Islington Maisonette

Using the Islington Maisonette by Larissa Johnston Architects as inspiration, I wanted to see how close I could get to the original photos in terms of photorealism and lighting.

Original photos available here: http://www.archdaily.com/805379/islington-maisonette-larissa-johnston-architects

Loft 9b

A couple of months ago, I stumbled across an amazing project in Sofia, Bulgaria by architects Dimitar Karanikolov and Venete Nikolova (http://www.homedsgn.com/2015/07/21/loft-9b-by-dimitar-karanikolov/). The space itself is a small loft apartment with some really great material and furniture choices. Having just finished the SoA Masterclass, I was feeling inspired and was on the lookout for a small space to practice everything I had learned and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I had spoken at length with Gianpiero about the differences between Corona and V-Ray and as we use V-Ray in the office I decided I would also use this as a platform to teach myself Corona as a render engine.

Modeling took the majority of the time on this project as I was working from pictures and PDF plans, so trying to get everything at the correct scale was a little difficult. The lighting for the scene is just a simple HDRI from Peter Guthrie, and one or two Corona lights for the lighting fixtures in the office and kitchen. Materials were very straightforward to make in Corona, especially with the new PBR workflow in Corona 1.5 – I had a lot of fun making the floor and the concrete box shaders!

Overall the project took around 3 weeks to complete, working an hour or two here and there in my spare time after work.

METEORA

I developed this project with the intention to use Megascans 3d models (as the main characters) and study the behavior of this software in the ArchVIZ context.

Beyond slums. From camps to cities

Since the outbreak of the civil war in march 2011, millions of Syrians have fled their homes heading to an unknown future. Determined the moment they crossed their country’s border. A border used to be a wall that protects but today it became a drawn line on a map that defines who you are and determines futures.

The design approach is to take the border back to what it used to be, a symbol of protection and provide a sustainable framework for the refugees to once again become citizens. by planting their own food, and building their own homes and let them have the opportunity to define what the border will be like and place an entire nation that has its citizens lives on the edge, back to the edge.