Some first sketches with the main idea – starting with a tree-like structure – made of reinforced concrete – with small rooms made of wood suspended on the concrete branches. The main trunk would also work as staircase and fireplace chimney.
For the location, I think I will go with the stone pinnacles in Hunan (shown in a previous milestone post) – it would be interesting to explore the atmospheric effects and the deepness of the valleys. Vegetation is also an interesting part of it, to explore how it goes with the tree-like cabin.
The first sketch was in the ground, but then I tought it would be more interesting to climb up to the stone pinnacle and plant there the “tree”, like a pine suspended in a cliff 🙂
There are also some ideas for the rooms, which I’m still exploring.
What would you suggest with those sketches?

About the workflow – my idea is to learn or deepen knowledge in some software and try a different workflow. I will try to go like this:
– Concept development with hand sketching
– ArchiCAD – architecture modeling
– 3dsMax – add rocks, landscape, vegetation, assets from Megascans
– render – still to decide, but would like to try Lumion!

Location scouting. This is a real location in the middle of Norway, the mountain cabin is to be placed at ca 900m above the sea level, hanging out from the mountain. A spectacular view overlooking the valley below with connected cabins, a frozen lake, and the magnificent Northern Light… The small cabin should be a pretty easy set up (given the structure and architecture references).

I will download height information from the free disposable Norwegian database and recreate the mountain(s) necessary for my, Hero, point of view.

I will use the same height map for the connected cabins area but I have to figure out the PoV for this location…

This project is based on an exterior and interior visualization concept for a client, I hope that is ok?