Ymca

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

I started this project in mid Feb. with hopes of completing it for the cg viz comp, but pulled the plug on it at the time due to lack of time. I broke it back out today, and decided to go ahead and finish it.

 

Story on the building...

 

The building is a YMCA here in Columbus. It is one of the few full service YMCA's left. A full service Y is one that has housing for men who are down on their luck for one reason or another. Off hand I can not remember what the date of construction was, but I will be by there later today, so I will make sure to make a mental note. The building is on the national register of historical places.

 

Purpose of project...

 

I am doing this image for a couple of reasons. A handful of years ago I spent time at a firm that had a handful of church projects. The firm's design style was neo-classical/georgian, so the church's would inherit a lot of the neo traditional details. Not necessarily something I am found of. However, I do appreciate the details in their real context on historical buildings.

 

Also, I have been wanting to try an image based on inspiration from Juan Siquier's work. His warm sun casting shadow lines over the tops of buildings, combined with the interesting blue hues created by shadow areas.

 

Juan's work.....

http://www.juansiquier.com/images/daroca.jpg

http://www.juansiquier.com/images/s_street.jpg

http://www.juansiquier.com/images/dbt_cafe.jpg

http://www.juansiquier.com/images/fenix.jpg

 

Although I may also want to try and reproduce one of the dreary winter days we tend to have around here.

 

I am modelling in FormZ, and will do rendering with 3dsmax and Vray. I will post here anytime I make decent progress on the building.

[Ernest Burden III]

I have been wanting to try an image based on inspiration from Juan Siquier's work.

 

While Juan's work is spectacular, it is a bit too vernacularfor my tastes. I suggest you extract what you like about it and figure out how to apply it to a more regular rendering rather than attempting to reproduce his style directly.

 

I like your choice of subject. I look forward to seeing you progress on this!

[Tim Nelson]

Wow you could probably do a really dark/gothic rendering with that building, but I imagine your intent isn't to scare people away from it .

 

Juan's work is great! Do you have enough & large enough buildings around this YMCA to create shadow effects like that? Should be cool. Keep us posted.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

While Juan's work is spectacular, it is a bit too vernacularfor my tastes. I suggest you extract what you like about it and figure out how to apply it to a more regular rendering rather than attempting to reproduce his style directly.

 

Yes, I like Juan's work, but i hope not to produce it directly. The quality I really want to capture in his work, is the way the image pulls you in, as you start to explore the details. To me it is the way he typically has a warm sun casting a probably to soft shadow line across the facade of the building. Then your eye travels down into the shadows, and you start to see all the details. I don't know where I will wind up with this image, it may look nothing like his images when I finished, or it may look a lot like it. I am hope that I am just using his pieces as a motivational concept, and that his work does not drive what I am doing in the image.

 

I don't know, I guess I will see.

 

Wow you could probably do a really dark/gothic rendering with that building, but I imagine your intent isn't to scare people away from it .

 

Juan's work is great! Do you have enough & large enough buildings around this YMCA to create shadow effects like that? Should be cool. Keep us posted.

 

I am a little against doing a friendly image because of the function the building serves. This building often convey's mixed feelings. The Y itself is about promoting community, and giving a helping hand. But when you have men who are down on their luck, and struggling to get by, it can become sad and depressing. I would like to try and keep those qualities in the image. That is why I might wind up doing a cold overcast day.

 

The building's has a building directly across the street, and to the left of it. The building to the left is separated by an alley, so that gives some opportunity for depth and detail. To the right and side of the building is a parking lot, but I don't know how much that will show in the final image.

[Ernest Burden III]

I am a little against doing a friendly image because of the function the building serves. This building often convey's mixed feelings. The Y itself is about promoting community, and giving a helping hand. But when you have men who are down on their luck, and struggling to get by, it can become sad and depressing. I would like to try and keep those qualities in the image. That is why I might wind up doing a cold overcast day.

 

So there's your answer. There are 'warm' and 'cool' implications to this place. Show them.

[DennisHolland]

Hi,

 

you've got your building, the inspiration, some style-references and a plan...great ingredients for a cool task here. I'll stick with this thread, sounds like a real nice one.

 

(by the way, Juan's work is fantastic. Very artistic yet realisitic, with a nice sort of warmth peekin' through the moody atmosphere)...

 

Give it your best shot!

[IC]

I'd love to see a regular viz project done in the style of Juan's work since he reproduces the look of existing buildings with no change to them other than his artistic licence.

 

It's rare to get a project that would fit the bill but this one seems quite appropriate.

 

Looking forward to seeing updates.