Digital Preservation of Historic Building - A case study of the historic building Wuri Municipal Government Building in central Taiwan

摘要

The concept of cultural heritage preservation changes as the digital technology advances. Earlier, physical preservation played the major role in such an effort while documentation in the forms of literature and image played a complementary role. Article 16 of the Venice Charter 1964 sets forth the importance of records and files in the preservation effort. As various digital technologies are growing mature, a door is therefore opened to multiple options for the preservation of cultural heritage. Through the case study of the historic building Wuri Municipal Government Building located in central Taiwan, this study discusses major issues with the application of the knowledge obtained from the traditional skills and computer media, and other issues with computer-simulated history as the preservation of historic building.