MIT Senseable City Lab maps Brazilian favela with handheld 3D-scanners
Researchers at digital laboratory MIT Senseable City Lab have used handheld 3D-scanning technology to analyse the architecture of Rocinha, Brazil's largest favela.
Called Favelas 4D, the project uses point cloud data from handheld LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) scans in order to study the form of Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. The low-income urban settlements have complex structures that are built by their inhabitants over time.
The project is a dataset of 3D scans
The project was led by the MIT Senseable City Lab and its director, architect Carlo Ratti, and completed in collaboration with Rio's City Planning Commissioner Washington Fajardo.