Portfolio (3D design & Renders)

RENDER AND VISUALIZATION PORTFOLIO

James Karanja Maina

INTRODUCTION

James is a self-driven third-year Civil Engineering student adequately skilled in AutoCAD,ArchiCAD,Twinmotion, Illustrator, and Photoshop. He is sufficiently equipped to generate floor plans, elevations, and more, give a visual form to ideas through still-picture renders. By leveraging these tools, he can take boring flat data and transform it into something more than merely insight or perception alone.

1. PROPOSED DOUBLE WAREHOUSE EXTERIOR RENDERS

• The following renders feature two adjacent steel warehouses with dimensions;

• Walls - (20*13)m and (25*13)m

• Eaves height – 5m

• Perimeter wall – (30*30)m

Inclusions; - 2 RS doors (4*4)m

- 2 PA doors

- Polycarbonate sheets and Cyclones (10 each)

Front pictorial view

2.

Oblique Aerial view

3.

Oblique Aerial view

4.

Aerial view

PROPOSED DOUBLE WAREHOUSE EXTERIOR RENDERS

1. Oblique Aerial view

2. Front Pictorial view

3. Oblique Aerial view

[Front]

4.Aerial view

ONLY HE WHO HAS A DIFFERENT VISUAL OPENING CAN SEE THE WORLD IN ANOTHER WAY AND CAN PASS ON TO HIS NEIGHBOR THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BROADEN HIS FIELD OF VIEW...LET US GET USED TO LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF OTHERS.

-Bruno Munari

2. PROPOSED INSTITUTIONAL PROJECT (POLICE POST) – EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR RENDERS

• The following renders feature a proposed structural steel police post with;

• 2 dormitory blocks (4.8*19.5)m, Eaves height 3m

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Inclusions; Polycarbonate sheets and Cyclones

1.

Aerial oblique view (All blocks)

2.

View from height of sight at entrance

3.

Avg height-of sight view in front of dorm opposite to dining hall

4.

Avg height-of sight view

5. Working stations

6. Kitchen area

7. Dining area

8.

Dormitory area (2 rooms)

9.

Bathrooms

PROPOSED POLICE POST – EXTERIOR

& INTERIOR RENDERS

3. PROPOSED WAREHOUSE, KONZA AREA –

EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR RENDERS

• The renders hereafter feature a proposal for a steel warehouse with dimensions;

• Walls - (30*10)m

• Eaves height – 4m

• Roof pitch – 15 degrees

Inclusions;

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RS doors

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PA doors

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Polycarbonate sheets and Cyclones

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Partitioning

1. Aerial oblique view

2.

View from avg height of sight (North West elevation)

3. Avg height-of sight view (South West elevation)

4.

Roof aerial oblique view

5. Avg height-of sight view (South East elevation)

Low-height (1m from ground surface)

7.

Middle partition Interior render

8. South End Partition

Interior Render

PROPOSED WAREHOUSE, KONZA AREAEXTERIOR AND INTERIOR RENDERS

Aerial oblique view

View from avg height of sight (North West elevation)

Avg height-of sight view (South West elevation)

Roof aerial oblique view

Avg height-of sight view (South East elevation)

Low-height (1m from ground surface)

Middle partition Interior render

South End Partition Interior Render

PRIMARY TOOLS USED

ArchiCAD

• Develop 3D models from floor plans and elevation sketches

Twinmotion/ Lumion

Generate still-picture renders from 3D models desiged in ArchiCAD

Conceptualization

Understanding what is needed via hand/CAD sketches and seeking clarifications where necessary

Approach…

Floor plan sketching

Sketching floor plans of clarified dimensions for use as guide in 3D design

3D Design

Actual modelling of wall, roof, floor, and environment details in ArchiCAD 24

Rendering

Saving the 3D models in appropriate formats for editing and generating renders in rendering softwares (Lumion/ twinmotion)

Selection and Compilation

Selecting the best rendered pictures, and those showing maximum visual detals, then compiling them ready for displaying.

SUMMARY

Differing to a slight degree with Bruno Munari, I believe we don’t necessarily need a different visual opening to see the world in another way, while we can easily see it in the form of visual elements when presented to us as 3D models, or something as pedestrian as pictures.

At the end of the day, it is not a technical contest. If it doesn’t look that appealing, then it doesn’t look that appealing.