George Florentin Tamas

Urban heritage museums are increasingly expected to act not only as custodians of collections, but also as visitor attractions, partners of the hospitality sector and platforms for community participation. Textile heritage is particularly difficult to integrate into these roles, because handling, light exposure, microclimatic fluctuations and biological agents accelerate the degradation of fragile fabrics and restrict their display and physical access. This paper examines how 3D laser scanning and its derived products can help reconcile preventive conservation with inclusive urban cultural tourism. A traditional embroidered blouse (ie) from Bihor County was digitised with a hand-guided portable laser scanning system while mounted on a display mannequin to preserve its original volume. Multiangle point clouds were merged into a polygon mesh, and colour deviation maps were used to screen for geometric anomalies that may indicate deformation or wear and that warrant direct conservation inspection. The resulting digital model was used to produce an interactive online 3D model and a reduced-scale 3D-printed tactile replica, complemented by a sign-language presentation video. The case demonstrates that a single digitisation workflow can generate outputs of potential relevance to four stakeholder groups: conservators, museum managers, tourism and hospitality actors, and local communities, including artisans and people with disabilities. The technical workflow and its outputs are demonstrated empirically, whereas their effects on visitors, local communities and management entities were not measured. Based on a qualitative mapping, a conceptual framework linking museum digitisation with destination management, hospitality partnerships and community engagement is proposed; its tourism, accessibility and community benefits remain to be validated with stakeholders in future research.

In the current context, where sustainability, energy efficiency, and reduction of environmental impact are omnipresent themes, the need and interest for conservation, restoration, and reuse of heritage buildings is a topic of real interest. The city of Oradea, engaged in the last decades on the path of a sustainable urban regeneration, has managed to bring back to life part of the valuable Art Nouveau architectural treasure it inherited from previous generations. This paper presents a part of a much wider research and studies on Art Nouveau buildings in Oradea, in the context of the needs arising from the many problems identified with the start of conservation and restoration works. After an introduction on the link between heritage buildings and sustainability and a review of the current context in Oradea related to this topic, one of the emblematic buildings under renovation, the Ullmann Palace, is presented, as well as the results of some physical-mechanical tests carried out. This is followed by some discussions on the innovative and sustainable character of Art Nouveau buildings and the importance of carrying out high-quality conservation and restoration works that are environmentally friendly, safe, and sustainable.