Augmented Reality Visualization of Architectural Elements: A Focus on Arches

In the few recent years Augmented Reality has become really popular. It is getting attention as an effective way to visualize digital models directly within real-world environments. In architectural education for students who aspire to become architects the students often have a hard time visualizing the complex architectures. The architecture students struggle to understand the architectural components. The traditional teaching method relies heavily only on 2D drawings or static views on screens. This study is about a mobile application that uses augmented reality to help better understand architecture students the complex structural component such as arches. The mobile application is created using Unity to visualize architectural arch models to be visualize as 3D models on mobile devices. Students can explore and learn through the augmented experience by using the application in a more engaging and immersive way. Viewing arch structures at real-world scale helps learners understand how these arch forms function and relate to physical space. The research is about understanding ideas and concepts of system within the context of current AR studies in architecture. The research is about how well the mobile application helps visualize the design and its implementation in the education system. This study shows that the augmented reality based visualization is beneficial, for the students because it helps them to relate abstract architectural concepts to physical space, making learning more intuitive and engaging.