The last years, extensive restoration works have being carried out in Cyprus while all the more people decide to take advantage of old traditional preserved houses by restoring them for residential or commercial purposes.

In this kind of projects, a preliminary detailed documentation of the building as it is, is essential. A building restoration requires scaled plans, full elevations as well as the production of appropriate cross sections to show the building condition as it is. The drawings need to show the full level of irregularity in an historic building because rooms are seldom anywhere near square, floors are rarely level, walls never have a consistent width etc. All this information of the existing condition allows the architect as other engineers and interior designers to repair, plan and redesign.

This is the case for two old traditional houses situated in Old Nicosia and Kaimakli, which are going to be restored. Geoimaging ltd with an extensive experience in documenting historical preserved constructions was asked to document these houses. Our company offers the best solution to achieve detailed plans and high accuracy since we are using a high-tech laser scanning technology. 3D laser scanning allows us to capture in full all the detail of existing buildings at a level of precision that is very difficult and time-consuming to accomplish using other conventional surveying methods.

Data for elevations, plans, and cross sections for both buildings were collected by combining a 3D laser scanner, a total station and a GPS receiver. Our final deliverables were the floor plans of the building, elevations, cross sections, a 3D point-cloud model and a 360 virtual tour. All this material carrying the current condition of the buildings was then delivered to the architects to provide them all the necessary information they need to begin the restoration process.