Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservation

There's an App for That: 3D Scanning with a Smartphone

April 18, 2024 USC Master of Heritage Conservation Program
Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservation
There's an App for That: 3D Scanning with a Smartphone
Show Notes

Tools for documenting historic buildings evolve constantly, but professional 3D scanners remain out of reach for most of us. Alumna Ye Hong, our first dual-degree student in Heritage Conservation and Building Science, sees a path to more equitable heritage conservation in the nearly ubiquitous smartphone. For her thesis, she tested the potential and limitations of mobile apps to scan Reunion House, designed by Richard and Dion Neutra. In this episode, co-host Trudi Sandmeier discusses this exciting project with Ye, as well as (fellow alum) Sian Winship of the Neutra Institute for Survival through Design.

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