The Blue Lagoon’s Pioneering Digital Twin | Mizzi Studios

Blue Lagoon, the cherished jewel of Malta’s islands, is taking a bold step into the future. The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) has appointed Mizzi Studio to deliver its Ecological Restoration and Tourism Plan for the Blue Lagoon, Comino.

The project is part of an ongoing plan aiming to restore, upgrade, and protect the delicate ecosystem of the Blue Lagoon and preserve its natural beauty for generations to come. The Blue Lagoon is one of Malta’s most widely recognised natural sites for its crystal-clear waters and surrounding coastal garigue habitat. It is a designated Natura 2000 protected area under the EU's conservation network.

For the first time, a full Digital Twin of the lagoon has been created by Mizzi Studio, using advanced photogrammetry and Unreal Engine technologies. The Digital Twin enables the study and safeguarding of the Blue Lagoon’s unique ecology with millimetre precision to better plan sensitive interventions alongside the opportunity to share the model openly with stakeholders and the public for agreed collective action.

What is a digital twin?
A Digital Twin is a virtual model of a real-life object or place. Digital Twins play a powerful part in understanding a place in order to best protect it. Creating a recognisable digital version of a landscape becomes a tool that can be shared by all stakeholders in a project, leading to far better understanding and experience in the future of the place.

The Blue Lagoon, Comino is undergoing a transformation to ensure the site is valued and protected for future generations. The Digital Twin of the lagoon created by Mizzi Studio is the first national-scale use of digital twin technology in eco-tourism planning.
The Digital Twin pushes the boundaries of this technology and positions Malta as a
world leader in the emergent technology of this powerful digital tool for contextual design.