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Thursday 25 October 2012

Sydney Opera House selected in international digital documentation project




Overnight it was announced that the nation's most celebrated architectural site, Sydney Opera House, will be digitally documented for future generations by a team from Scotland.
The Scottish Government today announced that Sydney Opera House has been chosen as one of 10 international sites to be digitally documented for the benefit of future generations.
The Scottish Ten project – a partnership between Scotland’s heritage agency, Historic Scotland, the Digital Design Studio at The Glasgow School of Art and not-for-profit digital heritage organisation, CyArk – will use cutting-edge 3D scanning and visualisation technology to digitally scan Sydney Opera House in 2013.
Sydney Opera House is the fourth international site to be selected for the Scottish Ten project, which will digitally record five of Scotland’s World Heritage sites and five international sites. The purpose of creating the digital models is to develop world class conservation, research, education and management systems for the sites. Sydney Opera House is the sole Australian site in the project.
Minister for the Arts, George Souris, said: “The New South Wales Government is delighted that Sydney Opera House has been selected for this innovative, international project. It recognises how highly the international community values our nation’s most celebrated architectural site.
“The world-leading expertise and technology of the Scottish Ten team will be of great benefit to Sydney Opera House in its ongoing conservation and maintenance,” he said.
“On behalf of the New South Wales Government I would like to thank the Scottish Government for selecting Sydney Opera House to be involved in this exciting project.”
Louise Herron, Sydney Opera House CEO, added: “To be the only Australian site included in the Scottish Ten project is a huge honour. Collaborating with international leaders in digital documentation will give us much needed technical and architectural insights as we plan for the future of one of the world’s greatest 20th century buildings.” 
Selected as an outstanding example of Australian built heritage, the Scottish Ten project will use digital scanning to provide unprecedented visual access to a building that cannot be seen in its entirety from the ground level.
The World Heritage Listed Sydney Opera House welcomes over 8.2 million visitors on site every year. It hosts 1,800 performances attended by 1.4 million people each year and is one of the world’s busiest performing arts and tourism destinations.