2013年5月13日星期一

EXP_3_1:18 PERSPECTIVES & CRYENGINE3 UPLOAD

 Location: Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China

" Lugu Lake is a natural lake in the Hengduan Mountain System, and has a horseshoe shape. It is an alpine lake at an elevation of 2,685 metres (8,809 ft) and is the highest lake in the Yunnan Province. The lake is surrounded by mountains and has five islands, four peninsulas, fourteen bays and seventeen beaches."



                    

2013年5月5日星期日

EXP_2_18: FINAL SUBMMISION

Yakov Chernikhov's Concept: Concepts can be formed by repetition of similar patterns.
Weiss/Manfredi's Concept: Complex is simple.

Electroliquid Aggregation:"Complex is simple because concepts can be formed by repetition of similar patterns."





CryEngine folder can be found here: http://www.gamefront.com/files/23277628/arch1101_v01.zip



2013年5月4日星期六

EXP_2_17: The Overall Design Process For My Model

Here are the overall design process for my final model, it includes how  the model was developed. From top to bottom is from the first model to the final model, from left to right are: Overall view, Yakov Chernikov's monument, Weiss/Manfredi's monument., and the meeting space.

EXP_2_16: Developed Model With Light Applied On It

Here is the latest development on my model. In this design,  I use light to show different circulation people can have when they walk between two monuments- they can either walk on the straight  column or circular shape stairs. 






EXP_2_15: Things that I am going to improve on my submission

I received Shaowen's email this evening and she pointed out some details that I can further develop on my model, and I'm going to do it now.

The details that I should develop are:
1. "The captured images are mostly too bright showing the prismatic cluster all lumped together. Should plan to apply textures onto certain area to highlight the 2 separate monuments."

2. "The relationship between built form and landform hasn't been further developed yet. Avoid the end result that the monumental cluster simply sits on the flat ground."

THEREFORE:
At first, the reason why my images were mostly too bright is because white was the only color I used in my model, in order to avoid it, I changed the texture color into orange and blue. As orange is warm color and blue is cold color, it provide a strong contract when people look at it.

The color used on Yakov Chernikov's monument is orange because his building is very powerful and orange, in my understanding, represents passion and power.

Blue is the color applied on Weiss/Manfredi's monument. As you can see in picture, the building is almost "invisible" and be "part of landscape". I got this idea from one of Weiss/Manfredi's very famous design project---Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center.




Secondly, in order to avoid the end result that the monumental cluster simply sits on the flat ground, I did some change on my landform design so that it is not just a flat land. I create a pond behind the meeting space in order to let the landform looks more interesting. Also, I tried to let Weiss/Manfredi's monument be rise- and - fall along undulating land form so that people inside the monument can get a feeling that be part of the environment.