Glasgow City Chambers Digital Resource Project
3D Modelling and Animation, Art direction, Technical Direction, Research, Strategy, Software Development and Web Design, 3D Character Design and Animation, Graphic Design and UX Design | Heritage Outreach Project
Our City Chambers is a 3D digital visualisation and implementation project that allows online visitors to explore Glasgow’s celebrated municipal building and interiors close up and in detail, made at the height of the city’s Victorian Golden Age.
Showcasing the heritage architecture, interior, furniture, and lighting design, Victorian era traditional building, period furnishing and fitting crafts. This digital project uses 3D modelling, animation and software design to demystify heritage design and social history of Glasgow’s City Chambers as part of a suite of heritage outreach for young people activities delivered by Glasgow City Heritage Trust.
The project was comprised of social and design history research, writing and copywriting, photographic surveys, material and texture surveys and documentation, 3D modelling or rooms, sculptures, lighting, furniture and artworks.
Created primarily for school aged children to support their learning about their city and its history, citizenship and democracy, the role of the City Chambers in Glasgow’s development and the building of the City Chambers as a monument of Victorian craft, design and artistic excellence.
An accompanying print resource was created and distributed to 7000 school children during the project’s live launch and is available to download from the website.
The digitised interiors are accessed online via a series of scroll triggered animations that include annotations of materials, traditional skills, artworks, specialist furnishing, symbols and meanings of design components used throughout the building.
The bespoke website includes an instructional animation with a unique 3D character with mocap and voice recording, further learning resources and a glossary of terms to support engagement in and understanding of built heritage, art and design history and architectural terminology.
The full project can be viewed here on the Our City Chambers website.
3D Environment design details
Council Chamber textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
Civic Staircase textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
Banqueting Hall textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
Councillors Corridor textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
George Square architectural exterior textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
Loggia textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
Working Staircase textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
Portrait Gallery textured and lit 3D render with blocking and wireframe detailing
3D Environment design frames
Glasgow City Chambers George Square architectural exterior wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers George Square architectural exterior 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers George Square architectural exterior textured 3D model
Glasgow City Chambers Loggia wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Loggia 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Loggia textured 3D model
Glasgow City Chambers Working Staircase wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Loggia 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Loggia textured 3D model
Glasgow City Chambers Councillors Corridor wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Councillors Corridor 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Councillors Corridor textured 3D model
Glasgow City Chambers Councillors Chamber wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Councillors Chamber 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Councillors Chamber textured 3D model
Glasgow City Chambers Civic Staircase wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Civic Staircase 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Civic Staircase textured 3D model
Glasgow City Chambers Banqueting Hall wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Banqueting Hall 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Banqueting Hall 3D textured model
Glasgow City Chambers Portrait Gallery wireframe model
Glasgow City Chambers Portrait Gallery 3D blocking model
Glasgow City Chambers Portrait Gallery textured 3D model
Our City Chambers Exploded Isometric Floor Plan with room labels
Our City Chambers Instructional Animation
Our City Chambers Portrait Gallery with call outs
Our City Chambers website homepage
Our City Chambers Working Staircase with call outs and Green Coat Character Guide
Our City Chambers Loggia with call outs
Our City Chambers Banqueting Hall with calls out
Our City Chambers Council Chamber with calls out
Our City Chambers Councillors Corridor with calls out
Our City Chambers Glasgow 3D animated walkthrough