Landscape Seeing: An immersive stylistic visualisation of 3D scans of a Hong Kong urban park

Hin Nam Fong

doi:10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.13

Landscape Seeing: An immersive stylistic visualisation of 3D scans of a Hong Kong urban park

Hin Nam Fong^*

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Abstract

Landscape is a popular genre of visual arts. Artists translate their embodied experiences into images to express their admiration for nature. Now, landscapes in urban spaces are no longer natural but artificial. This research aims to understand what constitutes artificial landscapes. Therefore, the paper proposes the landscape seeing, an art-based approach that emphasises the embodied experience of the environment and seeks to recognise beyond forms. The paper has three parts. It first discusses the nature of artificial landscapes from the urban design point of view by comparing the cultural significance of artificial and natural landscapes. The next part discusses the imagery representations of landscapes, encompassing a geographic study of visual experiences of urban parks and a historical study of landscape paintings. These studies establish a foundation for the landscape seeing practice. The last part analyses the 3D point cloud scanning and visualisation of Nam Cheong Park inspired by the painting style and observational technique of the 20th-century Chinese open-air paintings. By adopting the landscape seeing approach, this paper suggests a novel understanding of artificial landscapes beyond traditional analytical and retrospective studies in urban planning, geography, and art history.
© Fong. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of EVA London 2024
Editors	Jonathan P. Bowen, Jon Weinel, Ann Borda, Graham Diprose
Publisher	British Computer Society
Pages	78-84
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78017-692-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.13
Publication status	Published - Jul 2024
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ISSN (Electronic)	1477-9358

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Conference	Electronic Visualisation and the Arts London 2024 Conference (EVA London 2024)
Abbreviated title	EVA
Place	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	8/07/24 → 12/07/24
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Research Keywords

Artificial landscape
3D Scanning
Point cloud
Urban Parks
VR

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Fong, HN 2024, Landscape Seeing: An immersive stylistic visualisation of 3D scans of a Hong Kong urban park. in JP Bowen, J Weinel, A Borda & G Diprose (eds), Proceedings of EVA London 2024. Electronic Workshops in Computing, British Computer Society, pp. 78-84, Electronic Visualisation and the Arts London 2024 Conference (EVA London 2024), London, United Kingdom, 8/07/24. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.13

Landscape Seeing: An immersive stylistic visualisation of 3D scans of a Hong Kong urban park. / Fong, Hin Nam.
Proceedings of EVA London 2024. ed. / Jonathan P. Bowen; Jon Weinel; Ann Borda; Graham Diprose. British Computer Society, 2024. p. 78-84 (Electronic Workshops in Computing).

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Landscape Seeing: An immersive stylistic visualisation of 3D scans of a Hong Kong urban park

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