RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS BASED ON IMAGES FROM THE MEYDENBAUER ARCHIVES

Abstract

The reconstruction of destroyed buildings is discussed in the public. One of the major questions to mention is, whether sufficient information is available for this purpose. Photogrammetry may contribute to determine this information by using historical images, especially from the Meydenbauer Archive. A lot of details and sometimes the whole buildings geometry can be reconstructed. This may be used for architectural research, to publish information concerning the object or for a physical reconstruction. In this paper we present an overview of the used data sources, the orientation problems and some restitution techniques, by means of some destroyed buildings in the city center of Berlin. 1 INTRODUCTION Many buildings in the city center of Berlin have been destroyed or suffered heavy damage during the Second World War, some have been pulled down later by the GDR government. Among these are important buildings like . "Berliner Stadtschloss", the former residence of the Prussian Kings ...