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2023

Final Year Project

Restoration of the 15th Century Malacca Royal Palace

The Sultanate Palace Museum in Malacca is a contemporary reconstruction of the original seven-storey palace, which was destroyed by lightning one year into the Sultan’s reign. With limited historical information available, today’s palace is based on information from the Malay Chronicle and aims to recreate the magnificent palace of its day through 3D modelling and VR technology.

Why Choose VR?

Public schools providing ancient history courses are unlikely to consider frequent international travel for their students a viable option; however, through VR these same students could explore the architectural brilliance of the Pantheon or even purely imaginary structures without ever leaving their classroom

Creative objectives

Using 3D modeling to restore the former Malacca Royal Palace, combined with VR technology can make the original boring historical buildings interesting, and also allow people to experience the former Malacca Royal Palace in person, not just a pattern on a piece of paper.

Craft objectives

Through 3D modeling to restore the palace of Malacca, and through some research and field visits, we can restore the palace at that time as much as possible, so that we can better understand the appearance of the palace in the prosperous Malacca period in the 15th century.

Commercial objectives

The restored Malacca Royal Palace is equipped with VR smart technology to make the boring history more vivid. Therefore, it can cooperate with some historical institutions such as museums or exhibitions, and has a certain sales value.

Malacca Sultanate Palace

Construction : 15th-century

Rebuild time: 1986, (Mahathir Mohamad)

Location: Malacca, Malaysia

The Muzium Kebudayaan, rebuild by 16th-century Sejarah Melayu records, stands as a testament to traditional craftsmanship—constructed without nails, adorned with intricately carved wooden columns, and crowned by a copper and zinc roof. Valued at RM2.5 million, the complex houses a rich collection of around 1,350 artifacts, prints, photographs, and paintings, narrating a captivating cultural tale.

The Heyday of the Malacca Dynasty

During the heyday of the Malacca Dynasty, it was a world-famous port and economic and trade center which lies on the west side of the Malay Peninsula, in what is now Malaysia. Because of its location in the center of navigation, economy and trade, and its good deep-water port, it goes east to the resource-rich ancient oriental civilization, and west to India, the Arab world and European western powers, making Malacca not only a prosperous commercial center, but also It has become a place where Eastern and Western cultures meet and communicate with each other.

Zheng He of China’s Ming Dynasty visited Malacca during his seven voyages to Southeast Asia. In 1511, Portuguese colonists invaded the Malacca dynasty, captured its capital in the siege of Malacca, and colonized Malacca in 1528.Malacca being one of the strongest in the Malay world and the most independent of those on the mainland. The Malay world was by no means confined to what came to be known as Malaya.