About
Historic structures constitute an important part of our cultural heritage which we in turn have a duty to pass to future generations in the full richness of their authentic architecture and materials. The conservation of these structures presents a fascinating and diverse range of scientific challenges; in particular the need to protect them effectively from environmental degradation is widely recognised. Diagnostic monitoring thus far has been largely limited to acquisition of climate parameters and air pollution levels used as input into functions or models predicting damage. The limitations of the approach in assessing precisely the risk of damage to a concrete historic structure in its specific environment lead inevitably to a search for scientific methods of direct tracing damage: non-invasive, continuous, simple, economic and capable of operating in real-world conditions.
The main objectives of SMooHS were:
- Development of smart monitoring systems using wireless networks of miniature, robust sen-sors for minimally invasive installation at historic structures to monitor the most significant values that are needed to better understand deterioration processes and to help optimize the preservation of cultural heritage.
- Provision of smart data processing based on the built-in material deterioration models which would warn owners and conservation professionals about threats, and the production of rec-ommendations for action.
- Development of user-friendly, modular and open source software which can be continuously updated and broadened to handle specific questions arising at objects, steer various combi-nations of sensors and be open for extensions in the future.
Duration
December 2008 - November 2011
DICAM Project Responsible
Francesco Ubertini
Coordinator
Markus Krüger (Material Testing Institute MPA, University of Stuttgart)
Partners
- ACCADEMIA EUROPEA DI BOLZANO, Italy
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA, Italy
- ARTEMIS SRL, Italy
- AuRA Bärbel Dieruff Karl Fiedler GbR, Germany
- CENTRO DI RICERCHE EUROPEO DI TECNOLOGIE DESIGN E MATERIALI, Italy
- Department of Antiquities, Jordan
- INSTYTUT KATALIZY I FIZYKOCHEMII POWIERZCHNI IM. JERZEGO HABERA POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK, Poland
- Käferhaus GmbH, Austria
- METALMOBILE S.R.L., Italy
- RIWAQ- CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION, Palestine
- STIFTUNG PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ, Germany
- SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU GRADEVINSKI FAKULTET, Croatia
- TTI-Technologie-Transfer-Initiative GmbH, Germany
- UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany
Funding
Euro 1 404 993
Website
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/212939/reporting