CGarchitect.com, the leading online CG magazine for the architectural community, and ART VPS Ltd., developers of leading edge Virtual Photography solutions, today announced the winner of the first ever architectural computer graphics scholarship.
“We are very proud to award this year’s scholarship to Jan-Ruben Fischer, an architectural student from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany,” says Jeff Mottle the President and Founder of CGarchitect.com. “Jan-Ruben did an incredible job of his entry and he should be very proud of his accomplishment. We received a great number of entries from all over the world, but the work done by Jan-Ruben clearly stood out as the leader in the pack. We commend him for his outstanding achievement and wish him the best of luck in his studies and future endeavours.”
“Jan-Ruben showed a clear and structured approach to his visualization project, and the results he produced met the project objectives extremely well,” added Craig Wareham, VP Marketing at ART VPS Ltd. "His talent in the approach and execution of this work shone out - and his application of a mixture of technologies in order to achieve the results he wanted was impressive. ART VPS is very pleased to recognise Jan-Ruben's outstanding skills with this award.”
Jan-Ruben used photogrammetry, to capture and model the Ulm Cathedral in Germany, famous for being the tallest church in the world (161m/530ft). Jan-Ruben commented, “I used 2D photogrammetrical plans and 3D photogrammatrical CAD data of the building parts as reference-material where a surveying has taken place. Where there had been no photogrammetry applied, historical etchings and section plans where used as reference. Additionally an uncountable number of digital photos proved to be very useful for constructing the 3D-geometry. This assured a high level of precision and realism.”
“I am all excited about receiving this award. It is so terrific to get your work appreciated and recognized in this way.I think it is a great opportunity to present it to others. It is also exciting to compare your work with other students worldwide. I'd like to thank CGarchitect.com and ART VPS for originating this excellent scholarship.”
Jan-Ruben will be awarded a $2000.00 USD cash award and a PURE rendering card valued at $3699.00 US. The criteria for the scholarship was for a student who demonstrates outstanding achievement in the field of architectural visualization and has developed new and/or original techniques to present architectural work though digital means.
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