Withers, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0203-359X (2024) A section through a City: Cairo + London. In: Architecture Archaeology and Contemporary City Planning (AACCP ) International Symposium, 14th - 16th June, 2024, Weimar, Germany.

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Abstract

This paper began with a serendipitous encounter on the London embankment between ‘Cleopatra’s Needle’ and the River Thames. This encounter led us to link two cities that we work in, London and Cairo. The river Thames cuts a section through London and the obelisk a section through time. Using 3D point cloud models of London and edited film of Cairo we draw views through the two Cities, each of which has a specific aesthetic. The filmic section through Cairo describes a political, spatial, and stylistic act at City scale. The sections of London are less politically dramatic, but the politics are nevertheless in evidence. We use shadow models to look closely at the two cities and are interested in the deviant or mischievous nature of data in point clouds and of frames in film. We look at three sites - a section through Cairo from the River Nile to the satellite city of 6th October on the edge of the desert. At the data compression and erosion of Cleopatra’s needle on the Thames, and the Thames as a section through London. And further downstream on the Thames, sections of Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3D scanning, photogrammetry, point clouds, Cleopatra's Needle, Greenwich, Greenwich Park, Cairo, section, London
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES) Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Design and Creative Industries
Last Modified:	14 May 2026 09:16
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48126

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