Arch Design 3 - Beta

My progress on designing an exhibition facility for a piece of modern art, is beginning to produce presentable results. On the following rendering the form of the construction acting as roof (for the frontal part of the building) is depicted.

The shadows created on this rendering are considered the worse possible, given the position (angle) of the sun. Thus the percentage of coverage is efficient (?). I think i am going to need some help from my tutor on this.

Shigeru Ban - Wall less house

My second exercise on Architectural Design was a reconstruction (in scale) and analysis of a medium house of a prominent modern architect of our choice. I choose Shigeru Ban's Wall less house in Nagano, Japan part of his Case Study Houses. Minimalistic and outrageously simple was the definite love at first sight for me.

So...the result of my exercise was

• 3 1/100 scale models (depicting the different arrangements of the furnitures)
• 1 1/50 cross-section of the building
• 1 1/50 scale model of the building (with surroundings)

Photos of them can be seen in a photo set here (Flickr)

Takis Zenetos - To strogilo

At last!
My first exercise as a student in Architecture... It's about a school in Agios Dimitrios (Athens) build by Takis Zenetos in '70s. I tried to depict the main volumes of the building and their connection.

The outcome was a plotter printed 50x70cm poster about the building.Here in electronic format (not original quality):
The programs used:

• AutoCAD 2008
• 3d Studio Max 2008
• Mental Ray
• Photoshop CS3

And many hours on them... :)

Eduardo Souto Moura

Yesterday i saw a really nice presentation of the works of Eduardo Souto Moura,the famous Portuguese architect,presented by himself.The way his mind is working on architectural projects is GREAT!He analyzed a stadium project.His presentation a real Must for every one in the world of architecture.
A link for his work....
http://www.cidadevirtual.pt/blau/moura.html