The digital documentation of Alhambra. A research project for the implementation of the museum complex.

The process of digitization of the heritage, a proponent of new information contents, constantly re-proposes the architectural space in other forms, representations and systems of fruition. In order to combine the aspect of digital heritage documentation with the realization of those information systems able to accurately describe the “real” space and, on the other side, to implement the contents within its “virtual” transposition, the
DAda-Lab Laboratory of the University of Pavia, in collaboration with the SMlab Laboratory of the University of Granada, is carrying out an experimental research activity aimed to create a virtual exhibition of the Alhambra monumental complex.
The experience, planned on multi-year research activities involving professors, researchers, PhD students and students of the universities involved, as well as enterprises related to the documentation and management of architectural heritage, is aimed to experiment the methods of implementation of
the information contents, links to the 3D database produced by the digital survey. This paper illustrates the results of the documentation and management of the 3D database produced were combined with immersive reality experiments within the three-dimensional reconstructed complex, new ways of using the museum site and to generate an alternative system to the current experience of the visit.