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It’s an Australian forest and believe me, when you are in a glass transparent cabin, here at night, and you know all those stories, and all those dangerous creatures around, and trees on top of you sounds like an ocean, you won’t forget this night…
Started the general massing of the concept.
Kept it basic. Took some screenshots and printed them out to scribble over. Some of the ideas might work, others probably not.
Did some experimenting with Railclone for some slats that wrap up around the base of the Cabins. Did not go so well and decided to leave it for now and maybe ask on the iToo forum for help.
Will continue to work up the architectural design, while considering final camera positions.
My entry for the Cabins competition is set on a former lava flow on Kona, Hawaii. I visited the island last year and was stunned by the landscape. These are my reference boards for the environment and the design language of the cabin. I’m going for maximum contrast between a rough and alien environment versus a sleek and sculptural cabin.
Concept
A cabin hidden in birch woodland, used as a weekend retreat as the summer ends and the leaves turn bright yellow.
The cabin itself is formed of two key materials. The bottom half is the remains of an abandoned red brick folly, saved from ruin by the intervention of the sleek modern metal-clad cabin inserted within, and extending out from, its footprint. A central courtyard provides an indoor-outdoor experience for the inhabitants.
Method
Model the base cabin in FormZ or ArchiCAD, and then export to Lumion 7.5 to build up the scene. Not sure on landscape yet. Use Megascans for leaf debris on the ground. Hopefully post-process in Photoshop.
Beside the potatoe choice, I’ve got a lack of rock and environment modelisation, texturing and rendering training. That’s why I chose this Icelandic picture. I also love “drama lighted” surroundings, and can rarely use it in my business work… Blue environment fits so nice with hot orange/warm colors brought by interior lighting or sunset/sunrise.
By the way, I’m still not an expert in picture composing, and I’m looking for making lots of tests so I can grow some experience on your kind feedbacks.
I’m modelling my project of “CABINS” this is a work un progress, my inspiration is the forest and the mountain
