Restoration support system for a historic textile market using virtual environment

Abstract

Recently, a trend is growing to restore such traditional Japanese buildings as theaters and markets as symbols of town renovation. However, the restoration of such buildings commonly encounters difficulties, including a lack of drawings of design and different construction materials and structures between the past and the present. Thus, virtual images of a restored building are a great help in evaluating and discussing restoration plans. Therefore, we constructed a restoration support system that uses virtual environments to help with the design plan for the indoor restoration of a historic textile market in Saitama Prefecture. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.