Pagoda Temple (Sai-in Garan)

Asuka-Period Five-Story Buddhist Precinct — Cycles Film & 3D Tour

01 / What Was Built

Photoreal architectural reconstruction, Blender 5.2 Cycles path-traced showcase, and interactive Three.js 3D WebGL2 explorer of an Asuka-period Japanese Buddhist temple precinct modeled on the western precinct (Sai-in Garan) of Hōryū-ji in Nara, Japan — uniting a five-story Gojū-no-tō pagoda, furnished Kondō golden hall, Chūmon gate with Niō guardians, vermilion Kairō cloisters, Shōrō bell tower, and southern Hasu-ike lotus pond.

02 / Creation Pipeline & Workflow

Authored procedurally in Python for Blender 5.2 LTS Cycles (Apple Silicon Metal GPU, AgX Medium High Contrast, OpenImageDenoise) by Gemini Argon across 16 iterative architectural critique passes achieving 0.000 m dimensional delta across all 16 measured Asuka-period blueprint datums, then exported to an interactive Three.js WebGL2 courtyard & spline tour with synthesized 48 kHz temple ambience.

03 / Scene, Simulation & Optical Highlights

01Five-Story Pagoda (Gojū-no-tō, 32.45 m cast-bronze nine-ringed sōrin apex) with double granite kidan podium, entasis hinoki cypress columns, kumo-hijiki cloud brackets, double futanda-daruki rafters, and hongawara-buki tiled eaves
02Furnished Main Hall (Kondō) sanctuary housing an elevated shumidan dais, gilded bronze Shaka Triad with carved boat mandorla (funagata-kōhai), Four Guardian Kings (Shitennō), suspended tengai canopies, aged paradise murals, and burning 2400 K altar candles
03Middle Gate (Chūmon) with Niō guardian statues, enclosing Kairō cloisters, battered-skirt Shōrō bell tower with suspended Bonshō bell, arched Soribashi drum bridge over Hasu-ike lotus pond, and 360-frame spline tour

Blender 5.2 CyclesThree.js WebGL2Procedural Architecture48 kHz WebAudio

Interactive Controls

Guided Tour & Spline ScrubberFly smoothly across 12 architectural stops or scrub the 360-frame precinct tour (0.35×–1.5×)

WASD + Q/E · Drag / ScrollFree-flight courtyard walkthrough and 360° orbit up to timber joinery and Kondō sculptures

Metric Standard & Quality Gates

Coordinate & Metric Datum: Right-handed metric Asuka-period site plan anchored to 16 measured Hōryū-ji Sai-in Garan architectural datums (32.45 m pagoda apex, 0.000 m dimensional delta across all 16 checks).
Automated Verification Suite: Automated scene-measurement harness + 16 iterative Cycles Passes & Blind Critic Reviews achieving 10/10 criteria PASS across all 12 locked cameras and -nopost lighting pairs.
Master Showcase Capture: 1920×1080 Blender 5.2 Cycles Metal GPU (1024 samples, AgX Medium High Contrast) showcase film & architectural detail reel with procedural 48 kHz temple soundscape.

AI Models & Role

Gemini Argon

UNESCO & Asuka architectural heritage monuments, 76-bone procedural fauna utility AI, coastal sailing physics, and twin-spool aerospace cutaways.

04 / Element-by-Element Build Breakdown

Asset foundry provenance — CAD, Blender Cycles PBR, 3D-Gen, TSL/GLSL & procedural audio

Five-Story Pagoda (Gojū-no-tō)

Blender 5.2 Procedural bmesh + Cycles PBR

Parametric Asuka-period timber framing with double stone kidan podium, ground-level mokoshi pent roof, entasis cypress columns, cloud-shaped kumo-hijiki bracket complexes, double rafters, and 32.45 m bronze sōrin spire.

Main Hall (Kondō) & Inner Sanctuary

Blender 5.2 Procedural Architecture & Sculpture

5×4 bay structural core with 7×6 mokoshi pent roof, dragon-wrapped corner struts, irimoya hip-and-gable roof with shibi finials, gilded Shaka Triad, Yakushi & Amida flanked by Shitennō guardians, coffered gōtenjō ceiling, and 2400 K shokudai candles.

Chūmon Gate, Kairō Cloisters & Shōrō Bell Tower

Blender 5.2 Procedural Timber & Plaster

Two-story 4×3 bay axial gate with diamond renji-mado lattice screens and Kongō Rikishi guardians, earth-plaster cloister corridors, raked shirakawa gravel courtyard, and battered-skirt bell tower housing a cast-bronze Bonshō bell.

Hasu-ike Lotus Pond, Soribashi Bridge & Gardens

Blender 5.2 Botanicals + Three.js WebGL2 Tour

Stone-edged southern lotus pond spanned by an arched wooden drum bridge with bronze giboshi finials, gnarled kuromatsu black pines, crimson/gold momiji maples, lit Kasuga-dōrō granite lanterns, and 12 architectural tour stops.

Scene Element	Pipeline / Tooling	How It Was Built
Five-Story Pagoda (Gojū-no-tō)	Blender 5.2 Procedural bmesh + Cycles PBR	Parametric Asuka-period timber framing with double stone kidan podium, ground-level mokoshi pent roof, entasis cypress columns, cloud-shaped kumo-hijiki bracket complexes, double rafters, and 32.45 m bronze sōrin spire.
Main Hall (Kondō) & Inner Sanctuary	Blender 5.2 Procedural Architecture & Sculpture	5×4 bay structural core with 7×6 mokoshi pent roof, dragon-wrapped corner struts, irimoya hip-and-gable roof with shibi finials, gilded Shaka Triad, Yakushi & Amida flanked by Shitennō guardians, coffered gōtenjō ceiling, and 2400 K shokudai candles.
Chūmon Gate, Kairō Cloisters & Shōrō Bell Tower	Blender 5.2 Procedural Timber & Plaster	Two-story 4×3 bay axial gate with diamond renji-mado lattice screens and Kongō Rikishi guardians, earth-plaster cloister corridors, raked shirakawa gravel courtyard, and battered-skirt bell tower housing a cast-bronze Bonshō bell.
Hasu-ike Lotus Pond, Soribashi Bridge & Gardens	Blender 5.2 Botanicals + Three.js WebGL2 Tour	Stone-edged southern lotus pond spanned by an arched wooden drum bridge with bronze giboshi finials, gnarled kuromatsu black pines, crimson/gold momiji maples, lit Kasuga-dōrō granite lanterns, and 12 architectural tour stops.