Cultural Diversity and Material Imagination in Canadian Architecture

CDMICA brings together academics, heritage professionals, archivists, and industry leaders in software and computing to work as partners in the development of an innovative, on-line knowledge base that provides the tools necessary for integrative research on both tangible and intangible qualities related to the fabrication of our architectural heritage.

The project involves the development of a cross-platform, web-based application that will serve as a focal point for ongoing research among our team members and as a prototype for future national and international collaborations. At the core of CDMICA is a detailed dataset of heritage buildings of diverse geographical and ethno-cultural provenance selected from the Canadian Register of Historic Places by the Scientific Committee of the CDMICA Partnership. These buildings have been documented following best-practice to ensure a complete and consistent dataset. A building information model (BIM) for each of the heritage properties is available on the online database.

Search the online CDMICA database and download model files (.rvt, .fbx, .ifc), familes, drawings, and sources here.