Jubilee Church by Architect Richard Meier June 25, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: Architecture, artnarchitecture, Church, Jubilee Church, Richard Meier
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The Jubilee church designed by architect Richard Meier is one of the unique masterpieces of church architecture. It is rich in form, function and theory a perfect example on how innovation can create extraordinary designs. Check out my post on this in my Art and Architecture blog for more details.
3D Paper Models and Crafts June 12, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: 3D paper model, models, paper art
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I visited this blog which features some pretty neat paper models. There are some paper models which looks so realistic it really doesn’t look anything like paper. The blog has a wide variety of models from simple to the super intricate I bet it really took a large chunk of his time doing it. I admire the patience of these people making those paper models, It really takes a lot of dedication, patience and love for it in order to finish those models. Here is one of my favorite paper model from his blog.
For more pictures and projects on 3D paper Models visit his blog at papermodeluniverse.blogspot.com
Minimalist House May 29, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: 3d rendering, Architecture, architecutral rendering, Design, dream house, minimalist house
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Take a look at what Me and Zenia envisioned for our house. Visit my art & architecture blog for more images.:)
Grass Tutorial Using Vray Fur for 3Dmax May 25, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art, Tutorial.Tags: 3dmax, Grass tutorial, Tutorial, Vray, VRay Fur
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please click on the picture to forward you to my tutorial. I hope you’ll find it useful
Green Architecture May 23, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: Architecture, Chicago City Hall, Commerzbank, Eco friendly design, Environmental friendly design, Green architecture
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After watching the inconvenient truth on HBO I saw how fragile our environment is right now. I made a promise to myself that I would be part of the solution and would do my part in my everyday life. Last week I saw an episode by national geographic channel showing environmentally friendly buildings. I realized even in my profession I can help save the environment.
That episode inspired me to be an advocate of environmentally friendly designs. If all countries of the world would follow the example set by the state of chicago in US. They made a choice to embrace green designs of their city hall. Not only did it improve the aesthetics of their roof deck. In a way it also improved the value of the adjacent office spaces from the roof garden. They were also able to lessen there over all maintenance cost for the air conditioning of their building. This is one example of how designing environmentally friendly building can be beneficial and at the same time aesthetically sound.
Another amazing environmentally friendly structure I remembered was the Commerzbank on Frankfurt, Germany. This amazing tower was designed by Pritzker prize awardee Architect Lord Norman Foster. This tower was unique since the it had nine large sky gardens on different levels. It is also designed to take advantage of natural lighting and air circulation. The sky gardens integrated in the design of the tower enhances the beauty of the tower and offers the users of the building a spectacular view of the sky gardens. This tower is a perfect example of a successful eco friendly designed structure. It reminds me of a modern hanging garden which is both beautiful and functional.
It is obvious that environmental friendly designs is the future of architecture. The world is slowly recognizing the importance and benefits in embracing this movement. All around the world architects are incorporating green architecture into there designs. It is always a win win situation since as an architect you will be able to create innovative designs and at the same time you will be saving the environment.
Culture in Architecture May 21, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: Architecture, Construction, Culture, Designing, Philippine Architecture
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Whenever I pass by a new building I always wonder what was the concept of the architect for the building or what was his intention for coming up with such design. Whether its a good or mediocre design I always ponder what the effect of culture is with regards to their design.
I must admit that here in the Philippines we are way behind in terms of building technology. One of the reasons for that is our culture is not that receptive to change. We are still stuck on what most filipinos call the “traditional way” of doing things, I call this the old method of doing things. People here fail to realize their misconceptions with regards to new technology.
They fail to see the big picture which is new methods of construction are more efficient than the “traditional way”. Even with this strong resistance from the majority of our society I am glad to say that there are still some who go against the flow.
There are some architects who are also going against the traditional way of designing and some of the Philippine architects whose works I personally admire are Architect Alexius Medalla and Architect Ed Calma. Their designs are edgy and revolutionizing architectural designing here in the philippines.
Photo Mosaic May 16, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: art, digital art, graphic art, Mosaic, photo mosaic, Phototile
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One disadvantage of having zenia work for a media based company is that she is very hard to please regarding graphic art. When I was still dating zenia I gave her a photo mosaic of her made up of flowers and to my surprise she didn’t reacted on my present. Her response was just a simple “hmmmm ok, you can do this on photoshop”. What she didn’t realize was that what I gave her could not be achieved with photo shop. I used a Phototile for that specific art.
The downside for that program was that I had to download a lot of picture just to make the mosaic a bit clearer. I had to look for different colors of flowers to give a more precise match for the tiled image. The good thing about it is that you are able to tweak and adjust the tiling so that you get the results you want.
I tried many other programs which advertise that they can produce photo mosaic, but none of the programs I tried were as good as this. It was either their programs were to complicated to use or it was to simple which didn’t allow me to tweak some stuffs. Anyway if ever your interested on learning how to make photo mosaics. I suggest you try phototile, it has a free trial.
A Simple Geomtrical House May 14, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: architecutral rendering, Architecture, Desing, House, Modern Architecture, Modern House
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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words May 14, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: art, blog art, digital art, portrait, Zeniamai
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Ever heard the song “If” from bread. That song inspired me to make a simple digital art for Zenia. I was trying to crack my head on what to give her for her birthday. I wanted to give her something that was unique and which was made by myself. Something that I exerted my effort on. Thats when i got that idea of making a picture of her made out of a thousand words. The words i used were for the pictures were from her blogs. I realized that there was no other way of portraying her other than by her own work and words. Anyway here is the end result:
Office renovation May 6, 2008
Posted by James in Architecture & Art.Tags: Architectural Rendering, Architecture & Art, Design, lazyanimation, Rendering
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This is my proposal for the renovation for our new office. I designed and rendered this, I still need to do some correction though. Anyway I’ll do the changes once i have the time for it. This is the lobby and reception area for the office.
