Rust and Lasers: 3D Preservation of a National Treasure
Jun 23, 2015
Rust and Lasers: 3D Preservation of a
National Treasure
Presenters: Michelle Adams – UCF/IST Ross Davison – CyArk Dr. Lori C. Walters – UCF/IST
SCANNING TEAM:
MICHELLE ADAMS, JUSTIN BARTON, LORI WALTERS, ALEX ZELENIN
San Francisco 2013: What a difference a year can make …
New York State Pavilion 1964/65 New York World’s Fair
Tent of Tomorrow and Astro-View Towers
Designed by renowned 20th
Century American architect
Philip Johnson, the New York
State Pavilion in Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park,
Queens, NY remains one of
only a handful of architectural
links to the 1964/65 New York
World’s Fair.
New York State Pavilion Construction
New York State Pavilion
Appearance June 2014
In the fifty years since the closing
of the Fair, this once majestic
calling card to the future has
deteriorated into an urban ruin
whose ultimate fate remains
unknown.
Pavilion Interior Today
Before the efforts of the volunteer NYSP paint crew Terrazzo Floor
New York State Pavilion On-Site
New York State Pavilion Scanner Placement
Scanner placement for Tent
of Tomorrow capture.
Beneath the Paint
Comparison S120 and X330
S120 X330
Astroview Towers & Tent of Tomorrow
New York State
Pavilion On-Site
Start Video
New York State Pavilion
Pavilion model as it would have appeared during the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair
Model by Alex Zelenin
Spring 2015: Underground Home
Next: Apollo/Saturn V
Thank You CyArk Joseph Romano and Langan Engineering FARO - Jerry Hardy, Shawn Smith & Ro Sasser City of New York Department of Parks & Recreations - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens Museum National Science Foundation The People for the Pavilion Matthew Silva Justin Barton Bill Cotter All those who supported the effort on KickStarter - a very special thank you