Tomorrow 2019 Challenge entry by Josué Rodríguez
Render desde una perspectiva cercana a la edificación en un atardecer en por la biblioteca.
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Render desde una perspectiva cercana a la edificación en un atardecer en por la biblioteca.
Here’s my progress on images #2 and #3, along with a quick breakdown of the steps I followed!
For the interior render I tried to find an angle that was more unique / interesting than just showing the entire room. I wanted to find a point of view that felt a bit more dramatic, and made you want to explore the rest of the library. I ended up choosing the staircase camera, which felt perfect: it gave the viewers a peak of the endless sea of books above, while showing off the interesting details of this room’s unique circular ceiling architecture.
For the third render, I ended up going back to the exterior building. I felt like the architectural details weren’t highlighted enough in the main exterior shot, and decided they deserved the spotlight in my final image. I chose a symmetrical angle using one of the bottom window as the main focus. My goal was to show the architectural ornaments with as much details as possible. I refined the 3D models of everything on this part of the building, and used natural sunlight as well as shadows from a nearby tree to create a simple, yet realistic and rich render. Hope you like it!
I wanted the story of this image to be told through the composition itself, it’s not an image about a guy that borrows a book or anything like it, but rather an image that contemplates upon architecture and it’s surroundings.
I started the whole thing by doing a little bit of research as ususal, I bumped into an article by Caroline Constant that analyzes Gunnar Asplund’s “numerous site proposals as well as his subsequent designs for the library park in order to situate the building in a broader discussion of issues central to his architecture – the relationship between space and man, between object and man, between nature and man.”
From there, I decided I wanted to focus my image on what Constant describes as Asplund’s fusion between a monumental architectural conception with a monumentalization of the natural terrain.
Here is a link to the article I talk about: (Spanish and English)
http://www.coam.es/media/Default%20Files/fundacion/biblioteca/revista-arquitectura-100/1987-1990/docs/revista-articulos/revista-arquitectura-1989-n280-pag54-67.pdf
Working on the library was pretty fun. The monumental entrance was definitely my main interest, as well as the connection with the green park, which makes for a great place to read your freshly picked out books!
Update n.3
Defining the final views, lighting and materials