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Abstract

Architecture is a form of tacit knowledge in which ideas can be learnt from the past, and that body of tacit knowledge can be recorded in order to give relevant guidance to today's productions. This methodological paper presents a timely reflection that seeks to document the digitisation of Padley Mill in the Grindleford Village of the U.K., which was the key design output and built heritage of the late British academic and architect Peter Blundell Jones. The paper starts with a brief review on the current developments on digital reality capture methods in architectural heritage studies, followed by the Padley Mill digital preservation case study via its three work stages utilising LiDAR data and photogrammetry data. It closes with a humanities echo after the historian-designer on the layering and storytelling of the historic environment. The distinction of this paper is it combines and enhances the digital visualisation and storytelling of endangered architectural heritage through 3D LiDAR scanning and digital photogrammetry, promoting further methodological debates in the digital preservation of architectural heritage.

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Author Biography

Xiang Ren
Dr Xiang Ren teaches architectural theory, history, and design at The University of Sheffield School of Architecture and Landscape, where he has co-directed the East-West Studies in Architecture and Landscape with Jan Woudstra since 2018. He is the Principal Investigator of the Arcadia-funded Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme Large Grant, co-founder of RIBA chartered practice Studio Cloud, and founder of Peter Blundell Jones Library.

Huriye Armağan Doğan
Dr Huriye Armağan Doğan is an architect specialising in cultural heritage protection and a scientific researcher. Before her full-time scientific occupation, she practised as an architect in Turkey on various restoration projects. Her research interests are adaptive reuse, preservation and perception of cultural heritage, early 20th-century architecture, and cultural memory. She currently works at The University of Sheffield.

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