looking like a building.

Over the past few weeks i have been developing a model on 3ds max, on which i have been achieving some pretty good results, these renders were taken shortly before 3ds decided to crash on me, the aim after this is to build it back to this stage hopefully. then the external structure will be complete with only the interior needing completion, of which i have made a stair case for access throughout the library. These renders are relatively low quality but i feel have an amazing effect.

The hero perspective shot.
However this glass facade will overlook the bridge it still has this amazing feel, with the bottom 2 floors extending under the bridge, and the central core attaching itself to a vertical strut in the bridges truss.

Western Elevation.
This is the facade that is visible if observing from the city, resembling both a wasps/bees nest and the original idea of the casemoth cocoon. functions of spaces will be discussed in a later blog spot.

Eastern Elevation.
This is what will be seen from New Farm, and some of what will be visible whilst crossing the bridge.

Roof view.
Once again imagine the bridge running over the bottom half of this view, the large arm extending out is not scaled to fit with other designs yet. You may also acknowledge the open almost atrium stairwell in the top half of this view.

From Here: I will continue to push this model towards being a realistic representation of what the design might be, and model it using rapid prototypes and laser cutting technology.

(Note: how i got to this point will be covered in further posts as i do not have access to 3DS max at home and cannot get screen captures of the process at this current time.)