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Archeological water castle from the XV century (probable), named "Vlattenhaus", city "Eynatten" in Belgium. The building is actually completely renovated by the private owner, so it was important for the monumental protection administration to proceed to a opto-photogrammetrical inventory.

Old monastery from the XIIIX-XIX century, city "Bad Münstereifel" in Germany. This was the first executed (in 1998) important project for the city administration, the monastery was transformated into a scool. The challenge was the height and complexity of the building in 3 sections, the front facade is partly hidden by trees.

Little rural chapel, city "Membach" in Belgium. This little beautyfull object with is the ideal mini-project. All decors (front door, side windows) are reproduced with a impressive quality level.

Great middle age house "Lionheart", "Löwenstein" in german language, city "Aachen" at the market place in Germany. The Challenge was to measure the irregularity from the front facade for static analysis. Beautyfull medieval facade paintings was also previeved for a monumental protection database with digitised pictures.

House from the XIIX century "Grenz-Echo", city "Eupen" at the market place in Belgium. The Challenge was to create a super-high quality (resolution 3000x4000 pixels) facade representation for the house of the press agency in Eupen for advertising use. Monumental protection in 1984.

Scool from the XIIX century "Saint Clara", "Ecole Sainte Claire" in french language, city "Verviers" in Belgium.

Section of renovated street facades, place "Werthplatz", city  Eupen in Belgium

Chapel "Saint Lambertus", or named "Werthkapelle" in german language, place "Wertplatz", city Eupen in Belgium. Monumental protection in 1950.

Left spire of the church "Saint Nikolaus", city "Eupen" at the market place in Belgium. Monumental protection in 1939.

Human architecture: the face from the artist "Catweazle". The idea was to check the capability to measure natural forms.The interesting aspect is here really artificial, but can be changed to a natural unform view. No monumental protection.

Infrastructure complete listing of the protected monumental constructions and landscapes (January 1999), city "Eupen" in Belgium. On account of a proposal from the local Goverment and the Ministry of East-Belgium, a partially database (2 models, 200 photos and text) was created. In the future, a complete database is previewed for negiciation.

Project lucerne-by-byte in Lucerne / Switzerland. With a population of about 180,000, the Lucerne metropolitan area is the sixth largest in Switzerland. The beauty of the scenery, the cultural offerings and the historical background are the main reasons why tourists flock to Lucerne. A local company, Lucerne-by-Byte, decided to build a 3D model in order to allow visitors to develop a much clearer perspective of the historic center of the city than could ever be achieved with a simple map.

Project museum "Gospert 52", monument protection 25/03/1983 in Eupen / Belgium. This facade have a very impressive belly, this means that the facade has a vertically irregularity from exactly 54 cm by a heigth from 1656 cm

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