Restauración virtual de la iglesia Matriz de la ciudad de Ambato 1919 – 1949, aplicaciones digitales a la conservación del patrimonio arquitectónico

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to make a 3D reconstruction of the church "La matriz" of Ambato, which was destroyed in the natural catastrophe of 1949. With the objective of making known the architectural design of its construction being modeled by means of specialized software in the design in 3 dimensions, for it the programs called "Cinema 4d" and "Blender" were used. This restoring the cultural heritage of the city in a digital way. For the realization of the modeling in 3 dimensions it was necessary to carry out a previous investigation that of fidelity of the previous destruction of the church the matrix at its peak, in the relevant documentation was provided with data provided by historians, historical texts and photographs of the time, in each of the contributions could define the plans, model, height and texture of which was composed the church the matrix, once obtained the required data, began with the construction of the church in a digital way, once finished we proceeded to texturize and finally render the modeling. The virtual reconstruction of the church can be very useful for tourism, economic, social and artistic purposes of the city, since it provides prior knowledge of the cultural and social education of the canton, and thus be able to provide support to historians, students, teachers, researchers and society itself so they can appreciate how the church was built in its heyday in the past, before its destruction.