AVR London’s aerial visualisation of proposals by CZWG have been published by Architects Journal today.
The image is a collaboration between CZWG, AVR London’s 3D team, drone pilot Tony Jackson and myself. Work began with AVR London’s Uma Shan and myself sitting down to look at potential aerial views looking west towards Canary Wharf and Central London, the site is well located to include these two landmark locations. We set the view up in 3D, working within the bounds of maximum drone heights and started looking at times of day.
Given the waterside location and the colouring of the towers we decided early evening would work well, the warm evening light also tying together the surrounding urban context. I arranged permissions from the landowner for access to take off/land the drone and Tony sorted out all the relevant permissions to fly.
On the day of the shoot Tony and I arrived in good time to ensure we could safely operate from the site, the police were called to ensure they were aware of our flight. The lighting panned out nicely, we knew what time we wanted to shoot but shot an multiple times to ensure we got the maximum from the occasion. After this shot we also shot a lower dusk shot where the buildings are much more prominent while still showing the context of their East London surroundings.