Project Description
Opened by Prince William in March 2019, the Mayhew Theater is a teaching and presentation space built in the courtyard of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office building in London.
It is noted for its unique design. The glass, steel and wood building has a complex design, including a freestanding hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure, surrounded by a glazed oval walling system. A further challenge was the site’s constrained location. The steel superstructure had to be designed and built offsite and then lifted by crane into the courtyard, which is 90m away from the road, and with only 5m of clearance on either side.
These considerations led to the choice of reality capture technology, the Leica BLK360 digital imaging laser scanner, to assure the scans were as accurate as possible and the meticulous design and construction process would go as planned. It also help reduce costs and risks by having a 3D model of the structure down to minute details.