3D/4D

One of the aims of the Amsterdam Time Machine is to develop a 3D/4D urban model where socio-historical data about the city can be mapped and queried. Manually modelling each building individually is however a too time-consuming task. The most efficient approach entails therefore the semi-automatic generation of buildings. Ideally, the 3D scene is based on underlying GIS data, as they represent the most common way to store historical information when they can be anchored to a given location. We’re currently developing basic 3D models of the entire city for selected years in the period 1550 – present, using a rule-based and parametric modelling strategy which allows a GIS-driven creation of large 3D scenes. These can serve as a basis for more detailed reconstructions of individual blocks and buildings. In the meantime, check out these models.

3D model of a painter’s shop in Warmoesstraat 138

Lead by Madelon Simons, this project consisted in remodelling the shop and house of a sixteenth-century Amsterdam painter, Dirck Barendsz. The intention of the projectRead more

Cinema Parisien 3D

Between November 2014 and December 2015, Julia Noordegraaf, Loes Opgenhaffen and Norbert Bakker collaborated on building a 3D visualisation of Cinéma Parisien, one of the firstRead more

A Prominent house in the Kalverstraat in 16th-century Amsterdam

The reconstruction of ‘t Paradijs (‘the paradise’) was a project initiated by art historian Dr. Madelon Simons between 2013 and 2014. Her main aim wasRead more

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