We should start a Constructive Critics Corner amongst the architects on FChat. Please show some of your work. I'll start. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Newer images of the Inholland College in Delft, the Netherlands. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Rijk - what can I say... wow! Looks great. What is the program. Where is it? Looks like there's some interesting light/heat control systems in play. Can you describe? Bravo! Jon
Rijk - this is what's on the screen at the moment.... It's a Medical Clinic going into a 1960's era office building in Pasadena. New exterior planned around (yikes) existing windows. Exterior materials are still under discussion. Trying to find a decent (eg. durable) horiz. wood siding to match vertical sun 'blades' etc. Slab marble and integrally colored stucco elsewhere. Jon Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
looks nice. is that a curtainwall glass building skin? we don't have such software for our computers. i would have to post actual photos. tom w
Jon, I've always loved those narrow vertical window divisions. Le Corbusier used them a lot. As a student I was always wondering why he used them. I now think they were security bars on the windows, without making the security bars look negative. It looks like he solely used them on the ground floor and on windows adjacent to roofs. He also did them as horizontal divisions. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes, we use ArchiCad. However, I cannot do any of this. This is all done by the youngsters in our office. Most of our projects are darwn completely 3D. Each rendering, floorplan, section and elevation are from the same 3D computer model.
I'm also too old for the CAD revolution, but nonetheless am pretty handy with ArchiCAD for 2D details and quick 3D massing studies..."3D model" for me still intrinsically means foamcore board, chipboard, Elmer's glue and an x-acto knife. There's a big ArchiCAD user base here in Dallas; I make a local users' group meeting occasionally and get the online newsletters. The renderings from your office are among the best examples I've seen anywhere, outstanding design work as well. Speaking of age, there's a guy here that's close to 70 and as good on ArchiCad as the best 30-yr-olds.
We are not making any study models any more. We use Sketchup more and more. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Rijk - great re-application. Yes, I have seen also thes windows at Villa Jeanneret. He seems to incorporate a similar look with the curved glass at Villa Savoye as well. And at Villa Roche one also gets wonderful mullion patterns ...... Corbu was a great window designer (I've long admired your namesake in this regard as well). It would have been quite interesting to see what he wouold have done with today's window systems... Come to think of it, I'm sure this influenced my windows at Pasadena... Jon Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I use Vectorworks. I understand that it is similar to ArchiCad. My sense is that ArchiCad is a better 3D platform, although aren't you using another software to do the renderings? At present few of my projects have not been large enough to get me into finished 3D models. It's something I'm eager to do however. Your axon's look great - excellent for project presentations. Ever wonder what Corbu would have done with today's cadd? Jon
I've got the free Google version of Sketchup, and have done a little experimenting. Those are impressive drawings. Must be the full version. A friend of mine has the full version, and a young guy who has done some astounding classical detail work with it.
Piranesi is another good rendering addon for ACAD...gives a soft-focus, kind of watercolor look. Good for period-look presentations to go with traditional homes and buildings.
(very) quick and dirty sketch--medical office in Detroit. We'll see what the client thinks this afternoon. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Residence in northern Michigan. Stalled at the moment but, fingers crossed, might live in a future project. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Looks like the art of nice hand sketching is still alive and well. In your profile: Gentleman...Architect?
A Air traffic control tower design I made last semester. Could love to get some feedback. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've always wondered whether architects do their own structures design/analysis or whether they rely on others. I've heard of architectural engineers, but I can't say I'm quite clear where the lines are drawn.
