eCAADe 2012, Date: 2012/09/12 - 2012/09/14, Location: Prague (Czech Republic)
Digital Physicality | Physical Digitality
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virtual reconstruction, destroyed synagogue, 3D-modeling, BIM, urban context, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Architecture, Education & Educational Research, Virtual reconstruction
Abstract:
This article reflects on the digital reconstruction of the Vinohrady Synagogue in Prague, which was demolished in 1951. Based on an international collaboration through the Erasmus program, expertise derived from other Viennese synagogue reconstructions at TU Vienna was combined with a resource organization methodology developed at KU Leuven. The reconstruction process is carried out using BIM software, which poses some particular attention on the software methodology and model structure, but at the same time illustrates the added value of a BIM approach, when comparing with more traditional CAD modelling systematics. Of particular interest is the approach for modelling complex geometry, integrating with more traditional 2D documents and for visualizing reconstruction assumptions within the 3D model representation.