“An Immersive Modular-Museum-Archive Concept Model An Integration of Shape Grammars with Virtual Reality”
MSc Architecture, University of Patras, Greece Autumn 2020
Supervisor: Aikaterini Liapi
Research Paper Based on Diploma Thesis published in CumInCAD:
Authors: Aikaterini Liapi & Dimitra Liosi
Modular Virtual Archive was an architectural design project that involved creating a building structure designed to function as both a physical museum and a virtual archive of architectural models. The virtual archive can expand infinitely as new exhibits are acquired, and the design method employed to achieve this expansion was based on shape grammars inspired by the Bauhaus teaching of the “φ” proportioning system. To generate both the museum and the archive of architectural models, rectangles were connected in their “φ” subdivisions. The physical museum allows visitors to interact with exhibits that have been enriched with information using augmented reality (AR). Meanwhile, an application was developed using the Unity Game Engine for the virtual archive, which allows visitors to interact with architectural models, read more information about them, and experience them in real scale while freely navigating through them.

Interior View | Second Level

Interior View | Second Level

Interior View | Fourth Level

Exterior View | Ground Level

Exterior View | Ground Level

Exterior View | Second Level

Longititude Section

Flowchart of the VR process

User Interaction Diagram