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Since the transport of the rock was the entire story, that would have to have been recast (some pun intended) as

I generally respond poorly to digital trees – the texturing and leaf qualities (too much of the same) just looks bad.  Our clients generally will respond to hand sketches over a poor digital drawing.  I’ve usually just shot images with the base Rhino renderer, though the mapping on Vray and Maxwell work well (Maxwell softens the architecture n…[Read more]

I recall the renderings playing up the size of the boulder and the slot being more precarious – hopefully the scale of it makes the experience worth it.  Sometimes I get the same feeling with Serra’s torus sculptures, but the feeling of being inside is quite magical.

You cant model in lumion and the rendering quality is marginal imo. If youre renderings are taking all night I would try to streamline your technique while youre in school.

We use cintiqs

I typically spend 4-5 hours on the 3D aspect of the project and I put every project in the software.  By comparison I used to spend about 3-4 hours on hand rendering plans, elevations and details.  I start every project with sketch paper and a pen.  I work to whatever degree of detail I feel suits the project and then scan/import the sketch in…[Read more]

This is something that I have thought about, plant libraries are without a doubt hard to find, but I have managed to find quite a large amount of 3Ds Max models, which have really been very handy. However rendering on 3Ds max obviously takes much longer and that wasn’t really the point to my argument. You seem to be quite clued up in terms of 3Ds,…[Read more]

Hi Dave, thanks for your input, I’m definitely starting to see a general pattern and I think you are right, its not one problem that’s holding 3D’s back, but a combination of factors,sad really. I’m interested to hear about your use of Pool Studio, I personally haven’t used it but I have seen examples of work, do you use it with every project you…[Read more]

Thanks for your input, I’ve been hoping someone with experience on Lumion would share their thoughts. It’s interesting that you should say that Sketch Up modelling is a faster than setting up a Lumion scene. From my experience I found that Sketch Up, as fast as what it may be, is still much more time consuming than working on Lumion. My walk…[Read more]

Thanks for your input. That’s really interesting, do you not feel that a computer limits your creativity? I often find that the limitations of programs (Revit & Sketch Up), in terms of design, often end up shaping the end product, and for that reason I tend to start with conceptual sketches first before moving to a computer. As I said though,…[Read more]

Agree, made similar experience, not only in China but also in the MENA region.

I’ve used Pool Studio for several years.  I’m a residential LA and I’m often amazed that my clients rave over seeing how the exterior of the house will look.  Most of my projects happen while the house is just beginning construction or close to starting construction.  I think lack of really high-end 3D is pretty common in the residential world.  P…[Read more]

I would be interested I live in Syracuse NY and may go to the one in NYC in Sept (Dec exam) but so many of these practice days are on the West Coast, we are broke taking this exam and spending even more more is not realistic.

I think the main reason LAs use it less than building architects is that plant libraries in every software I’ve used is pretty pathetic.  We have a need, particularly for trees to set branching form, etc (I think some software is slowly getting there).  Often our office finds it easier to whip up a SketchUp or Rhino base model and photoshop in a…[Read more]

Hi, Ann.
I’ve kind of struggled with what to spec in an area that’ll eventually become shaded. So you spec temporary perennials for sun, to be replaced with shade tolerant perennials when the bed is shaded out? Do you specify a specific time period for replacement? And how do you show this on a plan? Does the client usually “get it” that that’s…[Read more]

Good question, Luke. I’ve just started playing around with a product called Pool Studio which generates some pretty impressive 3D graphics, lets you do walk thrus, shows moving water, as well as people swimming, etc. It’s not as impressive as your video, but it presents the basic design idea really well. And it’s quick. You can design in 2D right…[Read more]

Hi Deborah,
I’m the CEO and Developer for Land F/X.
Being on a Mac certainly does put you in a spot in terms of just testing our software, as you would at a minimum need to purchase Parallels and a license of Windows.
However, we have an all Mac office here, and Parallels allows us to run AutoCAD, as well as some other PC-based software such as…[Read more]

To offer a counterpoint, our office uses 3d on a daily basis both within the design process as well as final production. I might argue that anything can be a design tool. We are 100% digital. You can see some of our work at terrainla.com

Buildings and most site features are very easy to model and dont require an obscene amount of computing power. Landscape, particularly plants and trees are extremely complexin geometry requiring enormous computing power to display well.

Additionally, modeling tends to require more time in production that could be spent on design…with limited…[Read more]