Making of Hampi - An attempt to bridge culture and technology aspects

Abstract

Indian temple architecture gives us a rare insight into design, construction, proportion and scale. In Dravidian temples, especially Vijayanagara architecture and in particular Hampi architecture is an impeccable synergy between structural innovation and architectural expression. The `Vittala temple complex' at Hampi, Karnataka, India has been taken for study, documentation, analysis of design elements and 3D virtual modeling /reconstruction of the complete temple complex. In this project it has been attempted to bridge the culture and technology by using Google sketch up modelling and Kinect as tools.