Hello all,

I have a pretty basic concept for my visualization that I believe will be the most satisfying to produce. First and foremost, I wanted to make the scene about the Architecture and how it’s situated within the context. I found it to be a clever response to the hard lines from the historic surrounding.

In terms of mood, we all love the “blue hour”. This was my initial thought, but I explored another scheme to be sure. I produced a quick clear and sunny day with loads of direct sunlight and followed with a dusk sky that had more interesting colors. I saw an opportunity for the color of sky to compliment the corten steel and ultimately a more interesting condition for lighting during the bluer hour.

With a blue hour type atmosphere, there will be equal parts artificial light to the environment, and I wanted to maximize the visual interest here to further create a convincingly real visualization. To achieve this, I wanted to do an “after the rain” scenario which not only produces interesting secondary reflections, it poses the challenge of creating the convincing wet ground and micro details on the Architecture through water on the glass, running down the facade, etc.

So my concept is simple – blue hour, after the rain, with emphasis on the Architectural response to historic context.