University of Greenwich’s Project Space to host visitors
Visitors to the Project Space at the University of Greenwich can now explore the surrounding area’s landmarks in a different dimension. The synthetic compositions offer a new perspective on landmarks such as Queen’s House, St Alfege Church, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich Park, the Painted Hall, and the wider Maritime Greenwich buffer zone.Queen’s House Scan
The Captivate Spatial Modelling Research Group at the University of Greenwich has created never-before-seen views of the iconic Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site using cutting-edge technology.
The Captivate Spatial Modelling Research Group uses remote sensing technologies to build high fidelity digital models of cultural heritage for conservation, museological and pedagogical purposes.
The project uses a variety of remote sensing technologies, including 3D scanning, photogrammetry, ground penetrating radar, hyper-spectral frequencies, and drone surveys.
The resulting data is used to create vast point clouds, which are then transformed into 3D views of the site. Views of Greenwich’s familiar landmarks, reveal the evolving architectural inventions, oscillations of shivering veils, x-ray labyrinths, and parallel worlds.
Phil Hudson, Design Support Team Leader at the University of Greenwich said:
“The Captivate Research Group is using 3D scanning technologies to make the familiar unfamiliar – this show presents known spaces like the Queens House and Old Royal Naval College in new, intriguing ways that invite viewers to look again with x-ray vision at both the small details and the large forms that are exposed by the processes.
“Also, in reverse, it is making the unfamiliar familiar by bringing to light hidden spaces and subjects like the Tudor Undercroft and the Greenwich Stone Heads to reveal and share these gems. Exciting opportunities with a big world to scan, Captivate is developing projects and partnerships that are exploring on, above and beneath the earth.”
The compositions will be on display at the Project Space, University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, SE10 9BD, from 11 April to 12 May.