In the program Digital Architecture Reconstruction Program 1.0 (DARP), CIMS re-visited the site of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart site in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a building demolished in 1972, in order to resurrect a story with intertwining points of view of historical preservation, community activism and the role of digital documentation.
The interior of the Rideau Street Chapel was digitally reconstructed by CIMS using various diverse technologies such as laser scanning, photogrammetry and 3D modeling.
In a second Canadian Heritage funded project (DARP 2.0) the existing condition under investigation was the urban area of lower Boulevard St. Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In efforts to showcase the 10Gb User Controlled Light Path, the model of building was used to assess and confirm digital content production processes and the exchange of large data sets in real-time over long distances.
Technologies concerning virtual classroom-type scenarios are not a new invention, however with the onset of intelligent network infrastructure and user controlled lightpaths, there is now an opportunity to make the collaborative process truly participatory.