HAVE SOME KAHN

I spent some time in New Haven, CT this weekend and was able to get some pics of the Yale University Art Gallery designed by Louis Kahn (Top 6 images in the Gallery).

SOLD-OUT CROWD

Over the weekend, I put this video together showing the work-flow of one of my final thesis renderings. Its not quite a tutorial, but still does a decent job of showing the steps I used to create the crowded atmosphere.

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A few things to note about the video is that it is a remake of the final rendering, and not the actual rendering I used in my final thesis presentation. That will explain the choppy and pretty brutal  Photoshopping around the people. In the real rendering, I took more time clipping the images. However, I needed to keep the video short (under 10 minutes) which meant really speeding things up. Also in the final rendering, I place more people around the perimeters, added digital score boards, and other minor additions not shown in the video.

For the base image, I rendered the Sketchup scene in Kerkythea which probably took no more than 20 minutes. I then used crowds from 7 different arena images to obtain the proper perspectives.

Below is the actual rendering used in my thesis project

MOVING TO BOSTON

I have recently started working at a firm in Boston and am really liking the city so far. I'm still trying to get use to Dunkin' Donuts on every corner and the crazy traffic. Here are some pics from the last week, mostly taken downtown.  

RENDERING TUTORIALS

I have started creating some rendering tutorials explaining easy ways to produce architectural illustrations using only Photoshop and Sketchup. Eventually, I will get into some more advanced stuff. But for now, i am sticking to the basics

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FINAL PRESENTATION

I just finished my final presentations. Here are some of the boards that went up on the wall

RENDERINGS

Renderings have been started for the final presentation. There will still be some editing, but for the most part, they will follow this style. I am using Sketchup and Rhino for the modeling, Kerkythea and Hypershot for rendering and base images, then finally photoshop for all of the post processing.

East view of Site

Night rendering of lobby entrance and louver system

View of outdoor theater seating

Lobby and food court

Arena during game day

A view of movable arena seating in a lecture hall setup

ENTER ECOTECT

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ARENA SEATING PARAMETRIC MODEL

To aid in the design of my transforming arena seating, I created a parametric model that would allow me to test out the mechanics of the structure as well as the density, spacing, slope, site lines, and other factors.

Just to recap, the Lecture hall seating faces outwards through a large glass curtain wall to an outdoor amphitheater allowing the system to double as seating for outdoor performances. I will be exploring how the curtain wall can open in the future. Movable walls separate individual lecture halls creating sound isolating rooms. When the seating transforms to the arena side, it provides ideal site lines to the court.

THESIS PROGRESS: JANUARY

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2010 PORTFOLIO

Just finished my Graduate Portfolio

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2010