calatrava bridge

[foxlee]

thought id try doing the bridge, bit freaked about trying to design a bridge since his bridges are context bound solutions and his structural concept is the use of minimum stretched to maximum.

anyway this is an model of Delavesa bridge,done in 1991. i like it for its

imbalance, constant motion sort of feel.It is a very 3-dimensional object all sides different.

This is a brilliant site with excellent selfless contributors.

Thanx image page

[STRAT]

very interesting design. lovely clean modelling too. i'd love to see this when it's finished and textured up )

[nisus]

nice. how long did you model on these?

 

nisus

[foxlee]

the modelling took about 7 hours till now,i did not really check,the only difficult part is the concrete pylon the rest is just extruded lines copied, mirrored and vertex readjusting. i model in max from 2d diagrams in viewports.

The problem occurs with copying the balustrade supports,it increases file size considerably,around 85 000 faces at the moment. i will post updates as I continue. Not sure whether it will be worthwhile to model detail on underside of deck which is quite considerable, struts etc.

would like to see some other attempts, I cant be the only one doing this.

[foxlee]

thought i would update the bridge images,

all the fixing and final moves on vertexes still need to be done, railings incomplete.

Quick lightscape exposure ,unhappy about artifacting but i think i know what the problems are.

have a look see. la devesa bridge 1 page 2

[Jeff Mottle]

Hi Foxlee,

 

Very impressive! This is exactly the type and quality of work I was hoping for. Can't wait to see your final submission. Very nice Lightcape work BTW.

[camby]

things are looking very nice looks like you are setting the bar for the rest of us! looking forward to the finals.