Recent intensification of climate change has posed increasing challenges to the conservation environment of architectural cultural heritage. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events accelerate the ...
Recent intensification of climate change has posed increasing challenges to the conservation environment of architectural cultural heritage. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events accelerate the deterioration of heritage structures exposed to outdoor conditions. Wooden architectural cultural heritage is particularly vulnerable due to the sensitivity of timber to variations in temperature and humidity. Accordingly, the need for systematic and continuous conservation management has become increasingly important.
At the same time, increasing demands on financial and human resources have led to growing interest in conservation management approaches that utilize digital technologies. Recent heritage policies emphasize data-based management and the accumulation of survey results to improve efficiency and long-term management. However, existing damage survey practices for wooden architectural heritage largely depend on descriptive records, non-standardized terminology, and unstructured image data, which limit the reuse and comparative analysis of survey results over time.
This study aims to develop a data-based damage survey system for wooden architectural cultural heritage, focusing on the organization and management of information generated during damage surveys. In this study, “data-based” refers to the structured collection and management of digital data, such as images and textual records, in a form that supports comparison and analysis.
To achieve this objective, the study reviews conservation management frameworks, previous research on damage diagnosis and assessment, and applications of digital technologies in heritage conservation. Based on an analysis of existing periodic survey and monitoring records, damage-related information is reorganized by examining damage phenomena, reviewing the use of damage terminology, and proposing a grid-based approach for recording damage extent through damage mapping. On this basis, a standardized damage survey framework is proposed, including key data items, survey procedures, and a mobile-based survey workflow supported by a conceptual application interface.
Rather than analyzing damage causes or evaluating conservation performance, this research focuses on improving information collection and recording methods at the survey stage. By proposing a structured damage survey system, this study seeks to enhance the usability of survey data and provide a practical basis for supporting future conservation management of wooden architectural cultural heritage.