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This
talk shows the possibilities which arise through the combination
of scientific research results and computer technology.
Recent buildings archaeology in the late medieval Jewish quarter
of Vienna has produced results from around a dozen properties.
Because of this work we can now reach general conclusions
about late medieval property structure, the size of buildings
and the accompanying infrastructure. A new picture of the
medieval Jewish quarter has emerged, which includes important
architectural detail.
With the house Judenplatz 8, the structure of a property from
the second half of the thirteenth century will be examined.
The 3D reconstruction of the building led to new discoveries
about its construction. The application of computer technology
threw up many new questions, but also helped to solve problems
about the house. Starting with the reconstruction of this
individual house, surrounding properties are filled with the
shapes of the buildings that once stood there. By placing
the house in its urban context in this way, a fresh picture
emerges of the late medieval Jewish district. A method of
demonstrating in the visualisation of the buildings the qualitative
differences in the states of research of the individual buildings
will also be demonstrated. The system is a modular one, allowing
the integration of new results.
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