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To start with , amaizing work, attention to detail is fantasic

 

There is something bothering me though, they all seem like scale models, eg in the last set its the trees in the backround are three to four stories high when they should be one to two.

 

Keep up the great work

 

JHV

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such a great project,i apriciate it

keep on going man ...

Thanks a lot for your words...

 

 

 

I'm totally digging your old post card looking images from the last page. That would be very interesting to see how that would look animated. How would you pull that off?

I've made some animated test, but that give a better result for still images than for animation. But I will do more tests in this way in the next months.

 

 

 

 

There is something bothering me though, they all seem like scale models, eg in the last set its the trees in the backround are three to four stories high when they should be one to two.

Sorry man, my english is not so good, and I don't understand exactly the problem you talk...

 

 

 

No more updates ?

Hahahaha... greedy man... that comes... I was in holidays for 3 weeks, but now, it's finish and I've restarted the project with the Norwegian Pavilion... thanks a lot for your always interest.

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Well, the new one, the Norwegian Pavilion, situated just at left of the previous German one.

 

The architecture can appear very simple, especially while looking the bad old photos, but finally, not very easy to build without plans, and certainly again much polygons for this one...

 

Here's some references :

 

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I just meant that the trees are too tall,

JHV

Okay man, I understand now... you're certainly right, these trees are here only for the WIP, just for the moment. Behind this first range of 15 buildings, there's a second range at the other side of the street with 7 other pavilions, I will manage vegetation when all these buildings will be in place. Thanks for the remark Justin.

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More of this pavilion... that can appear strange, but for the moment, it doesn't look very Norwegian... maybe due to the missed walls ;-)

It didn't look very norwegian, even with the walls, but your model looks promising anyway. The pavillion was made of wood, and that might help a bit. Anyway, Norway was a young nation in 1900, eager to show the world that we where a civilized nation... - so it does not represent the typical norwegian architecture of the time, I think.

some more pics here (not very good):

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/digital-collections/images/fullsize/S03/S03i1387n01a.jpg

http://www.nyttiuka.no/visSak.php?ID=3565

The second link is to a webpage telling that the building was moved to norway and rebuilt in the city Ålesund. The lower photo on the webpage shows what it looks like today, and the text is questioning if it possibly can be the same building?

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It didn't look very norwegian, even with the walls, but your model looks promising anyway.

I hope that will seem more Norwegian in the next update, anyway, I'm following the model.

 

 

so it does not represent the typical norwegian architecture of the time, I think.

At first view, while reading on many books, this pavilion was really inspired by rural norwegian houses, the architect is a Norwegian, named M. Sinding-Larsen, of Christiana. The pavilion was exposed as a real product of the "Thams" Company (Norway).

 

 

some more pics here (not very good):

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/digital-collections/images/fullsize/S03/S03i1387n01a.jpg

http://www.nyttiuka.no/visSak.php?ID=3565

The second link is to a webpage telling that the building was moved to norway and rebuilt in the city Ålesund. The lower photo on the webpage shows what it looks like today, and the text is questioning if it possibly can be the same building?

Thanks for the links, especially the second. Strangely, I discover that this one was moved in Norway, it was not planed in 1900. As example, the peruvian or the greek ones was planed to move after the world's faire, and build to be easily moved.

About the Norwegian, that seem strange, but not impossible, it was made principaly in wood, walls and roof, but the base was made with stones. Then, maybe not the totality was moved, (many pieces of the pavilion was made in Norway and assembled after in Paris). Than can explain why on the second the house appear smaller than the pavilion... maybe the back face.

 

In any case, thanks a lot for your interest and these good informations. I have much documents about these pavilions, but it's never enough. I hope the final result of this one could agree you.

 

 

 

 

again nice work.

amazed that you have continued with this for so long...

 

i am trying to think of a good historical project to work on

Ray

Thanks for your words Ray... about a good historical project, I think you can have much choice, the history of the world is very rich. The best is certainly to manage a personal passion in the same time than the historical topic, it's better for the motivation.

 

I mean I have found the good subject for me, my project divide many passions for me, I hope that could permit me to keep the motivation along the very long time of realization...

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It's time now to present the new one, the Pavilion of Belgium.

 

A very big and very interesting one. It was not made to present a panel of various Belgium style, but was the copy of a real building... the Hotel de Ville de Audenarde, built at the XVIth century with gothic style.

 

 

To begin, an actual photo of the real one :

 

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And the references in the World's Fair... I mean it exists some differences... but globaly, that seem to be a good copy of it.

 

I think this one was really impressive at the front of the river Seine, just situated approximatively at the middle, at right of a large place, at the other side of the Great Britain pavilion.

Also impressive by its size, 40 meters high, as the German pavilion, but maybe more massive.

 

 

Viewed of the Place :

 

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Viewed of the river Seine :

 

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As you can see, much little architectural details on this pavilion, again much polygons...

I've succeded to save much of these with the previous Norwegian one, but in this case, it mean I will lose the gain...

 

 

My goal is to finish it for the end of the month, not impossible, but certainly not very easy... good point, I've always the same motivation...

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