CG in Berlin, Germany

[yp]

People,

 

i'm really happy about the opportunity of learning all that CG related stuff on the web, it's a great source and there are so many helpful people out there!

 

But it's a lonesome cowboy buisness sometimes (ok, no oooh's please ) and even though i like working on my own with no one above me it would be great to meet some people with CG affinity in real contexts.

 

Tech-talk, sharing knowledge, collaborating on projects, having a beer or not.

 

I personally have graduated in architecture in 2009 and then specialized in Archviz and

really like CG very much and would be happy about some response.

I use 3DS, Sketchup, Photoshop, tons of plugins ...

 

 

Niko

 

PS:

I had posted a notice at the TU for kind of internship but somehow there was no big interest- and since the job announcements here aren't free and i'm not really offering a job i'll post this info as well >>

 

If someone is interested in learning CG I'd offer the same to you. No need for any degree in architecture. If you can deal with Archviz stuff somehow, that's all that counts!

 

Language: English / German

Edited January 9, 2013 by yp

[Nic H]

What about approaching PURE for some work / internship - they are in Berlin?

[harryhirsch]

well, there are some established Arch Viz firms in Berlin, they can hook u up with a job but probably dont pay that much. But u will learn and its nice to have that names in your CV. Most big german architecture firms have a branch in Berlin, but as u know its hard to get a job as an architect in Berlin so there are plenty of students and fresh graduates that "end up" in the ArchViz field. Good people leave the ArchViz Firms sooner or later to make own business, so much people are "lone wolfs". If u r good u can work as freelance for archfirms, just send them a flyer, i know that some archifirms like to try a new archviz guy for certain reasons. Once u have big names on your client list u can hit it big .

 

Cheers

 

P.S. Just so u know...I am not in Berlin (anymore)

[yp]

Guys,

 

seems like there's a little misunderstanding- i was offering internship (or something like that, internship sounds kinda negative to me to be honest, call it sharing).

Even though i could probably learn and benefit from being intern as well And that's the point- it's a each-one-teach-one buisness, so it would be great to meet some people in reality.

 

Sure i know about pure, xoio and some others here in Berlin, certainly great firms!

 

Architects barely know about the big players in the Archviz buisness and i have no need to compete for contracts with the big architecture firms. There are thousands of offices out there not being able to visualize their projects well. I don't need names in my CV and to be honest i don't like that game: underpayed work because of a name in the cv.. and i'm neither willing nor able to play it. (Concearning architecture or similar, not Archviz; i think an intern in Archviz learns quite a lot) That's one reason why i left the ordinary architecture branch, i did not end up in the Archviz- i chose it as a specialization. Sure references are a good prove and help gaining contracts but in the end it's the quality that sells.

 

From the point of imagining myself being in the position of beginning to find my way into the buisness I would like to say thank you for your advice.

Definitly a good starting point and overview!

[Nic H]

I think you would benefit a lot from going to work in a commercial studio either employed or as an intern.

 

I learnt an awful lot in a very short time when I moved studios just from being surrounded by people much better than I was. Its a little tough to be under pressure producing and learning at the same time but ultimately very rewarding. As an architect I thought I knew how to make images but quickly realised I had no idea! From experience ex-architects often make the worst visualisers as they tend to be very set in their ways technically and creatively and see visualisation as an extension of architecture when it is in fact something quite different.

 

You would be surprised at the amount of architecture studios with a high level of awareness regarding visualisation / communications studios. Its like another subcontractor now in the same way they engage engineers and planning consultative. Larger studios like to engage other larger studios and feel safe with the increased capability they can offer.

 

Anyway you seem to have your niche carved out and decided to go after the thousands of small studios out there which sounds like hard work to me!

[yp]

You are certainly right, sorry, didn't want to be a smart ass!

 

I mean just by experience i think there are many offices which lack of visualizations. The big players don't. For sure i do need to find them and they need to be willing to pay me which is a different "ratio" regarding big projects budgets.

 

I went through that process of realizing that i did not know a thing as well.. I spent a lot of time learning lots of stuff via the web, maybe 2 years focused on that, based on what was there already. (I remember when it was hard to see reality out there and not visualization details, maybe a common feeling?) Not much compared to the time you or others may be in the buisness but the web offers so much information regarding these tasks that i think it is sufficient for autodidactic learning. Still my skills are limited and they always will, i will not be omniscient, the 3D world is too big and developing fast in various parts..

 

Anyway i have to afford my living and have other projects going as well so i just can't be an intern anymore..

But i will rethink that, it's a good advice though.

 

Topic-related, if someone wants to go out for a beer talking about CG , big one or small one (player, not beer), i'd be happy- and if I appeared too ego- i'm not (at least i hope not).

 

[thorsten hartmann]

Hi

 

here the famous companies in Berlin...

 

 

the root of Architecture Viz in Berlin is www.infinity-vision.de

 

the biggest Company is http://www.1000hands.de/

 

and now the BIG-Three.

 

www.archimation.com

 

http://www.purerender.com/

 

http://www.buenck.fehse.com/

 

mfg

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