Investigação Digital dos Projetos do MESP: A Busca dos Vestígios do Modernismo Brasileiro

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate how the design process analysis of an important architectural icon of the city of Rio de Janeiro – the Ministry of Education and Public Health, MESP – allows the understanding of how the decisions taken during the design process synthesizes a way those involved in the project see the world, through an architectural artifact. This research presents, through 3D models, grouped in a hyperdocument, the project of that important Brazilian Modern Architecture icon. The 3D models were critical to the hypothesis development. They were a powerful tool to compare the different design versions while allowing projects with originally different forms of representation could be examined side by side from several equal point of views. Another important aspect of the investigation is the use of hyperdocument, through links of several document formats in an interactive way, to present the analysis.

Resumo

Este trabalho pretende demonstrar como a análise do processo projetual de um importante ícone arquitetônico da cidade do Rio de Janeiro – o Ministério da Educação e Saúde Pública, MESP – nos permite compreender as decisões tomadas no decorrer deste processo sintetizando uma maneira de ver o mundo, a partir dos envolvidos nas decisões do projeto, sob a forma de um artefato arquitetônico. Este trabalho pretende apresentar, através de modelos 3D digitais, agrupados em um hiperdocumento, o projeto deste importante ícone da Arquitetura Moderna Brasileira. Os modelos tridimensionais foram essenciais para elaborar as diversas hipóteses. Eles demonstraram ser um instrumento eficaz para a comparação das diferentes versões ao permitir a confrontação de projetos, com diferentes formas de representações, a partir do mesmo ponto de vista e sob diversos ângulos. Outro aspecto importante deste trabalho refere-se à utilização de hiperdocumentos, através da associação interativa de diversos formatos de documentos, para apresentar estas análises.

Precise Uncertainty: Notes on Historical Modeling

Abstract

The objective of this work is to examine the current practice in historic buildings and sites modeling, in order to suggest some possible guidelines for future implementations in the field. These implementations are meant to improve the use of digital modeling as a scientific tool for historical research and heritage presentation, focusing first on information management and then discussing representation techniques for rendering levels of accuracy, departing from the experience in LAURD/PROURB to some future research possibilities. Continue lendo “Precise Uncertainty: Notes on Historical Modeling”

A Reconstrução de um Olhar: Modelagem Tridimensional das Antigas Rotundas dos Panoramas do Rio de Janeiro

The Reconstruction of a View: The Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Panorama of the Old Rotundas in Rio de Janeiro

This article intends to highlight and analyze the main differences between visitors’ spacial experiences of the panoramas of the old rotundas in Rio de Janeiro, offering the possibility of “re-constructing” them digitally. To do this it is necessary to draw up three-dimensional digital models to search for a full understanding of its internal and external spatial systems based on the descriptions of visitors and the interpretation of prints and original drawings of panoramas by 19th century architects. Continue lendo “A Reconstrução de um Olhar: Modelagem Tridimensional das Antigas Rotundas dos Panoramas do Rio de Janeiro”