Álvaro Rodríguez Miranda

Virtual reconstruction of the ancient state of a ruined church

Three dimensional virtual models can represent both the existing and the already destroyed architectural heritage. This project deals with the 3D reconstruction and representation of the church of San Prudencios Monastery in La Rioja (Spain) as it is supposed to be during the 15th century. Today the monument is totally in ruins; hence severe reconstruction was needed. This is an exemplary project of close collaboration of different scientific fields. Surveying data of the monument itself and of the wider area around it, but also architectural and archaeological data were collected in situ. It was not possible from the current situation to conclude about the exact form, style and representation of the monument; hence a large part of the project is based on assumptions which have a sound scientific base. Because of the multisource data there was need to define specific criteria by which every data source was evaluated.

El modelo 3D como base para la documentación y difusión de los elementos patrimoniales. Aplicación al mausoleo romano denominado ‘la Sinagoga’ de Sádaba (Zaragoza, España).

A case study of a project for the geometric documentation of a roman mausoleum from the 4th century is used as the overarching element in order to put forward a reflection on some of the steps for the process of documentation itself, as well as on the utility of the outcomes. The main issues considered are: (1) documentation project, (2) three-dimensional modeling, (3) use of different kinds of two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations, (4) Augmented Reality and (5) archive and dissemination of information.