The Role of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Achieving the Sustainability of Architectural Heritage

In recent years, because as a result of the problem of climate change and the phenomenon of global warming, most countries of the world have given in the last decades of the past century a proactive approach aimed at becoming part of the issue of sustainability, especially in the preservation of heritage, which led to the transformation of the concept of preservation gradually into the concept of sustainable preservation To include the process of documenting and rehabilitating buildings and archaeological areas using modern technologies, including the Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, which combines sustainability, achieving economic efficiency, environmental performance and social responsibility; As it is an environmentally friendly technology based mainly on accuracy in modeling, and contributes significantly to preserving heritage and providing information modeling for ancient buildings at a lower cost than modern methods with high costs.

This research discusses the use of “BIM” technology in preserving archaeological buildings and exploiting them in sustainable development through the digital registration and documentation of archaeological buildings using 3D models, analysis and knowledge of the extent to which they achieve economic efficiency, environmental and societal performance, the application of virtual archeology and the virtual reconfiguration of buildings, facilities or artifacts. Computers in fixed eras, and making use of them in virtual museums and cultural tourism for this heritage; With the aim of reviving the heritage and giving a product at a lower cost than modern expensive devices and providing a library of its unique and distinctive architectural elements and providing information and costs to keep pace with the developments of the era in rehabilitation projects and benefiting from them in providing the requirements of the current generation and the future generation and preserving the heritage, and I conclude the research with important results and recommendations that benefit each Who works in the field of sustainable preservation of archaeological buildings.