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The Battle at 25 Northumberland Road: A 3D Scholarly Edition

This 3D Scholarly Edition utilises a 3D reconstruction to contextualise and narrate the events focusing the first building the British troops (The Sherwood Foresters) encountered on the afternoon of 26 April 1916 on their march into the city centre. The building was held by Irish Volunteers Michael Malone and James Grace of C Company, 3rd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of Irish Volunteers. Sources agree that the battle began around 12.30 on Wednesday afternoon as the Volunteers shot at oncoming British troops. The time the building fell is contested as sources provide varying accounts.

Irish History Easter Rising British History World War I
Diaconie Weeshuis

In the latter half of the 17th century, the Diaconie Weeshuis, an Amsterdam orphanage managed by a protestant church, proudly overlooked the Amstel river. It was located on former ‘Vlooienburg’, an island constructed in the Amstel river for urban expansion around 1600. The orphanage was constructed in 1656, after the plague epidemic of 1654-55 which had turned many children to orphanhood. It was sited on a previously unbuilt quay area on the edge of Vlooienburg. To make space for this large building, a new strip of land had to be reclaimed from the Amstel river. This building stood here for 230 years before it got replaced by a new orphanage building in Neogothic style in 1888. Neither of the two buildings have survived, and especially for the older building there are only few remaining visual sources. This 3D reconstruction for the first time synthesises these sources into a model of this lost piece of architecture of Amsterdam.

Diaconie Weeshuis Amsterdam Vlooienburg Virtual Reconstruction
MVRDV - The Hannover Expo 2000

The World Expo 2000 in Hannover was the first world exhibition to be held in the 21st Century and the very first to ever be held in Germany. The main theme of Expo 2000 was sustainable development and bridging the gap between nature and culture. Most of the pavilions at the Expo reflected on the relationship between nature and culture and The Netherlands’ pavilion designed by architectural firm MVRDV was no exception. Six stacked stereotypical ‘Dutch’ landscapes formed the building’s structure. This architectural experiment sought to showcase the possibilities of utilizing space as population density increases as well as exploring the concept of ‘new nature’: a mix of technology and the natural. This 3D edition utilizes the 3D model made by MVRDV and other born-digital archival material to detail their vision of sustainable architecture.

Dutch design architecture sustainable development
Maarten van Bommel op Bank

Maarten van Bommel op bank is a 3D edition of a ceramic sculpture made for Maarten van Bommel on the occaison of his birthday in 1989. The 3D model of the sculpture is used as an opportunity to open the digital collection of Modern Art in 3D by providing some background information on the collectors, Maarten and Reina van Bommel van Dam, as well as ellaborating on the artist's choices within the sculpture. The sculpture is today displayed in the Museum van Bommel van Dam in a period room replicating the Van Bommel van Dam couple's sitting room.

modern art sculpture ceramic Maarten van Bommel van Dam Reina van Bommel van Dam
Rembrandt's Birthplace

The virtual edition is a presentation of the house of Rembrandt will walk you through the background, architecture and daily life of Leiden in the years after the siege of Leiden by the Spanish in 1573.

Vernacular Architecture Leiden Rembrandt, Mill Cityscape History Architecture Archaeology
Petrol Lamp - Safety and Hazards

This edition is about the so-called petrol lamp, it’s advantages and the danger it posed. In 1882, the German manufacturer Carl Wolf developed the first petrol lamp with an integrated igniter and magnetic lock. Compared to the existing mining lamps, that used to burn oil, the petrol lamp had several advantages, which made this lamp burn cleaner, brighter and safer.

Petrol Lamp Safety and Hazards dangers in the mining industry
Attachable Helmet Lamp - A Relief for the Miner

This edition is about the so-called cap or helmet lamp. From the mid-1950s, the cap lamp was the most commonly used lamp in the underground mining industry. The lamp brought a welcome relief to the miner where comfort was concerned. The cap lamp was easier to handle, lighter and more portable than earlier types of mining lamps.

helmet lamp attachable helmet lamp cap lamp
The Church of Our Lady and its Claustral Belt

The Onze Lieve Vrouweplein, or Church of Our Lady, is one of two prominent squares in the city of Maastricht that has witnessed 2000 years of history. It was once the setting of a major religious chapter for the city where chapter lords lived and maintained the buildings and community functions of the religious complexes. This 3D edition reveals some of that history through an annotated model of the French military maquette from 1748 and two guided tours that walk through the broad historical moments the square has witnessed as well as historical contextualization to the naming of the streets surrounding the square.

Maastricht religious chapters chapter lords Church of Our Lady Onze Lieve Vrouweplein Claustral Belt

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