#futurerep

future representation final output

above are the final three images that are a culmination of work in autocad, rhino, v-ray and photoshop. the top image is of an out door garden, the middle image a sushi bar and the final image a tearoom, they all have the theme of art nouveau elements weaved throughout them. 

the making of a ‘sexy image’ 01.12.2015

software used: autocad, rhino, v-ray, photoshop

1) it all started with a sketch and a discussion, a main driver behind my building is creating a vertical restaurant. so for future representation i would use my 3d modelling and rendering skills to recreate three interior spaces that would be in my building: a tea room, a garden and a sushi bar, all with art nouveau elements in and amongst them. using photoshop for post-production i would add elements to these spaces that would connect them.

2) after looking at images of existing interiors i began modelling these spaces in their traditional forms, so a japanese tea room has a size relationship to the tatami mats that line the floors so the room size is based on these dimensions. within my design work i was looking at art nouveau architecture in particular gustave strauven’s maison saint-cyr and the horta museum both in belgium. so i modelled windows of the sushi bar and tea room on these styles of architecture. the walls of these two rooms were based on small elements of the doors and windows.

3, 4, 5) by creating an extrusion for the rock, both small and large, i used the POn and rebuild commands i was able to manipulate these extrusions in more detail than i previously knew how to. i was able to define the curvature of the different surfaces with more accuracy and play around with the shape easier than i previously understood how to. lastly the using a ‘cutting plane’ i could create a angular cut on the rocks to further change their shape, the cutting plane allowed me to trim the edges of the rock to give it an angular sharp finish.

6) the bridge in the garden scene was a recreation of a bridge i came across when researching japanese zen gardens, by breaking down the model into smaller components it was easier to model the finish result. starting first with the structure, then the pathway with the timber planks and then the ornamentation of the arches. i’m not usually too comfortable or confident in modelling curved shapes however by having the ‘gumball’ setting on it has been easier to manipulate, scale, rotate and move objects throughout this exercise.

7) to create the ‘shell window’ in the sushi bar scene i traced an existing window i came across on google images, the window exists on a synagogue however it was rather simple so i combined this with another art nouveau window to create a more complex and interesting window. 

8) after tracing the window i could create a surface over the flat image and remove the surface where the glass would be and extrude the surface. i then traced the parts of the window that were glass and used the ‘patch’ command to create surfaces in these otherwise complex shapes. i could then apply a glass material to these patched surfaces with ease.

9) using the v-ray plug in for rhino i could add light and material to the three separate rhino models, however when rendering i couldn’t get the desired light effect i.e. the lighting streaming into the spaces through the art nouveau windows, so i took screen shots of these desired qualities to later recreate in photoshop.

hopping around grasshopper 06.11.2015

so i was falsely under the impression that grasshopper was a rendering software, i was wrong. in fact the lecturer cleared up that misconception pretty swift, it is actually a scripting software. 

command: grasshopper

so we started with a “basic” model (quotation marks as we thought that was complex enough) - learning the basic of how many commands, where to find commands i.e. if you have a pre-existing command you’ve downloaded where to find it

hint: ctrl + alt + hold click the command

we followed the pre-set up command groups, to create what i am calling a blob like snail tunnel (?) by setting up the curves, linking them to functions like divide, curve, line, etc. and finally we lofted the curve.

hint: check command has preview on / is enabled

hint: work sequentially - visualise every step and ask what do i want to do and to what do i want to do it to?

so initially it was setting up the properties so that the two curves interact, then creating lines between them, those lines then gained an z value to give the tunnel height, we then learnt the difference between a 3-point arc and a biarc, finally we lofted the blog slug tunnel.

hint: biarc > 3 point arc when possible

hint: loft as two polylines or two separate entities and join when possible

second task to create morphed tongue like tower, the basic principle of this is to create the three elipses, a central spine and rail connect around these to create the shape. 

now this involved a lot of crazy confusing connections, and it was all very fast paced but basically we set up the base elipse and copied this to create a top elipse with a rotation, then we set up a middle elipse that rotated in relation to the top elipse and kept within proportion to the base elipse. there was a lot of “the rotate connects to the slider... the slider connects to the evaluate”, etc. as you can imagine. 

at this point in time i currently have half a tower, i was doing so well and following and understanding up until that point! which is a bit frustrating! but i’m going to have a cup of tea and try to get the top of that tower completed! and maybe make a swanky facade on it... time, sleep and patience dependent. 

i did thoroughly enjoy learning grasshopper and i found it easier to understand than i had originally anticipated. whilst i’m not currently sure how i would apply it to my own project, i definitely would like to develop this skill and experiment with it, i may go and find some youtube videos they usually help me understand how to use software better than written instructions.

test 1 16.10.2015

arcGIS workshop 09.10.2015