Group Members: Evelyn Scott, Matthew Rasmussen, Phoebe Milligan, Bridger Rives, Byron Jia, France O’Grady
Core idea: Create a 3D model of the Scriver building (originally contained the First National Bank) and make it interactive with information.
Sources: Look through the Northfield Historic Society, Carleton College archives, St. Olaf archives, photos of the exterior and interior of the building
Processes: Using Agisoft Metashape for photogrammetry and other softwares/sources to make it interactive and immersive
Presentation: Embed the model into a website. Have the model be interactive.
Timeline:
- Checkpoint 1: Background research
- Communicating with Northfield Historical Society
- Gathering historical information
- Checkpoint 2: Obtain photos and videos for building a model.
- Footage of the exterior
- Footage of the interior
- Historical footage for presenting information
- Checkpoint 3: Build 3D model of bank
- Exterior model
- Interior model
- Checkpoint 4: Building the presentation
- Write up a script for the information being presented
- Make model accessible using software
- Embed the model into our website
- Checkpoint 5 (optional): Comparison with modern Northfield
- Making models of modern Northfield
- Build 3D models of historical Northfield
Other DH projects for inspiration:
Link to my thoughts
http://scotte.sites.carleton.edu/dgah110/uncategorized/final-project-proposal-northfield-bank-robbery-recreation/
Check out my post on the project!
https://hh2021.milliganp.sites.carleton.edu/uncategorized/modeling-the-scriver-building-of-northfield-mn/
Team Scriver,
I like the direction of this project and think you have identified a promising target for doing some 3D modeling, photogrammetry and interactive visualization in the Scriver building. As it is owned and operated by Northfield Historical, obviously you will want to work as closely with them as possible, as your first checkpoint acknowledges. The main thing I would urge you to think about is what value your project would add to what they already do to interpret the site? Facilitate remote access? Is this something they want? Show change over time in a way they can’t on site? Something else? This project will work best if you consider it a public history collaboration and work with them to see what their needs are and offer to furnish them with anything you produce that would further their mission.
A few suggestions:
– In addition to a drone model of the present exterior, someone on the team might try to model the earlier building (pictured here) with its mirrored second storefront to the east of the current entrance.
– For the interior, you can make a model using Metashape, or you might also consider/try out some more automated solutions like Matterport. Their embeddable viewer of a “dollhouse” version of interiors is pretty slick — you might have to pay something to set it up, but I think you can archive for free. See the self-guided 3D Tours of these Lexington, MA historic buildings.
Your basic framework is solid, but what you are missing in this proposal is the significance. What value will your digital approach to these historic spaces add, or new questions will it ask and answer?
Here is my blog post on our project.
https://rivesb.sites.carleton.edu/blog-posts/final-project-proposal/