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Review of Joson's and Yuliya's drafts

Links and notes

Links:

Parts of the model I used uploaded to Google warehouse here.

Drop.io link of the final Crysis environment here.

Notes:

To use lifts, use buttons "j" and "k".

In the Crysis environment, I have used additional pine trees from Crymod, you will need to install it in order to see pine trees in the environment.

More of Finished Environment

View of the bridge from Merkel's building

Front of Miranda Kerr's building

Inside the bridge

View from the road

Long shot

Finished Environment

Infrastructure

Merkel's elevator

Kerr's elevator

Merkel's building and ramps/stairs

Hills

Draft environment

First is the more advanced version of the environment. Most of the main pieces of infrastructure are in place (the bridge, supports, tunnel, roads, two spaces). At this time, there still are no elevators and meeting tables, although the meeting spot is already in place.



Early on I explored the look of the buildings in different environments (different weather, different time of day). I especially enjoyed the look of it in the night with the lights on, because that highlights the infrastracture and gives it more of an urbanistic and manmade feel, contrasting to the natural environment of the Hollental valley.

Here is the earlier version of the environment, experimenting with roads and tunnels, creating cuts in the hills to interact with terrain in a way to emphasise its natural qualities.

Mash-up article - POWER

She?

As the emboldened leader of Europe's most populous nation and most powerful economy, she has the ability to make her personality and priorities count on a global stage. But what, exactly, does she want to do with her power? She became a prolific writer, a peacemaker, a passionate advocate, not just for blind and disabled people, but for equal rights. Her rise to prominence went all but unnoticed, except by the rivals she deftly derailed along the way.  She was constantly pushing for more and better programs, products and technologies for the disabled. She also visited 35 countries, helping to open schools and revolutionize services for the blind. Among the gifts presented to her during her travels is a Zulu shield with an accompanying letter from the tribe that says the shield "is an equipment of a great warrior and that is how we think of you." She has supported an internet campaign to save the Australian banker caught on live television looking at racy photographs of her on his computer. “I am told there is a petition to save his job and of course I would sign it," she told local media. "You could certainly say that I've never underestimated myself," she says with a smile that in another context could only be described as kittenish. "There's nothing wrong with being ambitious."

Sources:

Helen Keller article - "NYC exhibit tells the fuller story of Helen Keller" http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700025566/NYC-exhibit-tells-the-fuller-story-of-Helen-Keller.html?pg=1

Miranda Kerr article - "Model Miranda Kerr backs internet campaign to save Australian TV banker from sack" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7157868/Model-Miranda-Kerr-backs-internet-campaign-to-save-Australian-TV-banker-from-sack.html  

Angela Merkel article - "Angela Merkel's Moment" http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1950682,00.html

Textures

Rotational

Scalar

Linear

Fluid

Speed

Transitional

Considering Architecture

Architecture as infrastructure

Envisaging the final model to be a combination of infrastructural elements that work together within the valley site. Concrete roads, bridges and tunnels all connect the 2 sides of the valley together through motion and one set of architectural language. The swooshing concrete elements create a feeling of fast motion through space. Solid, concrete shapes give uniformity to the scheme and make it feel like one whole - thus infrastructure.

Maryam's sketch

Sketch developed by me

Perspectives

So far

Perspectives - drafts

Experiment 3 - 3 Valleys

Numimbah Valley, Australia

Grand Canyon, USA

Falkenstein - Höllental, Germany

Drop.io link

Link for the final model in Crysis.

Crysis Screenshots

Below are the final images of my model from Crysis. The labs are placed in harsh Arctic terrain, where Charles Darwin could explore the ways that local animals adapted to cold climate and Stephen Hawking could study astronomy (since major cities are located in warmer areas, and so the Arctic provides less visual pollution) . 

Sunset, standing on top of Darwin's lab.

Approaching the landform and building from the sea.

Bird's eye view - tall tower is Hawkin's lab, box on the platform is Darwin's lab. Also seen - the ramps and the meeting space.

It's clear that all the geometry evolved from just one basic shape - the cube - and through the use of extrusion and negative spaces, a complex shape was created.

Meeting Space at night

Simple geometrical shapes combine together and evolve to suit into the environment - recall electroliquid quote.

Passage from the meeting space to the bay.

I put a number of lights in the water to create an Aurora-looking effect. That echoes the concept of electroliquid aggregation, fusing different things to make them work together and create something entirely different. 

Google Warehouse link

Final version of 9 combined rectangular prisms, based on the third set of combined axonometric sketches.

Link to Google Warehouse here.

Combined Axonometrics