"The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre is one of the few reminders of the remarkable and dramatic history of the Crusader monastery at Zderaz. It is also a unique testimony to the extinct but extremely interesting building of the Church of St. Peter and Paul, whose author was the exceptional architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. Unfortunately, the church was demolished in 1904, but its appearance has been preserved in photographs and a contemporary plan. Thanks to this, we know that it was a remarkable building whose spatial design belonged to the peak phase of Santini's work. Santini's authorship is also evident in the surviving chapel, which is a faithful evocation of the Jerusalem model, but at the same time is characterised by a dynamically composed conclusion with a typical Santini creative handwriting," says the expert on Santini's work, doc. Richard Biegel from the Institute of Art History of Faculty of Arts of Charles University. Richard Biegel is also the author of the original texts on the website and the information board, which introduce those interested in the history of Santini's work and the place where the building of today's Faculty of Electrical Engineering on the campus of Charles Square was built in 1905-1906.
Visitors to the European Heritage Days event will also be able to learn about the work of Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel through a mobile application using augmented reality, a website with the possibility of viewing a 3D model in virtual reality and a haptic model for the visually impaired.
Dr. David Sedláček from the Department of Computer Graphics and Interaction at Faculty of Electrical Engineering will introduce visitors to the technologies used to create the digital version of the chapel. This was then used for 3D printing of the model, VR viewing and augmented reality application. His presentation will always be followed by a presentation of the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre and Santini's work by doc. Jiří Vodrážka from the Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, CTU in Prague.
V těchto termínech budou probíhat organizované prohlídky Santiniho kaple v rámci Dnů evropského dědictví pod vedením doc. Ing. Jiřího Vodrážky, Ph.D. a Ing. Davida Sedláčka, Ph.D.:
The organized tours of the Santini Chapel as part of the European Heritage Days under the guidance of doc. Ing. Jiří Vodrážka, Ph.D. and Ing. David Sedláček, Ph.D. will be available on following dates:
9. 9. from 16:00 and 17:00 (Dr. David Sedláček will not be attending the presentation at 17:00)
10. 9. from 11:00, 14:00 a 15:00
The augmented reality app for iOS and Android is free. Download links are published on this page.