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2007 Competition Results

How would your campus look in 3D? You showed us. Check out the winning schools' entries!

2007 Model Your Campus in 3D Competition Winners
Aug 13, 2007
Shot by Aidan Chopra
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To view these models follow these easy steps.

1. Click here to open the 2007 Winning Schools network link in Google Earth.
2. Turn on the 3D Buildings layer (it's in the Layers list, in the lower-left corner of your screen).
3. Double-click on each school's name (in the Winning Schools folder on the left side of your screen) to fly to that school's campus. Wait a couple of minutes for each campus' buildings to load; the winners produced an awful lot of terrific data.

Winning Schools and participants

Judges' Statement

"Last week, we had the opportunity to watch college campus environments come alive with SketchUp and Google Earth. We couldn't help but be impressed with the effort put forth by the many teams and individuals who participated. The selection of finalists was the result of a lively discussion and a careful model review; ultimately, the top teams' entries bubbled to the top.

"To the finalists: In the coming weeks, as these campus models are added to Google Earth's 3D Buildings layer, we hope that people will see them, learn from your creativity and appreciate the time, effort and pride you put into your submissions. We're sure that your work will be extraordinarily useful in college recruiting efforts and campus planning activities, and we look forward to seeing what else you will do with your new found SketchUp and Google Earth skills. You've set a very high standard and hopefully inspired those that will follow you."

The Judges

Winners were chosen by our panel of the following industry experts:

We're pretty darn jazzed to have Bobby on our panel. Coming from Disney's Imagineering team, where he's spent the past 16 years doing everything from master planning and conceptual design to building projects that explore things like full-size theme parks and urban entertainment centers, to small theater shows and attractions, Bobby knows good design. He currently serves as Director of Design for the American Institute of Architecture OC, is an active member of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, and was past Board of Director member for the American Society of Engineers and Architects.

Ken has worked in the entertainment business for over 17 years. Starting out in TV animation he created storyboards for award winning television shows like The Simpsons, Steven Spielberg's Tinytoon Adventures, and Steven Spielberg's: Animaniacs, among others. Moving from television to feature film animation, Ken was one of the first story artists to be hired by Dreamwork's Feature Animation Studios. After Dreamworks, Ken moved over to Disney Feature Animation where he worked for 5 years in story development. During that time he worked on such Academy Award nominated films as A Prince of Egypt, Shrek, and Treasure Planet. Now in the video game industry working for Electronic Arts (EA), he directed the concept art department and the cinematics for the game: GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. He is the Producer and the Production Designer for EA's next generation game: Medal of Honor: Airborne. Ken is a huge Google SketchUp fan and his team of concept artists heavily uses Google SketchUp Pro during the pre-production phase of game development. Wow, does life get any more creative than this? What a blast to have Ken joining our panel!

Janet joined Communication Arts, a multi-disciplinary design firm, in 1977, and is currently the firm's President. Founded in 1973, Commarts has a staff of 51 people, with backgrounds and education in industrial design, architecture, information technology, graphic and interior design. Janet has degrees in Art History and Business Administration. She has served as Chair of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce Board, is past president of the Association of Professional Design firms, and serves on the Design Futures Council Board of Advisors where she has been named a Senior Fellow. She also serves on the SEGD board. We're excited to have such a prestigious neighbor just down the street from our Boulder office to be part of this panel.

Paul presides over SOM's research and development efforts, implementing Building Information Modeling to foster a new strategic process in design. Over the last four years he has sought to foment discussion and awareness of Digital Design and its potential impact on the future of architectural practice, delivering numerous lectures and articles, and coordinating a monthly lecture series as chair of the AIA's NY Chapter Technology Committee. He has also served on several national AIA technology-in-practice committees. A 1982 graduate of Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture in New York, he studied under the late renowned architect and educator John Hejduk. Paul has managed Digital Design for its operational as well as strategic values in both the public and private sectors since 1989.

Gary Smith
Founder and President,
Green Mountain Geographics LTD
Essex Jct, VT

For almost 20 years Gary's company has provided GIS, 3D Visualization, and Orthophoto supporting services for a variety of clients. Gary is a retired naval officer and pilot with degrees in Forest Management and Remote Sensing. Gary is the Founding Chairman of the Northeast ARC/INFO Users Group, is on the VCGI GIS technical Advisory Committee, a member of the Vermont Governor's Mapping Advisory Committee (inactive), and a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Oh yeah, and you'd be hard pressed to find someone to match Gary's passion for Google SketchUp.