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25 Northumberland Road at the Battle of Mount Street Bridge

Contested Memories is a long-term research project investigating the Battle of Mount Street Bridge through new technologies. The battle was the first confrontation on Wednesday 26 April 1916 between the Irish Volunteers and the British troops sent to quell the Irish Easter Rising. The 3D editions developed as part of the project each tell the story of the battle from a different perspective, focusing on key buildings and combatants.

Irish History Easter Rising British History World War I Military History
Vlooienburg Jewish Amsterdam

The project is a 3D reconstruction of Vlooienburg, what is now the Waterloopleinbuurt, made by the UvA’s 4D Research Lab. In it you can see three different historical periods: from around 1625, 1675 and 1890. The excavations from 1980 can also be seen. You can also take a look at a typical dining room of a Portuguese-Jewish family from around 1650. The reconstructions have been produced on the basis of extensive cartographic, archaeological, and architecture-historical research by a team of archaeologists and 3D modellers and technicians, in close collaboration with experts in various domains of the cultural history of the area. Since the neighbourhood doesn’t exist anymore, and very few traces in the current urban layout of the area are visible, 3D/VR is the only way to create an experience of revisiting the area.

Virtual Reconstruction Vlooienburg; Amsterdam Jewish Historical Quarter
Revisting the Born-digital Archives of The Nieuwe Instituut

The Nieuwe Instituute is home to many born-digital archives of modern architecture and design. This project seeks to revisit these archival to re-discover the narratives and cultural trends of architectural design from modern and contemporary architects. Since architectural models of the digital era are designed using specialized software, it is a challenge to archive and preserve the raw data and to connect other research files back to the 3D model. This project explores the implications of that re-mapping of various forms of born-digital data in ways that showcase and contextualize the architect’s vision.

architecture
Modern Art in 3D

Modern Art in 3D contains a series of 3D digital editions of some of the works of art held in the collections of the Museum van Bommel van Dam, located in Venlo, The Netherlands. The 14 objects presented within 11 editions represent the variety of different works of art that have been collected by the Museum's founders, Maarten and Reina van Bommel van Dam, as well as subsequent acquisitions since the collection was handed over to the city of Venlo. These 14 works are not part of a permanent museum display and thus this project seeks to share the hidden works and thier stories to local and global publics.

Modern art sculpture Maarten van Bommel van Dam Reina van Bommel van Dam museum collection 20th century Dutch artists ethnographic
The Birthplace of Rembrandt in Leiden

This project aims to create a 3D virtual reconstruction of the house where Rembrandt van Rijn was born in 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. In commemoration of the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt's death in 2019, the tourism and marketing department of Leiden collaborated with Erfgoed Leiden, the regional heritage department, to undertake this endeavor. Unfortunately, the original birthplace of the renowned painter no longer exists, and the surrounding area has changed significantly over time. The project involved a multidisciplinary approach, involving archivists, building archaeologists, and a 3D artist. Through meticulous historical research, reliable data was collected, evaluated for accuracy, and categorized using a reliability matrix. The project culminated in the creation of a comprehensive virtual reconstruction, capturing the essence of Rembrandt's early years in Leiden.

Rembrandt Leiden Virtual Reconstruction 3D Heritage Historical Research History Architecture Archaeology
Let there be light: Mining lamps of the top class collection of Cornelis Raedts

This project shows a selection of 3d digitized mining lamps from the top class collection of former mine director Cornelis Raedts, which was given to the Dutch Mining Museum on a long-term loan in 2022. Through 3D digitisation of the lamps, together with rich and engaging descriptions of the artifacts, we can make the public aware of the importance of mining in the Netherlands and the interesting history of mining lamps – both for those who want to know more before or after their visit to the museum, as well as for people who are not able to visit in person.

mining lamps mining mining in the Netherlands Dutch Mining Museum collection of Cornelis Raedts
Maastricht 1748

In 1748, the French military made a scale model of the city of Maastricht to plan their strategic military conquest of the fortified city. This maquette today is stored in the French city of Lille but was in 2017 cleaned and assembled on behalf of the Municipality of Maastricht in order to create a 3D digitization version of the maquette. This project utilizes the 3D model as a way to narrate and reveal the histories of Maastricht from Roman times until the present.

Maastricht Maquette French military scale model

PURE 3D
PURE 3D is a virtual research environment for interactive Digital Heritage and Digital Humanities 3D content.