What is it about?

This text describes the 3D modelling of a paper mock-up of a demolished convent by means of monoscopic photogrammetry (perspective drawing) and the use of non-realistic rendering based on the appearance of the cut-out element (and not trying to recreate the real image of the buildings) so as to provide a suggestive view of the convent and create interactive exhibition items. Moreover, the text deals with the long-term preservation and the improvement of the re-use of the 3D models. The former by resorting to institutional repositories, from which users can download the full detailed versions and the latter employing versions able to be visualized in 3D warehouses and augmented reality (AR) applications.

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Why is it important?

Mock-ups are most suggestive communicative elements and, eventually, they also become heritage element in themselves. The use of mock-ups as source elements for virtual reconstruction is not unheard but it is uncommon and this work can serve as an example of possible methods to use and ways to solve some possible issues.

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To mark the 175th anniversary of the Práxedes Mateo Sagasta’s secondary school of Logroño (Spain), an exhibition about the history of the institution was organized at the premises of La Rioja Library. The current school building became operational in 1900 and was built on the former site of a Carmelite convent, for the benefit of the aforementioned exhibition, it was considered interesting to generate a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reconstruction of the convent buildings to show how it would have looked. However, the lack of sufficient contemporary graphic information was a challenge, so it was decided that an efficient solution would be to generate the virtual reconstruction from a paper craft model, which had been created by the librarian of the secondary school as a result of his research on this matter.

Alvaro Rodriguez Miranda
Universidad del Pais Vasco

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This page is a summary of: Interactive virtual representation of the disappeared convent of El Carmen (Logroño) generated from a paper craft model, Virtual Archaeology Review, January 2021, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia,
DOI: 10.4995/var.2021.14038.
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