3D Laser Scanning representation in Architecture

Bernadette Marie Devilat; Felipe Andres Lanuza

doi:10.48619/ais.v6i2.1176

Bernadette Marie Devilat University of Nottignham https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2679-9629
Felipe Andres Lanuza University of Nottingham, DLA Scan Architectural Studio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-6865

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48619/ais.v6i2.1176

Keywords: 3D laser scanning, LiDAR, record, built heritage, architecture, representation, urban change

Abstract

In Architecture, representing the context is for both a technical need and an understanding process for architectural discipline. The creation of drawings is not only to measure and represent reality to intervene in it but also to analyse it in a broader sense, and often for purposes beyond placing a future design. From a wide range of available 3D recording technologies, we have developed our work using 3D laser scanning, also known as LiDAR. This method can provide comprehensive, detailed and accurate datasets to create architectural visualisations that offer new technical capabilities and conceptual dimensions of site, context and place. This essay shows a series of explorations and applications selected from our last 12 years of research and practice, ranging from documenting built heritage at risk to using the record as a basis for design. These are grouped thematically to reflect on their challenges and possibilities for architectural design and representation.

Author Biographies

Bernadette Marie Devilat, University of Nottignham

Dr Bernadette Devilat is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, part of the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics research group. She is a co-founder of DLA Scan Architectural Studio. She holds a PhD in Architectural Design from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), and Architect and Master in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She was the Principal Investigator of the www.3D4heritageindia.com research project and is leading the www.churcheofchiloe.com research project.

Felipe Andres Lanuza, University of Nottingham, DLA Scan Architectural Studio

Dr Felipe Lanuza is an Architect trained at the University of Chile and co-founder of DLA Scan Architectural Studio. He was Co-Investigator for the third phase of the www.3D4heritageindia.com research project and is part of the research team of the www.churchesofchiloe.com research project, at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, part of the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics research group. Felipe holds a PhD in Architectural Design from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL; and obtained a Masters in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Felipe also teaches at the School of Architecture of the University of Sheffield.

3D Laser Scanning representation in Architecture

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Author Biographies