Williamson’s 3D world

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3D scans by Dr. Aliki-Myrto Perysinaki, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Liverpool John Moores University

A big part of FoWT’s charity’s remit has always been education, and so we have always tried to work with Schools, Universities and other such organisations.

Dr. Aliki-Myrto Perysinaki, a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Liverpool John Moores University, made contact with us, enquiring about the possibility of bringing students to Mason Street as part of their studies. Of course we were delighted to be able to help…

The three Architecture students, Roma Cunliffe-Ion, Mateusz Toczyski and Lara Citrine, came on site several times, measuring, drawing, surveying and scanning the chambers below ground. This enabled them to design and draw plans for the expansion of FoWT’s Mason Street site, adding a visitor centre on the Williamson’s house site. The plans at this stage, are of course simply ideas for the future, it would be nice if we could utilise some of these plans in time.

Thank you to all involved in the project, especially the students who did the groundwork, Roma Cunliffe-Ion, Mateusz Toczyski and Lara Citrine, also Gary Brown (LJMU), Will Fischer (Drome Architects) and Amanda Wanner (LJMU) and last but not least, Dr. Aliki-Myrto Perysinaki of :pool | city works (architecture clinic), Live projects MArch, Liverpool John Moores University.

We are also very grateful to Aliki and several of her colleagues for their help and commitment, assisting us with other important background applications and bids affecting the Tunnels. Their expertise has been invaluable.

Of course, as good as these 3D scans are, most people would agree that it is no substitute for visiting in person. So, if you have not visited, why not book to come and see us.

The Banqueting Hall, Gash, the Sandstone Arch and Williamson’s kitchen

The Banqueting Hall, Gash, Sandstone Arch and the former kitchen beneath Joseph Williamson’s House, Mason Street.

The Wine Bins

The Wine Bins, beneath Joseph Williamson’s House, Mason Street.

The chamber known as the Boiler Room

The chamber known as the Boiler Room, beneath Joseph Williamson’s House, Mason Street.

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3D Scans by Dr Nick Webb of the Liverpool School of Architecture at Liverpool University

FoWT have enjoyed working with Liverpool University, welcoming students from the Liverpool School of architecture to the tunnels, giving a real life scenario for their studies. Their project was to design a visitor centre for the Tunnels on the Mason Street site. You can see the results of the students work here.

Dr Nick Webb of the Liverpool School of Architecture at Liverpool University has additionally been working with us on a second exciting project, to create a 3D interactive model of both our Paddington and Mason Street sites. This complicated procedure, requires the use of an incredible 3D laser scanner which scans the inside of each chamber.

The resulting 3D models show each site, accurately showing each chamber, with their position, scale and size of each chamber relative to each other. You are able to rotate look all around, looking around whole site. Amazing.

We are very grateful for the time and effort that Dr Nick Webb has put into this project for us and to Liverpool University for allowing the use of the equipment to make this possible.