The first steps of the restoration process — DR. Giurcă House

The first and the most essential step at the biggining of this kind of project was to capture digitally the entire building and it’s surroundings. For this we requested the services of a company specialized in 3D scanning. Trough this process, by using advanced laser scanners, both the tridimensional space (measurements) and images can be captured with milimetrical precision into a cloud of tens of millions of points. This gives all the information needed for structural and architectural assessment of the building and also is a needed step for the digitalization and preservation of the cultural and architectural heritage.

More than 200 scans were taken capturing every room and every detail of the building and using Autodesk ReCap I’ve put together all the scans into one single usable point cloud.

Using this point cloud as reference I created a digital twin of the building by 3D modeling it into SketchUp with maximum precision and detail. This model will be used for all the steps we will take during this project: structure and architecture, documentation, interior design, and also architectural visualisation, CGI, etc.

Along the 3D scanning we also used photogrammetry for capturing even in more greater detail the specific architectural decorations of the building. This process involves taking multiple photos of the object and using dedicated software to process them and generate a 3D mesh and also it’s texture.

The tools we used for all this steps includes: Autodesk ReCap used for merging and exporting the 3D scannings we received. All the 3D modeling was done using SketchUp Pro with Undet, a dedicated plugin for point-cloud modeling, MeshLab for generating meshes and texture from the point cloud, Meshroom for generating meshes and textures from photos (photogrammetry) and Blender for editing and preparing the 3D objects generated.