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News Release from: AMT3D | Subject: 3D modelling process
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 September 2007
'Somerset House' in London modelled in
3D
3D laser mapping specialists AMT3D have produced an interactive 3D digital model of London's most famous Georgian building 'Somerset House'.
Working in conjunction with Inventive Partners, AMT3D was responsible for the 3D modelling process of this unique and innovative project using their latest laser scanning technology Virtual visitors to the interactive 3D digital model of Somerset House will not only be able to stroll around the Great Court Yard as if they are there, they can also interact dynamically with other virtual visitors through a newly developed communications system
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 7 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition to exploring this piece of conceptual art, visitors can click on any of the 90 'hot' windows to be immediately transported to a range of online Somerset House based experiences.
AMT3D are also building a photorealistic version of this interactive model for use by Somerset House Trust itself.
This version will be available both offline and online via Google Earth.
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Artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell will create Superactive i2i, a multi-user interactive virtual Somerset House, live on-line from 6 September 2007.
Superactive i2i is commissioned by Somerset House Trust and supported by Bloomberg.
It will be a fully realised 3D interactive version of a landmark building on line.
Developed by Langlands and Bell in collaboration with an international team of programmers and 3D modellers led by Julian Ellison of Inventive Partners, the art work pushes the boundaries of on-line design.
This interactive artwork will open the doors of Somerset House to visitors online: visits to the virtual version of Somerset House will begin in the Edmond J.
Safra Fountain Court, surrounded by virtual elevations of the North, South, East and West blocks.
From the online courtyard visitors will be able to access content exploring the building's history and cultural life by clicking on windows and doors.
People will also be able to meet and communicate with other visitors through their personal avatars on screen.
The Langlands and Bell commission will launch permanent sitewide wi-fi at Somerset House, with roaming access for visitors to laptop communications throughout the Edmond J.
Safra Fountain Court and River Terrace.
Somerset House is a neoclassical palace that stands between The Strand and the sweep of the River Thames.
In 1776 the leading English architect Sir William Chambers was commissioned to design the present day building in the Palladian style.
Housing the Navy Board, the Royal Academy, Royal Society and numerous other public offices Somerset House became the nerve centre of the nation's naval power and a focal point for its administration.
The end of the 20th century saw a major refurbishment to the complex of buildings, with the new Edmond J.
Safra Fountain Court at its heart.
Somerset House is now a major cultural hub in the centre of London.
Ben Langlands (b.1955) and Nikki Bell (b.1959) studied Fine Art at Middlesex Polytechnic from 1977-80.
They have collaborated since graduation on sculpture, digital animations and full-scale architecture.
Their work has been shown in major exhibitions worldwide: Serpentine Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; 47th Venice Biennale; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT, USA; The Central House of The Artist, Moscow; IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; and the Seoul Museum of Art.
They won the BAFTA for Interactive Arts Installation, and were short-listed for the Turner Prize in 2004.
They live and work in London.
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