SM/AM House | Menichetti + Caldarelli
Dark Band Studio once again partnered with Menichetti + Caldarelli (Instagram: @menichetti_caldarelli) for a brand new private house project located in Misano (Italy). Meticulous attention was paid following client design guidelines for the landscape and material picks.

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Five seconds after the first submission for the D2Challenge I said: “perhaps a not aerial version might worth it”. Looking around for inspiration about “horror vacui”…or something similar, I tried to bear in mind the main Hugh Ferriss guideline pairing it with astonishing attention to detail by Geof Darrow (Hard Boiled, Big Guy, The Matrix) illustrations and dramatic landscape watercolour drawings by Gipi (UnaStoria, Notes for a War Story, Land of the Sons).
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We used 3DS Max + Vray + Photoshop.

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Dark Band Studio was commissioned by the very talented Menichetti + Caldarelli team to visualise their idea for a new concept of detached houses. We spent days to propose a vision of dialogue between the new units and the dramatic natural Umbria landscape.

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We used 3DS Max + Vray + Photoshop.

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How much can you reduce the elements in a scene and still achieve a good dramatic image? Here is an experiment where we tried to keep it VERY simple! The scene includes 4 main materials (concrete sails and floor, timber benches and stage, weathered plaster, metal altar and cross) and few basic geometries (check the building steps underneath) so we hope you enjoy the final effects.
This was a very funny and quick project to work on as it tested our skills in 3D and the Photoshop aspect.

We used 3DS Max + Vray + Photoshop.

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Inspired by the wonderful El Fenn Hotel in Marrakesh, the latest Dark Band Studio project was developed aiming to capture the relation between the location lightness, which looks like floating over the water reflection, and the stereotomy of the elements and materials used in the scene.

We used 3DS Max + Vray + Photoshop.

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For our new archviz work, we selected the amazing House in Monsaraz designed by Portuguese architect Aires Mateus and inspired by the talented architectural photographer João Guimarães.
The most important target of our production is to grab and understand the contrasted relationship between this architectural impacting element and the surrounding landscape .
We used 3DS Max + ForestPack + Vray + Photoshop.

Full Project here:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/94074349/House-in-Monsaraz-Aires-Mateus

Our first collection of 2D cutout people is available here:
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The third replication challenge has involved one of the newest and most interesting architecture in London, the Newport Street Gallery designed by Carus St John Architects and captured by Jesús Granada for El Croquis magazine.
The interpretation of natural ambient light is a key point to reproduce the dramatic effect generated within the room.
We used 3DS Max + Vray + Photoshop.

Full project and making of here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/89454683/Newport-Street-Gallery-Caruso-St-John-Architects

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After looking at an amazing post on 3XN official Instagram profile, we have decided to try a replication challenge!
The real picture is feature by a wonderful lighting and sun reflection on facade not so easy to match in the render. We used 3DS + Vray + Photoshop, furthermore, FloorGenerator modifier helped us in order to replicate the boards cladding over the vertical fins.

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