A series of video mappings made with students of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Lerma campus, on historic buildings in Lerma, State of Mexico.
Santuario del Señor de la Caña
Video mapping on the facade of the Santuario del Señor de la Caña, presented on 2 November, the Day of the Dead, with skulls and motifs of the celebration projected on the towers and portal in front of a full square.
The students designed and animated the visuals, which were fitted to the architecture of the facade (towers, portal and cornices), and ran the projection live from a booth set up in the square. The project worked as a hands-on exercise in architectural projection, from night tests and setting up the projectors to the presentation to the public.
Lerma Market: 15 years of UAM Lerma (2024)
As part of the celebrations for the 15th anniversary of the Lerma campus, within the UAM's 50th anniversary, we made a video mapping with the students on the facade of the Lerma market. It was presented on the night of 13 May 2024 in the market square, during UAM Fest 2024, alongside concerts by La Tremenda Korte, Sr. Bikini, La Internacional Sonora Balkanera and other bands.
To fit the projection to the architecture, we surveyed the facade with photogrammetry (camera and drone shots processed in Meshroom) and a LiDAR scan. From that survey we built a clean 3D model of the facade in Blender: columns, windows, metalwork, cornice ornaments and the central portal, separated into pieces that served as projection masks. The students produced the visual material, and the composition and live control were done in TouchDesigner over several nights of tests on site.
