The Pairi Daiza 3D map is at the moment one of my favorite educational solo projects I have created. The project is an immersive 3D recreation of The Kingdom of Ganesha at Pairi Daiza, built from scratch in Blender and brought to life in the browser using React Three Fiber.
I recreated the environment as a navigable 3D world, including buildings, temples, paths, vegetation, animals, and other points of interest. The experience allows users to explore the environment interactively, with animations, sound effects, and interactive elements making the map feel more like a virtual experience than a traditional map.
The project was built with React Three Fiber, Drei, Rapier, and Leva, while Blender was used extensively to create and prepare the 3D environment and models. I also worked with optimized 3D assets and techniques to make the experience run smoothly in the browser.
This project was particularly rewarding because it was completely developed as a solo educational project and allowed me to combine 3D modeling, web development, interactive experiences and physics, pushing a web based application to the maximum. It was also awarded 3rd place at my school's project expo at Wintercircus Ghent back in January. Receiving that recognition gave me even more motivation to continue creating ambitious projects.
I recreated the environment as a navigable 3D world, including buildings, temples, paths, vegetation, animals, and other points of interest. The experience allows users to explore the environment interactively, with animations, sound effects, and interactive elements making the map feel more like a virtual experience than a traditional map.
The project was built with React Three Fiber, Drei, Rapier, and Leva, while Blender was used extensively to create and prepare the 3D environment and models. I also worked with optimized 3D assets and techniques to make the experience run smoothly in the browser.
This project was particularly rewarding because it was completely developed as a solo educational project and allowed me to combine 3D modeling, web development, interactive experiences and physics, pushing a web based application to the maximum. It was also awarded 3rd place at my school's project expo at Wintercircus Ghent back in January. Receiving that recognition gave me even more motivation to continue creating ambitious projects.