A Giant Step from BAU in Preserving Cultural Heritage

Within the scope of the Istanbul Development Agency's Culture and Tourism Center Istanbul Financial Support Program,the project of Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Faculty of Engineering faculty memberstitled"Istanbul Preserves Its Cultural Heritage, Istanbul's Museums Come Alive in 3D"has been awarded support.The giant project, with a budget of 900 thousand TL,will be carried out over 12 months byBahçeşehir University (BAU).

Istanbul, which is home to many valuable historical and cultural buildings due to its historical and cultural fabric, is preparing to leap into a new era with this giant project. Awarded support under the Istanbul Development Agency's Culture and Tourism Center Istanbul Financial Support Program, the project aims to establish in Istanbul the technological infrastructure for 3D digital modeling of historical buildings and museum artifacts, and to preserve our historical and cultural heritage and promote it more effectively and widely through interactive 3D visual applications of this technology.

Within the scope of the project, to be implemented at Dolmabahçe Palace, the Palace Collections Museum and the Istanbul Archaeology Museums, work will be carried out together with the University of Tokyo, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, the Grand National Assembly's National Palaces and the Istanbul Archaeology Museums. Speaking at the opening seminar held at Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus, Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said: "We are happy to host the launch and opening event of a project carried out to develop and implement policies for the protection and restoration of cultural and natural heritage, which is also a first and original project in our country. Undoubtedly, these lands on which we live, with their rich heritage of culture and diversity, are a source of inspiration for creative thinking. Recording and protecting the tangible and intangible cultural assets and folklore that make up our cultural heritage, developing restoration and innovation techniques, repurposing works and passing them on from generation to generation are the responsibility of all of us. It should not be forgotten that societies that do not know their past cannot design their future or ensure their continuity. I also thank Prof. Katsushi Ikeuchi from the University of Tokyo for being with us in this project to be carried out by Bahçeşehir University, which has signed international agreements and projects since the day it was founded."