creators_name	Cotte, Michel
creators_name	Laroche, Florent
creators_name	Quantin, Matthieu
creators_name	Jeanson, Loïc
creators_name	Bourgeois, Nicolas
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title	Analysis of a site’s integrity by 3D models and integrated database, Case Study: the Pic-du-Midi high-mountain observatory (France)
ispublished	pub
subjects	F07
subjects	L03
subjects	M05
subjects	P05
full_text_status	public
pres_type	paper
keywords	integrity
keywords	digital models
keywords	database
keywords	observatory
keywords	World Heritage sites
keywords	tangible heritage
keywords	innovations
keywords	scientific station
keywords	3D
abstract	The concept of “integrity”, as currently used in the analysis of World Heritage sites or cultural landscapes mainly consists of 1) the composition of a given site, regarding its origins and its current state of conservation; 2) the visual and functional relationships between its components (attributes). One of the major questions is “what defines the origin period?”. The integrity analysis has to clearly understand and evaluate which tangible components exist, in order to correctly identify their origin period, estimate how much of the original structure and function remain. An additional difficulty rises in case of scientific and/or technical heritage assessment: the very historical necessity of updating and implementing technical/scientific innovations. These follow advances in science and/or technique(s), and lead to frequent successive changes, impacting the site’s structure. Hence, for living sites, one cannot see the origin of the project as the only reference state, as it could be for classical heritage; it is instead requisite to enlighten a chronological series of major reference states. The Pic-du-Midi Observatory (France) is a remarkable example as high-mountain scientific station (2860 m). Its various and successive scientific uses led to a series of reshaping and structural evolutions over around 150 years, till nowadays. We have there a series of reference states very conform to an active scientific station and observatory. The project aims to combine historical data and measurements on the current site’s state, to build a succession of 3D models for a series of 5 or 6 ‘reference state’ of the observatory within associated database, and to document the integrity analysis more accurately than usual. The final uses of the digital achievement will also serve for the management of the site and for further development of pedagogical historical movies for visitors (Pic-du-Midi houses a museum of astronomy and physical sciences).
date	2018
date_type	published
event_title	ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"
event_location	New Delhi, India
event_dates	13-14th December 2017
event_type	other
refereed	TRUE
citation	Cotte, Michel et Laroche, Florent et Quantin, Matthieu et Jeanson, Loïc et Bourgeois, Nicolas (2018) Analysis of a site’s integrity by 3D models and integrated database, Case Study: the Pic-du-Midi high-mountain observatory (France). In: ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy", 13-14th December 2017, New Delhi, India. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier]
document_url	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2010/1/1._ICOA_638_Cotte_SM.pdf