A Virtual Reconstruction of a Vulnerable Sacred Built Heritage in the Aurès Mountains. Case of “Djamaa Ilmas” Mosque (Vernacular Village of M’Chouneche, Biskra, Algeria)
摘要
The old vernacular village of M’Chouneche, locally called “Himsounine”, was partly constituted of three first residential districts surrounding a large area that is the tribe’s main cemetery. At the centre of this sacred territory is located a small mosque qualified by its remarkable situation and locally known as “Djamaa Ilmas”, which could be translated to the “Central Mosque”. Nowadays, few parts of this mosque are preserved. This sad state of the building did not differ from the other vernacular built heritage of Himsounine village. However, it should be revalorised even if it is not used as it was in the past. Hence, as a first step in valorisation, this research consists of a virtual reconstruction of this partly disappeared mosque. This task should serve, at a second time, as a socio-cultural and economic development factor. A digital approach is used, and that begins with the collection of both graphic (archaeological) and iconographic data in addition to in situ surveys. Then, these data are used to recreate this mosque virtually using modelling software. Beyond the bi-dimensional usual drawings, the outcomes include the mosque’s shape (3D model).