Architectural Image and 3D Modeling in Modern Educational Process

Relevance. The study is relevant due to the need to comprehend new techniques of three-dimensional computer 3D modeling and their use in the field of various visual communications of higher education, which, along with traditional forms of academic education, are designed to remain basic, are now increasingly being introduced into the educational process. A modern school of different levels is rapidly introducing various visualization tools into the educational environment, in particular, 3D modeling is becoming very popular.

Aim. To reveal the features of the process of modeling an architectural image in 3D computer programs implemented by students and the results of their experiments.

Methodology. The article uses a systematic method of analysis, which provides a description of the 3D modeling experiment, its analytical examination, including all stages of this process within the framework of project design activities, which helps to fix the successive stages of architectural design, the use of various materials, textures, etc. In order to use new tools of visualization in the educational process, the art history method is organic, which makes it possible to draw similar historical analogies in evaluating the aesthetic qualities of works, to characterize the architectural image in the context of modern visual communications. The culturological approach allows us to determine the place of new technologies in the system of modern education and culture in general.

Scientific novelty and/or theoretical and/or practical significance. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that it reveals the features of the process of modeling an architectural image in 3D computer programs implemented by students and the results of their experiments. The involvement of architecture in the educational process of computer modeling is a relatively new phenomenon. The historically established traditional artistic image is the bearer of the author's thought, style, era. Immersed in the environment of information computer technologies, it acquires a different quality, becomes more technologically advanced, while being able to lose the author's individual beginning. It can be assumed that the formulation of the still insufficiently studied question of its value will lead to new judgments and conclusions among a wide range of intellectuals: teachers, culturologists, sociologists, and art historians. In this area, serious methodological developments are needed for all levels of education.

Results. The performed analysis showed that in the modern educational process, saturated with new technical computer visualization tools, the real architectural image, made by students, acquires special significance. By means of a computer 3D-display, it is designed to supplement its characteristics, contributing to the disclosure of new facets of knowledge.

Conclusion. The author comes to the conclusion that the use of modern visualization techniques is an additional means of cognition, designed to assist in learning, to expand the horizons of perception of matter, but not to replace the real multilateral world.

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