Open HBIM-IoT Monitoring Platform for the Management of Historical Sites and Museums. An Application to the Bourbon Royal Site of Carditello

ABSTRACTThis paper describes the implementation of an open-source platform integrating HBIM-IoT monitoring sensors, applied to the Royal Site of Carditello, a Bourbon 18th-century Palace near the city of Capua (Italy). Based on open standards and processes, the platform is accessible on different devices through the Internet and acts as a digital representation of the building and the monitoring system therein, allowing users to navigate a detailed HBIM model and query, visualise and manipulate static and dynamic information attributed to the building and its collections, as well as the data from applied sensors, linked to their virtual objects’ equivalent in the model. Integrating robust data management with a user-friendly 3D interface, this solution aims to enhance the preventive conservation of historical buildings and their collections, which depend on regular monitoring and a systematic diagnostic programme over time.KEYWORDS: Built heritageconservationdigitalisationHBIMhistorical architectureIoTmonitoringopen sourcesensors AcknowledgmentsThe application of the workflow to the Royal Site of Carditello is part of the “Innovation for Data Elaboration in Heritage Areas IDEHA”, project code ARS01_00421, co-financed by the PON Research and Innovation 2014–2020, Directorial decree no. 1735 of 13 July 2017 of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), whose main aim is to create and open an IT platform for Cultural Heritage by combining digital content from traditional repositories with real-time information generated by users or environmental sensors.The authors are grateful to Antonio Spagnuolo and Energreenup s.r.l. to make available the sensors’ data of the RE-SEMIRTO project, financed by POR CAMPANIA FESR 2014 – 2020, with the participation of the “Real Sito di Carditello Foundation” and the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”.The authors are also grateful to Microgeo s.r.l. to support the laser scanner data acquisition; to Michele Calvano, Stefano Cursi, Rana Daneshvar Salehi, Leo Lorenzi, Leonardo Cinardi, Chiara Nugara, Serafina Cariglino, Heba Daraghma, for contributing to the HBIM model of the Royal Site of Carditello.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) of Italy - project “Innovation for Data Elaboration in Heritage Areas IDEHA” - code ARS01_00421 [PON Research and Innovation 2014-2020, Directorial decree no. 1735 of 13 July 2017].