The Three-Dimensional Survey of the Nawfal Palace in Tripoli

A new collaboration between the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment and the Municipality of Tripoli 

Within the framework of cooperation between the Faculty of Architecture- Design and Built Environment at Beirut Arab University and the Municipality of Tripoli, a team from the Faculty carried out a three-dimensional survey of the Nawfal Municipal Palace, located in Al-Tal district in Tripoli.

The 3D survey process of Nawfal Municipal Palace comprises two main stages:

• The first stage includes the field survey that spanned over a period of five days (from 16/11/2020 to 20/11/2020), during which the team collected digital data for all the internal and external spaces of the Palace.

• The second stage includes the process of extracting the collected data to generate the digital model that simulates the realistic details of the palace.

The three-dimensional survey is based on the use of new equipment and technologies which are available in the Virtual Reality Lab of the Faculty at Debbieh Campus. This lab has been newly equipped to be a pioneer in this field at the national and regional levels.

The Survey was conducted by a specialized team in the field of 3D scanning from the Faculty consists of Dr. Kareem Saad Galal and the students Khoder Bahr Joujou, Hadi Hassan Jalloul, Abdul Karim Rabie Oweidat, and Muhammad Nour Maher Abu Ammo.

This cooperative activity was coordinated between Tripoli Municipality Councillor, Dr. Bassem Bakhash, and the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture- Design and Built Environment Professor Dr. Ibtihal Youssef El-Bastawissi, who provided all the necessary facilities for the team to be able to complete the work successfully. The faculty branch in Tripoli also supported the working team through the vice president of Tripoli Branch Affairs, Professor Khaled Baghdady, and Faculty Director for Tripoli branch, Dr. Nabil Mohareb and Dr. Khaled Al-Daghar. The team also appreciated the generous hospitality and all the facilities provided by Tripoli municipality.

This activity is one of a series of cooperative activities between Beirut Arab University and the civil society in Lebanon as per the instructions and recommendations of the university president, Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, who is always keen to accomplish the University’s lofty mission and pioneering role dedicated to community service.