed easy conversion by limited operations of adjustment and optimization of installations in several changes of building use (dockyard, warehouses, military barracks).-The function: its original destination shipyard forced him to maintain a direct relationship with the Guadalquivir and, therefore, changed its functionality depending on the activity mainly carried out in the river by the Sevillian society over the centuries.-The owner: the building was from the outset owned by the Crown, which, rearranged it through time in order to use it and convert it to derive the greatest benefit from the factory, monetary and / or strategic depending of the historical events that influenced the development of the city. Fernando III also known as the holy king and conqueror, was the one who, during the thirteenth century, welded permanently the destiny of the kingdoms of Castile and Leon. He conquered Andalusia pacifying the old patrimonial territories, and expanded the kingdom like no other of his ancestors had done. His plan of conquest was to unify the ancient territory and give the Kingdom of