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An Electronic Library for Teaching Architectural History
CAADRIA '99: Proceedings of The Fourth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
  • Chiu-Shui Chan, Iowa State University
  • John Maves, Iowa State University
  • Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Conference Title
CAADRIA '99: Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
Conference Date
May 5–7, 1999
Geolocation
(31.230416, 121.473701)
Abstract

This research project developed an electronic library of significant buildings chosen to represent seven selected periods of Western architectural history: Egyptian (Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut), Greek (Parthenon), Roman (Pantheon), Romanesque (Speyer Cathedral), Gothic (Notre Dame Cathedral), Renaissance (Tempietto), and Modern (Des Moines Art Center). All buildings were reconstructed in their original or intended forms based on plans, drawings, photographs, and historical texts. Two products were generated by this project: (1) materials to be displayed on the World Wide Web, including rendered still images for perception, movies for a visual guide, and Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) models for user navigation; and (2) virtual reality (VR) models to be displayed in the C2 (an improved version of the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment or CAVE facility). The benefits of these VR models displayed on the Web and in the C2 are their easy accessibility at any time from various geographic locations and the immersive experience that enhances viewers’ understanding of the effects of spatial proportions on form and of colors on materials.

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This paper is from CAADRIA '99: Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (1999), http://cumincad.scix.net/. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
CAADRIA
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Chiu-Shui Chan, John Maves and Carolina Cruz-Neira. "An Electronic Library for Teaching Architectural History" Shanghai, ChinaCAADRIA '99: Proceedings of The Fourth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (1999) p. 335 - 344
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cschan/7/