This image was made for the purpose of testing procedural ecosystems.

At the same time I wanted to convey the idea that the strong lines and the dark colors of the brutalist architecture can blend well with the chromatic scale of the typical Mediterranean forest.

The building and the ground were modeled in 3ds MAX; the lawn, the trees and the gravel have been inserted using Forest Pack.

The lighting was done with the use of a high resolution HDRI and sunlight; the lights were filtered with a slight fog effect.

The images were rendered with Corona, the lightmix option to adjust the contrast between HDRI and sunlight was very useful.