Te Ara Ātea community centre is a community hub in central Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand. The campus serves as a library and hub for learning about and engaging with history, knowledge and technology for the local community. Te Waka Huia is a space in which taonga(treasures) of the local area are on display. This project engaged Photogrammetry, 3d modelling and Physically Based Rendering techniques to must dutifully recreate the artefacts for 3d display.
The Waka Huia space features touchscreen displays that with interactive 3d digitisations of the physical artefacts. Primarily to allow interaction with the physical artefacts providing visitors a more hands-on and intimate experience with the Taonga, enabling a deeper sense of discovery. This discovery comes from an viewers interaction with the digital artefacts – alongside their viewing of the original objects. Unlike the object itself, the digital artefact may be handled with some degree of abandon, a viewer can pull the artefact toward them and zoom in close to examine the details of surface.
A Tuna Patu, (dated 1300-1500), a 600 year old fragment of a Harakeke mat, and a Kaka Poria for keeping Kaka as hunting birds are
Special thanks to Workshop E.
