3D laser scanning as a form of representation
The use of new technologies to record the environment is increasing as they become affordable and more accessible than ever before. Among them, 3D laser scanning is of particular relevance since it can provide full documentation of the reality in the form of a measurable coloured three-dimensional point cloud, from which different outcomes can be generated. This work explores its potential as a documenting tool and its importance to record the built heritage that is at risk of disappearance due to natural disasters.
The image and video were rendered by Bernadette Devilat from a 3D laser scanning record done in Chile in January 2013, in the heritage village of Zúñiga, damaged by the 2010 earthquake. They represent a status of this settlement that will never exist again: partially destroyed by that earthquake with no reconstruction or repairs carried out since they started later. Because of this, the house explored in this exhibition is partially in ruins, yet still inhabited, an interesting dichotomy captured by the laser and camera of the scanner.
Photo: Toby Shearer
Photo: Milad Rogha
Photo: Milad Rogha
Photo: Catty Zhang