The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Stefan Dimitrov

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Meliora
By Stefan Dimitrov

The focal point in the development of the project is to connect the adjacent terrain with the sky scrapers of Hudson Bay by vegetation. I always aim to create architecture dedicated to the people. Improving the site environment and the building volumes is my main purpose in the project. Leaving a valuable heritage for the future generations is what I aim for. Almost every big city like New York has a lack of green spaces at the expense of concrete and technologies. Meliora illustrates one possible and breathing green development between the City and the Nature for the next twenty years.
By using 3ds max I begun remodeling the provided volumes in the sketch-up model. I changed the geometry of the skyscrapers in such a way to create green surfaces, that will host the bushes and the small trees. At the same time I started developing the surrounding area by using pre-made assets. I used around 60-70 low poly models of buildings to fill up the context area. To create variety I created several clusters that were rotated and scaled randomly.
The terrain was created by using splines. Creating some organic shapes into the park area helped to achieve the desired result. I also modeled a leaf-like structure that is covered in grass and bushes. This affected in a good way the composition in all of my images by giving a more dynamic expression in the views.
All of the images were rendered by V-ray. Post-production was added in Photoshop. I aimed to create moods for the day images that were very similar to each other, because I wanted all of the day views to work as one. After that I created one last fourth image in a night mood to nail the end of the project development.
Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this contest.

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Stefan Dimitrov

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Hello,

During the past few days I have spent a lot of hours figuring out how to make the transition of the greenery from the ground to the skyscrapers smoothly.
I begun remodeling the basic geometry volumes that was provided for us in the starting pack. I followed some of the following methods during the process. Each skyscraper was remodeled and has gained green surfaces where grass, bushes and small trees are going to be placed. The average depth of the surfaces is around 3-4 metres, with slabs around 1 meter. My research regarding other buildings that are already built in that way showed that this is enough for the greenery. I kept the original silhouette of the skyscrapers, their height and size. By connecting and chamfering the edges I created the elevations with the slabs and the glazing.

The background is completely created in 3D, using several clusters of building assets. I converted the surrounding building into proxies in advance to save memory and to make the process faster during the time.

When I was ready with the geometry of the buildings, the terrain and the surrounding area i begun testing the best appropriate lightning for this aerial view. I will aim to choose the one that is not throwing shadows on the park development infront of the skyscrapers. It is one of the leading elements of this project.

Thank you for taking your time. I hope that soon will be able to post updates on the other two images for the project.

Bests,

Stefan

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Stefan Dimitrov

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Hello everyone,

The main element of my concept is the inspiration of nature. I spent a lot of time figuring out how to illustrate this and how to implement an organic form to the project. I modeled an element like futuristic leaf of a tree. Later on I will try to implement this symbol with the surrounding greenery to make them work together.

The purpose of the semi-aerial image is to illustrate the connection between the landscape and the main project buildings. The main function of this clay render is to study the position of the camera. I am still making a lots changes regarding the composition, trying to choose the one that fits best.

The other image – Aerial view is an update. I want to thank everyone that helped pushing this view to a better horizon, the feedback was highly appreciated.

I will aim to post an update regarding the third camera angle soon. I will try to adjust a well balanced human-eye level view towards the site.

Thank you for your time.

Have a great day,

Stefan

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Stefan Dimitrov

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I am Stefan Dimitrov and I am an architect from Elena, Bulgaria. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this interesting contest!

I have been living for several years in one of the biggest cities in the country, where concrete was the dominant element of the environment. Now I came back to Elena, a town embraced by the mountain. This inspired me to use the greenery as my leading element in my concept project. I can make the difference between living in an environment full only of concrete and in greener one.

I will aim to create architecture dedicated to the people. Improving the site environment is my main purpose. Leaving a well developed heritage for the future generations will be the signification of this project.

I will try to develop detailed visualizations that can illustrate the following points:

– The mandatory aspects of every Big City with all of it’s Urban Elements – Dynamics, Population, Movement, Concrete, Glass, Residential and Commercial parts;

– Also the Breathing Green, that is needed for well-being environment for the people.

– “Meliora” will try to illustrate the symbiosis between the City and the Nature, this is my future vision for the future development.

Thank you.