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Alan Warburton – East Tower, 2016
In 2016, artist Alan Warburton was accepted into a residency by White Noise City, that placed artists into the BBC East Tower, soon to be demolished to make way for a new development. Warburton created a virtual replica based on documentation of the site in mid-2016 that restored the building to an ideal state.
Not only is his replica incredibly photo-realistic, it is also free. Often digital assets, of this quality and scale, would be priced with a professional market in mind. By releasing it for free, Warburton enacts a radical and democratic action. He states on his website, that the model ” can be used for any purpose, with the hope that the real-life 20th century space continues to live on in 21st century digital animation, virtual reality, architecture, 3D printing and games.”
He created the model using Maya and Vray.
