The Relevance of Preserving the Matosinhos House as Cultural Heritage Using Virtual Reality
摘要
The purpose of this article is to present and discuss a historical house project that was transposed into virtual reality, to be preserved as digital cultural heritage. The Matosinhos House, in Portugal, is part of a residential project designed by the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira in 1955–56, is the historical house that was chosen as case study. The article displays the historical significance of the project, as well as the method applied to transpose it into virtual reality. The goal is to promote access to digital cultural heritage based on reliable and accurate interpretation of the collected data.