Patarei sea fortress/prison, Tallinn
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:56 pm
The new virtual tour comes from the fortress of Patarei, Tallinn.
http://www.tuur.ee/tuurid/09-patarei/pa ... rtuaaltuur
The beautiful triangular fortress of Patarei was built for Nicholas I in the early nineteenth century and used in the twentieth as a Soviet prison. The former prison has been left exactly as it was when it was closed in the early 2000s, right down to used cotton swabs in the operating room. The cells still contain the books and magazines the prisoners were reading.
From October 2016, Patarei Sea Fortress-Prison is permanently closed. Before the closure, we made this virtual tour to preserve a little bit of the unique feel and look.
From technical point of view, the challenging part of tyhis virtual tour for me were the polygon hotspots. They work differently on desktop and on mobile. I set up the system so that i was able to dray multiple polygons and make them act as one if on-hover. You can see this for example in the medical block panorama:
http://www.tuur.ee/tuurid/09-patarei/pa ... html#node3
- on hover the lamp on the ceiling and you see the equipment on the floor gets highlighted too.
The texts were written by the historian of architecture Robert Treufeldt. Texts are profound and interesting - hope to get this translated some day. Right now the tour is in some strange language. Sorry about that
http://www.tuur.ee/tuurid/09-patarei/pa ... rtuaaltuur
The beautiful triangular fortress of Patarei was built for Nicholas I in the early nineteenth century and used in the twentieth as a Soviet prison. The former prison has been left exactly as it was when it was closed in the early 2000s, right down to used cotton swabs in the operating room. The cells still contain the books and magazines the prisoners were reading.
From October 2016, Patarei Sea Fortress-Prison is permanently closed. Before the closure, we made this virtual tour to preserve a little bit of the unique feel and look.
From technical point of view, the challenging part of tyhis virtual tour for me were the polygon hotspots. They work differently on desktop and on mobile. I set up the system so that i was able to dray multiple polygons and make them act as one if on-hover. You can see this for example in the medical block panorama:
http://www.tuur.ee/tuurid/09-patarei/pa ... html#node3
- on hover the lamp on the ceiling and you see the equipment on the floor gets highlighted too.
The texts were written by the historian of architecture Robert Treufeldt. Texts are profound and interesting - hope to get this translated some day. Right now the tour is in some strange language. Sorry about that