RE-CODING Post-War Syria - When numbers meet Architecture and Culture

Re-coding Post-War Syria – When numbers meet Architecture and Culture / 重编战后的叙利亚-当数字邂逅建筑和文化

Reparametrize Studio – Digital Architects

The aim of this project is to reactivate the past and reimagining the future through the eyes of those who witnessed the war, and to send the visitors on a trip to the neighborhoods of Damascus and the destruction areas using high-resolution images. For a complete experience the visitors take a dive into the timeline of the war and learns about the evolution of the city trough illustrations of the history and the people who lived through the War. Being provided with information on a highest documentation level, using the language of high-quality images, videos and fascinating animations, one can listen to interviews with the local inhabitants focused on their current live style and change during the war. One can also observe the current reality, the grey, unkempt house façades, and the children playing on the rubble. However, this image slowly changes trough the smile of the children a new city starts to regenerate better and brighter than before.

The focus is always on how people adjust to difficult circumstances to be able to lead a life that is as close to normal as possible – how the War and the destruction everywhere became everyday normality, and how slowly but surely a brighter future sets in.

Data visualization is a great way to tell a story. The importance of location data continues to grow so do the ways we can visualize this information. Using Data visualization as powerful communication tool one can imagine the extent of the destruction trough: location data, population density, infrastructural changes documented using 3D scanning and point cloud techniques.

The visitors can observe one of the local neighborhoods in Damascus. The projection mapping serves as a media to attract the curiosity of the visitors who are offered extra choice to see more of the story behind and go inside the picture to experience it through a virtual reality tour using VR equipment.

该项目旨在通过那些亲历战争的素人之眼，去激活过去和重塑未来。项目利用高分辨率图像，让游客踏上大马士革周边地区和战争摧毁地区之旅。为了获得完整的体验，游客进入战争的时间轴，通过历史插图和经历战争的人们了解城市的演变。该项目提供最高级别的文档信息、高清图像、视频和精彩的动画。人们可以收听对当地居民的采访，关注他们目前的生活方式和战争期间的变化。人们还可以观看当前的现实，灰色、零乱不堪的房屋外墙，以及在废墟中玩耍的孩童。然而，通过孩子们的微笑，图像慢慢改变，一个比以往更好、更加明亮的新城市开始再生。

项目的聚焦于人们如何适应艰难，以过上尽可能正常的生活：战争和随处可见的破坏如何成为常态，以及一个更美好的未来是如何缓慢但坚定地向人们走来。

数据可视化是讲故事的好方法。定位信息的重要性不断增加，我们将这些信息可视化的方法也在不断增加。使用数据可视化作为强大的通信工具，人们可以想象破坏的程度：定位信息、人口密度、使用3D扫描和点云技术记录的基础设施变化等。

游客可以观察大马士革当地的一个区域。投影映射是一种吸引游客好奇心的媒介，游客可以选择观看更多背后的故事，并进入图片内部，使用VR设备体验虚拟现实之旅。

Credits:

Mohamad Ziwar Al Nouri, Atanas Zhelev, Bilal Baghdadi, Mariya Korolova, Hu Yongheng, Raghad Mohamad Hammour, Louay Saker, Mouaz Shubat, Lillian AlWaa, Mohammad Jumaa, Iurii Suchak, General Laser – Ivan Tochev, Mohamad Bassam Al Nouri, Muna Danan, Mounira El Alti.