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diff --git a/src/argaze/AreaOfInterest/AOIFeatures.py b/src/argaze/AreaOfInterest/AOIFeatures.py
index 8c684c0..5a9d0a9 100644
--- a/src/argaze/AreaOfInterest/AOIFeatures.py
+++ b/src/argaze/AreaOfInterest/AOIFeatures.py
@@ -241,6 +241,42 @@ class AOIScene():
             for name, area in areas.items():
                 self[name] = AreaOfInterest(area)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(self, aoi_scene_data, working_directory: str = None) -> AOISceneType:
+        """Load attributes from dictionary.
+
+        Parameters:
+            aoi_scene_data: dictionary with attributes to load
+            working_directory: folder path where to load files when a dictionary value is a relative filepath.
+        """
+
+        # Load areas
+        areas = {}
+
+        for name, area in aoi_scene_data.items():
+            areas[name] = AreaOfInterest(area)
+
+        # Guess dimension from first area dimension
+        dimension = areas.values()[0].dimension
+
+        return AOIScene(dimension = dimension, areas = areas)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(self, json_filepath: str) -> AOISceneType:
+        """
+        Load attributes from .json file.
+
+        Parameters:
+            json_filepath: path to json file
+        """
+
+        with open(json_filepath) as configuration_file:
+
+            aoi_scene_data = json.load(configuration_file)
+            working_directory = os.path.dirname(json_filepath)
+
+            return AOIScene.from_dict(aoi_scene_data, working_directory)     
+
     def __getitem__(self, name) -> AreaOfInterest:
         """Get an AOI from the scene."""