Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis by Basem El Koury

Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis by Basem El Koury is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Basi in Cetak Competition Category.

BasiCetak· 2020

Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis

by Basem El Koury

Client: FH JOANNEUM Graz

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Cetak Category

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The Design

About Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis

Teks Buku: Infocastle adolah buku tesis magister tantang rekonstruksi virtual istano Oberkapfenberg di Austria. Buku ko manarangkan baa caro realitas virtual dapek malestarikan warisan budaya jo alam dalam bantuak digital. Denah, lukisan, sarato foto dikumpuakan untuak mambangun baliak istano tu sasuai jo ruponyo di maso Renaissance. Buku nan dicetak ko ukurannyo 200 kali 25 kali 200 milimeter, disimpan dalam kotak slipcase kayu. Kayu tu barasa dari rimbo tampek istano tu dibangun. Sabuah hologram di sampul manampakkan istano tigo dimensi tu apobilo buku dipacikkan ka arah sumber cahayo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Infocastle Fungsi Utamo: Buku Tesis dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The book is a master thesis about the project of a VR 3D simulation of the castle "Oberkapfenberg" (Austria), in its original state during the Renaissance. The thesis was bound with materials, that fit to the concept of the project, to give its portrayal a high standard value. The appearance should be a link between the historical aspect of the castle (wood) and to the technology of VR (hologram).
Dimensions & Packaging: The thesis is a 200 mm x 25 mm x 200 mm printed book with a 206 mm x 36 mm x 211 wooden slipcase.
Tags: VR, book, 3D, simulation, hologramm, wood, diploma, castle, oberkapfenberg
Production Technology: For the VR simulation of the castle, all information (plans, paintings, photographies, etc.) had to collected used for the reconstruction. A user will be able to see and walk in the castle in its original state as it was in the time of the Renaissance. The thesis binding is made from the wood of a tree, that originated from the forest where the castle was built. To make the front cover fitting to the concept of the project, a hologram of the 3D castle was made.
Design Challenge: I had to learn 3D (Blender), the game engine (Unity3d) and the techniques of VR from the first day I started the project. Moreover, I needed to collect all information about the castle Oberkapfenberg to be able to recreated as original as possible. To receive that specific wood and the hologram for the project was nearly impossible.
Research: Historical relics disappear due to natural and human causes. Therefore, Virtual Reality is a suitable solution to render those as real as possible as a digital form. This diploma thesis explains in detail which methods are available, which make it possible to digitally preserve these relics or to rebuild them virtually using documents. The Diploma is accompanied and explained by a 3D simulation, built by the author himself, of the castle Oberkapfenberg at the time of the Renaissance.
Inspiration: The thesis is covering the importance of digital preservation of cultural and natural heritages with the usage of Virtual Reality (VR). Therefore, the thesis was bound in a style that reminds the reader of the look of an old book, with the elements of minimalism and simplicity in the design.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2017 in Graz (Austria) and finished in Mai 2019 in Graz (Austria) and it was for the master's thesis.
Operation Flow: As soon as the reader picks up the book, s/he will notice the fine balance between nature and technology. When the reader hold the wooden book to a light source, s/he will see the rendered version of the castle in the black square, which is the hologram. By the slightest rotation of the book, the reader will see the castle from each perspective.
Image Credits: Basem El Koury, 2019