Assignment 5

For this assignment we had to find a site anywhere in the world and pull it into Unity from Sketechup. Then we took a model from Revit and imported it into Unity on that site. It was a complicated process but in the end resulted in a fun interactive game like simulation.

The program Unity makes it easy to view and walk through your building as if you were the client. One of the biggest problems I had and still could not figure out was being able to paint texture maps onto my building. This is why the building is white.

Here is the link for the simulation

file:///C:/Users/nhay/Desktop/Unity%201/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Since this link does not work you can also find it on

Joshua2/Arch/Classes/Beach530/Nathaniel Hay/Computers/Nate Hay Unity Simulation

Research Topic

For my semester project I plan to study 3D prototyping and how it can better the school of architecture. There are hundreds of things you can do with a 3D prototyping machine. But finding out how it can be used for architecture other than just building a model is what I would like to discover. The programs I will be concentrating on will be Sketchup, Revit and 3Ds design.

I think that by studying 3D prototyping I can find better ways for 3 dimensional models to show what the architect is trying to portray easier than a 2 dimensional drawing of a section or model. Instead of taking an entire model and modeling it, just model what is needed to provide the client with better information. With this technology I would like to apply it to architecture for example by modeling a window and showing how it is functional. This would be done by printing out multiple parts and attaching them together to make a functional window system.

http://www.makerbot.com/blog/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eojAdYMT0g&NR=1

 This is a animation done with 3Ds Max design. I 

framed the video to express the structural composition 

of the building through circulation with the camera

movement through the building.

Vasari: Wind and Sun Analysis

Retrieve the location. Butler MO

For some reason I could not retrieve the mapping 

from google,but I will still insert the blank image.

Now with a surface to work on I can create a 

massing model.

Wind Rose Butler, MO

The Ecotect Solar Radiation for Butler, MO 

on March 20 at 8:00 am.

 

Butler, MO on March 20 at 1:00 pm.

Butler, MO on March 20 at 5:00 pm.

Sun sets at 6:22 pm.

Now for wind simulation just load your massing model 

into the wind tunnel. Here the wind is hitting the building 

from the South. The height the wind will hit the building

at is set to 6 feet.

Now the wind is shown vertically coming from the West. 

Here is wind in 3d moving throughout the building simulated 

with flow lines.

With Vasari's new wind simulation program it is very easy to

understand everything you need to know about your building 

and how it is affected by the wind.

Google Earth - Butler, MO

Now Google Earth will allow you to do so much more by allowing you to import a building designed and built in Google SketchUp and see it in its real location on Earth with multiple add on and tags to the building.

One interesting new feature is the ability to overlay an image onto Google Earth right where you have imported your building. This allows you to better describe your building and or surrounding buildings.

The purpose for which I have used this is by showing what Butler, MO Fire station looks like and its location. I have also show what that location would look like if the Butler Police department were to relocate to the building connecting to the Fire station.

Here is an overlay of Police cars images I have inserted into Google Earth. This gives a better idea of what the Police station would look like in this location.

Map of Butlers Police and Fire Station.

Idea 2

Topic: Cinematography through Studio 3D Max

Question: Because I want to transform a 2D picture into a 3D image without the use of 3d glasses, something similar to a cylindrical lens.

Significance: In order to better communicate 2 dimensional image using technologies to show realistic depth 3 dimensionally.

Idea 1

Topic:  Cinematography through Photoshop and Studio 3D Max

Question:  Because I want to create not just a picture but a realistic depiction of a building using cinematography. A Photograph that shows more than the building, it makes you feel the space and understand everything about it.

Significance: In order to better communicate a 2 dimensional image by infusing fine art with architecture.