Sector
Heritage
Year
2019
Location
West Hollywood, Los Angeles

Schindler's House

A modernist landmark recorded in full, walls, roof and garden rooms, as a conservation-grade digital model.

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Project

Location
West Hollywood, Los Angeles
Year
2019
Status
Complete
Services
Laser scanning, Scan to BIM, Visualisation, Virtual tour

Context

A house without precedent

With its tilt-up concrete walls, timber frame and rooms that open straight onto the garden, the house is a landmark of early modernism. Conserving it starts with knowing exactly what is there.

Approach

Inside and out

The house and its gardens were laser scanned inside and out, and the point cloud was used to build a detailed model of the concrete panels, timber structure and sliding canvas walls. Photorealistic renders and a navigable virtual tour were produced from the model.

Outcome

A record for conservation

The model gives the house's custodians an accurate record for conservation planning, and a way to share the building with people who can't visit it.

Deliverables

What we produced

  1. 01Registered point cloud
  2. 02Detailed 3D model
  3. 03Photorealistic renders
  4. 04Virtual tour