Özet:

Historical buildings damaged due to natural disasters and man-made destruction are restored to have the most similar appearance to their original state. At the same time, architecture students conduct research and gather information on these buildings to learn about the restoration process. However, conditions such as pandemics, diseases, dangers, and adverse weather conditions that restrict accessibility prevent students from accessing these buildings. This study aims to overcome the access difficulties experienced by architecture students during the examination of historical buildings in the restoration courses by utilizing Virtual Reality (VR) and especially to teach the measurement techniques in the restoration course in a virtual environment with remote access. Within the scope of the study, the Historic Safranbolu Tannery Building, whose data collection process was completed before restoration, was modeled with its actual dimensions, and transferred to the VR environment. For students to work together interactively in this building, we implemented virtual versions of traditional measuring tools such as tape measure, water hose, plumb and whiteboard into the system. Thus, unlike other studies in the literature in the field of architectural restoration, a virtual educational environment has been created in which multiple students interact with each other simultaneously as if they were in the same environment, despite being in physically different environments. In the post-experiment questionnaires, it was observed that the participants generally had a positive perspective on the developed method. The system achieved an average score of 88.62% across a comprehensive set of 14 statements within the questionnaire. These findings indicate that VR presents a valuable opportunity for practical training in restoration courses, particularly when face-to-face education is not accessible.

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