ok so still working... must remember to draw concept images.

Spent about 20 minutes doing this. Basically went from concept to modelling at the same time. The "Bug Building" render + wireframes below.

Really impressed myself with this one. Basis steps are two cylinders + pyramid + 3 bend modifiers anyway makes a nice present to myself lol.

Happy Birthday to me!!!

So working on your birthday... not really good. Possible party posponed...... due to a volcano...even worse...anyway i made this model earlier in 3DS Max. so ......

ok so this is the last of the concept designs

ok redid the concepts i'd lost... here they are.

Concept Art / Design Concepts

Here are some concept drawings from the development stage of the Arch. Viz. project. They're not really that great....I'm still working with them. ... will post the rest later as i just managed to save over the second file. aaaaaaarrrrrgh!!!

Back to work

Took a little break from technology for a few days....nice!!! Anyway back to the arch vis modelling. I found the plans below on the british library online archives and created a rough model in 3ds max. I basically want to model the original building and maybe add in a few modernised aspects . Here the plans + modelling progress photos

Postmodern + Deconstructive Architecture.........comming soon

ok so quite a few jpegs here... most of these made me think... I like the designs and wanted to incoperate a mismash of all of these inro my final design. Quite a few though so relax and try and take them all in ... afterall didn't someone once say that architecture was an expression of art music or something like that

ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION 08 Apr. 2010


Designing a building requires a reference or starting point

The first question is WHAT ARE YOU DESIGNING?

Questions:

Who?

What?

Where?

Why?

Answers:

Who -The building is a public building catering for the intellectual / historical and artistic scope of the brain.

What - A museum, requiring a large surface area to accommodate the displays, exhibitions, and other function related rooms.

Where – In central London, occupying the space taken up by the current British Museum.

Why – Two answers here … because we were told / asked to do it or because a client has expressed interest.


Ok so now that I now what exactly I am designing, I can begin to expand on the current foundation.

Scale

To start planning the design of the new museum I must first understand what scale is available in terms of available land. This will allow me to decide on the proportions of the building, its scale, length, width height etc.

A quick investigation brought to light the fact that the museum as it is today occupies roughly 75000 m2. The immense size at hand allows for a new dynamic approach to the museum design.

Style

The new design, keeping in mind the museum is currently undergoing renovation should be dynamic, robust and strong from a design perspective. To meet this task, I have researched various architecture styles. The main issue at hand is wether I was going to keep the original design as was my first impulse or design a completely new building. To meet the design requirements I will use facets of the old building but will build a new enclosed building.

Neo Classical is OUT

Art nouveau – contemporary + destructive + modern + Bauhaus is IN

New Start

ok so used the net for research... decided to start all over again. looked at deconstructive architecture + modern architecture etc ... came up with the teardrop design. .... not as good as it sounds though ... anyhow here are some images to guide my thought and hopefully yours too.

looking @ form ... trying a new approach as my previous model pissed me off....

ok so this is my planning desin / approach

ok so looking closer at a plastic/steel/glass here a pic of sustainable architecture rtb development

this is the "British Museum" floor plan... just keepin interior / exterior design in mind

ok so this is turning out to be not so easy or at least not as easy as i previously thought. Each concept seems really great for like 5 minutes then it end up in my digiatl bin. Wish my uncle was here...don't really know or talk to him but then again he's an architect

so its a really old crappy NeoClassical design very boxy not too interesting not too creative in todays terms.... wrecking ball yay!!!

progress what progress

feel totally retarded now. Feel like an ape trying to grasp the principles of interior design lol. Anyway here are some more designs i'm looking at.