SCANVISION is an independent ETH Spin-Off, specialised in 3D Surveying, Documentation and Visualisation of Landscape, Architecture, Art and much more using Laserscanning and Photogrammetry.
current exhibition venues: rathaus zuerich hard I einfach zuerich landesmuseum
Zurich Town Hall
interactive app and animation
To grant public access during Zurich City Hall's renovation, SCANVISION developed an interactive digital twin of the historic building. In the interim parliament, visitors can navigate the historic building through the digital model on touchscreens and through animations.
Enzmann Fischer - Panorama
interactive model Zollhaus
As a contribution to the retrospective of works by Enzmann Fischer Architekten at the Architekturforum Zürich in 2022, the architect's most recent work, the Zollhaus residential building, was scanned and staged as an interactive model. Visitors could navigate from an urban overview to individual apartments, view longitudinal and cross-sections, or walk as pedestrians through the sophisticated public circulation network. Visitors were able to experience not only the initial occupation of the apartments but also the layout of the development, its communal spaces and outdoor terraces – leading to a holistic understanding of the project.
Construction Survey - Bauaufnahme
Genossenschaft Dreieck
Building survey for conversion planning in the existing building. Exterior and interior spaces were recorded in 3D and converted to 2D plans. We have been offering this service since 2023 and look forward to further collaboration with architects
Kosmos Emma Kunz
Visualization of the Aargauer Kunsthaus and the displayed Exhibition
The Exhibition Kosmos Emma Kunz at the Aargauer Kunsthaus was scanned by 62 Scanpositions and mulitiple photogrammetries. A Series of 24 Renders were created to become part of the exhibition catalogue published by Scheidegger & Spiess. Not only could the exhibited art be digitally displayed through the pointcloud visualizations, but it became also possible to represent spacial possibilities of the museum in a new way. In Addition to the printed renders animated trailers were produced to advertise and promote the exhbition on the web and through digital billboards nationwide.
1:1 Scan to Print Replica
Modeling an alpine rock for On Running's flagship store in New York City
For the Swiss shoe manufacturer On Running, we modelled a rock in the alpine Maloja landscape with the aim of printing a 1:1 replica. The result has ever since been on display in the company's new showroom in New York City, bringing a piece of the Swiss mountains to Manhattan. Interact with the rock yourself on our sketchfab acount.
Cover Art for Architectural Magazin
Werk, bauen und wohnen Cover 2021
SCANVISION was invited to create the Cover Art for the Swiss Architectural Magazin werk, bauen und wohnen in 2021. During one year cover images and animations are created to support the theme of the issue both in print and online. To show the visual potential of pointcloud modelling for Architecture, Landscape Architecture or Visualizations to a broader audience. More background information about the individual locations can be found on our instagram account @scanvision.ch.
Deconstruction of a Pavillion
Documentation of the Saffa Pavillion by Berta Rahm
During the deconstruction of the Saffa Pavillon by Berta Rahm for conservational purposes the different construction layers were scanned and combined in one model. This model is the basis for conservational drawings as well as the aim to reconstruct the pavilion in a different location. Interactive models of the project can be found on our Sketchfab account. The project was conducted in collaboration with and financed by the ProSaffa1958-Pavillon Verein and the Cantonal Department of Monument Preservation Zurich.
Knowledge in Images – Information Design Today
ZhdK Museum für Gestaltung
In the context of a six month exhibition for the Museum für Gestaltung at the University of the Arts ZhdK in Zurich in 2019-2020 we showed a VR application of a Japanese Garden in Kyoto. The model was created in collaboration with the ETH Zürich and the Kyoto Institute of Technology for an ongoing joint research and teaching program on site in Kyoto. Staring from the traditional japanese Engawa the visitors were able move freely in the garden through VR glasses and a headset. The exhibition space resembled the size of the Japanese pocket garden which therefore could be discovered in all it's detail.
Everyday Spaces Zurich Main Station
13th Architecture Biennale Sao Paulo
For the 12th Architectural Biennale in Sao Paulo we prepared a fresh insight in Zurichs Every Day spaces.The sectional model of Zurichs Mainstation shows the interconnection of spaces and infrastructure below the city's surface. More Animations of the modelled Mainstation including 360 degree videos were produced for clients like the SBB real estate or the Museum für Gestaltung and exhibited in the latter between 2019-2020.
About
Founded in January 2018, SCANVISION’s work is based on many years of research with point cloud modeling at ETH Zurich. This experience coupled with strong skills in conceptual, spatial and cinematic thinking constitute the core of the SCANVISION’s praxis. The boundaries of surveying and representation are constantly being explored and new ways of conveying spatial information are being developed. The scope of possibilities is constantly expanded through new surveying methods, workflows and the development of sensor-based interfaces.
Our work includes surveying, documentation and visualisation of architecture, complex urban situations, large-scale landscapes, underground infrastructures, art and much more. With the help of surveying methods, such as 3D laser scanners, spaces are captured efficiently and in high detail. Digital models are converted for various planning applications in architecture or urban planning and made accessible through a wide variety of representations.
The media-effective reproduction techniques range from high-resolution films to VR and AR applications to interactive programs and convey a spatial experience to the viewer. We show the relationship of places, infrastructures, objects and spaces in a new way.
Team
Matthias Vollmer is an architect (MSc ETH Arch) with a film education from the ZHdK (BA Film). His specialization in audiovisual media includes techniques from analog photography, film work to laser scanning technology. The beauty of his work comes from the accuracy on which he bases his observation: Systematically, he refines the models as well as the threedimensional paths of the virtual camera, constantly exploring the relationship of space and time in four dimensions.
Matthias Vollmer | Co-Founder and Co-Director | BA Film ZHdK / MSc ETH Arch | vollmer@scanvision.ch
Johannes Rebsamen is an architect (MSc ETH Arch) with further education in geoinformation systems (CAS ETH SIS). The continuous work with visual media and an intensive examination of questions of representation and installation have sharpened his eye for the specific needs and requirements of content and technology. Through his strong conceptual thinking and his persistent approach, particularly effective media work is created.
Johannes Rebsamen | Co-Founder and Co-Director | MSc ETH Arch / CAS ETH SIS | rebsamen@scanvision.ch
Dennis Häusler is an architect (MSc ETH Arch) and joined the team in 2018. At Scanvision as well as working as a research associate at ETH Zurich his technical abilities and unfailing curiosity helped to produce a new and aesthetic way to look at data while keeping compositional aspects in mind. The Analysis and Representation of Space through digital Models continue to lead to new methods and techniques and novel applications.
Dennis Häusler | Co-Director | MSc ETH Arch | haeusler@scanvision.ch
Partners and Clients
© content by SCANVISION 2021
SCANVISION is an independent ETH Spin-Off, specialised in 3D Surveying, Documentation and Visualisation of Landscape, Architecture, Art and much more using Laserscanning and Photogrammetry.
current exhibition venues: rathaus zuerich hard I einfach zuerich landesmuseum
Zurich Town Hall
interactive app and animation
To grant public access during Zurich City Hall's renovation, SCANVISION developed an interactive digital twin of the historic building. In the interim parliament, visitors can navigate the historic building through the digital model on touchscreens and through animations.
Enzmann Fischer - Panorama
interactive model Zollhaus
As a contribution to the retrospective of works by Enzmann Fischer Architekten at the Architekturforum Zürich in 2022, the architect's most recent work, the Zollhaus residential building, was scanned and staged as an interactive model. Visitors could navigate from an urban overview to individual apartments, view longitudinal and cross-sections, or walk as pedestrians through the sophisticated public circulation network. Visitors were able to experience not only the initial occupation of the apartments but also the layout of the development, its communal spaces and outdoor terraces – leading to a holistic understanding of the project.
Construction Survey - Bauaufnahme
Genossenschaft Dreieck
Building survey for conversion planning in the existing building. Exterior and interior spaces were recorded in 3D and converted to 2D plans. We have been offering this service since 2023 and look forward to further collaboration with architects
Kosmos Emma Kunz
Visualization of the Aargauer Kunsthaus and the displayed Exhibition
The Exhibition Kosmos Emma Kunz at the Aargauer Kunsthaus was scanned by 62 Scanpositions and mulitiple photogrammetries. A Series of 24 Renders were created to become part of the exhibition catalogue published by Scheidegger & Spiess. Not only could the exhibited art be digitally displayed through the pointcloud visualizations, but it became also possible to represent spacial possibilities of the museum in a new way. In Addition to the printed renders animated trailers were produced to advertise and promote the exhbition on the web and through digital billboards nationwide.
1:1 Scan to Print Replica
Modeling an alpine rock for On Running's flagship store in New York City
For the Swiss shoe manufacturer On Running, we modelled a rock in the alpine Maloja landscape with the aim of printing a 1:1 replica. The result has ever since been on display in the company's new showroom in New York City, bringing a piece of the Swiss mountains to Manhattan. Interact with the rock yourself on our sketchfab acount.
Cover Art for Architectural Magazin
Werk, bauen und wohnen Cover 2021
SCANVISION was invited to create the Cover Art for the Swiss Architectural Magazin werk, bauen und wohnen in 2021. During one year cover images and animations are created to support the theme of the issue both in print and online. To show the visual potential of pointcloud modelling for Architecture, Landscape Architecture or Visualizations to a broader audience. More background information about the individual locations can be found on our instagram account @scanvision.ch.
Deconstruction of a Pavillion
Documentation of the Saffa Pavillion by Berta Rahm
During the deconstruction of the Saffa Pavillon by Berta Rahm for conservational purposes the different construction layers were scanned and combined in one model. This model is the basis for conservational drawings as well as the aim to reconstruct the pavilion in a different location. Interactive models of the project can be found on our Sketchfab account. The project was conducted in collaboration with and financed by the ProSaffa1958-Pavillon Verein and the Cantonal Department of Monument Preservation Zurich.
Knowledge in Images – Information Design Today
ZhdK Museum für Gestaltung
In the context of a six month exhibition for the Museum für Gestaltung at the University of the Arts ZhdK in Zurich in 2019-2020 we showed a VR application of a Japanese Garden in Kyoto. The model was created in collaboration with the ETH Zürich and the Kyoto Institute of Technology for an ongoing joint research and teaching program on site in Kyoto. Staring from the traditional japanese Engawa the visitors were able move freely in the garden through VR glasses and a headset. The exhibition space resembled the size of the Japanese pocket garden which therefore could be discovered in all it's detail.
Everyday Spaces Zurich Main Station
13th Architecture Biennale Sao Paulo
For the 12th Architectural Biennale in Sao Paulo we prepared a fresh insight in Zurichs Every Day spaces.The sectional model of Zurichs Mainstation shows the interconnection of spaces and infrastructure below the city's surface. More Animations of the modelled Mainstation including 360 degree videos were produced for clients like the SBB real estate or the Museum für Gestaltung and exhibited in the latter between 2019-2020.
About
Founded in January 2018, SCANVISION’s work is based on many years of research with point cloud modeling at ETH Zurich. This experience coupled with strong skills in conceptual, spatial and cinematic thinking constitute the core of the SCANVISION’s praxis. The boundaries of surveying and representation are constantly being explored and new ways of conveying spatial information are being developed. The scope of possibilities is constantly expanded through new surveying methods, workflows and the development of sensor-based interfaces.
Our work includes surveying, documentation and visualisation of architecture, complex urban situations, large-scale landscapes, underground infrastructures, art and much more. With the help of surveying methods, such as 3D laser scanners, spaces are captured efficiently and in high detail. Digital models are converted for various planning applications in architecture or urban planning and made accessible through a wide variety of representations.
The media-effective reproduction techniques range from high-resolution films to VR and AR applications to interactive programs and convey a spatial experience to the viewer. We show the relationship of places, infrastructures, objects and spaces in a new way.
Team
Matthias Vollmer is an architect (MSc ETH Arch) with a film education from the ZHdK (BA Film). His specialization in audiovisual media includes techniques from analog photography, film work to laser scanning technology. The beauty of his work comes from the accuracy on which he bases his observation: Systematically, he refines the models as well as the threedimensional paths of the virtual camera, constantly exploring the relationship of space and time in four dimensions.
Matthias Vollmer | Co-Founder and Co-Director | BA Film ZHdK / MSc ETH Arch | vollmer@scanvision.ch
Johannes Rebsamen is an architect (MSc ETH Arch) with further education in geoinformation systems (CAS ETH SIS). The continuous work with visual media and an intensive examination of questions of representation and installation have sharpened his eye for the specific needs and requirements of content and technology. Through his strong conceptual thinking and his persistent approach, particularly effective media work is created.
Johannes Rebsamen | Co-Founder and Co-Director | MSc ETH Arch / CAS ETH SIS | rebsamen@scanvision.ch
Dennis Häusler is an architect (MSc ETH Arch) and joined the team in 2018. At Scanvision as well as working as a research associate at ETH Zurich his technical abilities and unfailing curiosity helped to produce a new and aesthetic way to look at data while keeping compositional aspects in mind. The Analysis and Representation of Space through digital Models continue to lead to new methods and techniques and novel applications.
Dennis Häusler | Co-Director | MSc ETH Arch | haeusler@scanvision.ch
Contact
SCANVISION GmbH
Räffelstrasse 11
8045 Zürich
+41 44 521 51 44
info@scanvision.ch
Partners and Clients
© content by SCANVISION 2021