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The VernArch Digital Database Project: Documentation and Protection of the Vernacular Architecture of Cyprus

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Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection (EuroMed 2014)

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Vernacular architecture constitutes an important part of the cultural heritage of each country. This paper deals with the creation of a digital database including all the traditional settlements and dwellings of Cyprus, which is a part of a research programme funded by the University of Cyprus. This database constitutes the first all encompassing effort for the inclusion of all the available data of the traditional settlements of the island in a digital form. The object of the research programme is the creation of a multiple database with the inclusion of architectural and town planning elements of traditional settlements, environmental comfort conditions and social and economic data. The research of vernacular architecture that can be carried out through this database can help towards its preservation and reuse leading to a more sustainable development of the built environment.

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  1. Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia, 1678

    Maria Philokyprou

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Informatics, Digital Heritag Research Lab, Cyprus University of Technology, Archbishop Kyprianou 31, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus

    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Institute for Media Innovation (IMI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

  3. 2360 N. Vernon Street, Arlington, VA 22207, USA

    Eleanor Fink

  4. Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Jamova 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Roko Žarnić

  5. China University of Technology, 53 Sec3, Shinlong Rd., Taipei, Taiwan

    Alex-Yianing Yen

  6. Wave Engineering Laboratory, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Cybernetics, Akadeemia tee 21, 12618, Tallinn, Estonia

    Ewald Quak

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Philokyprou, M. (2014). The VernArch Digital Database Project: Documentation and Protection of the Vernacular Architecture of Cyprus. In: Ioannides, M., Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Fink, E., Žarnić, R., Yen, AY., Quak, E. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8740. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0_64

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