Hi, everyone. First time I saw this project my decision was to enter the Challenge since it is an extremely interesting architectural piece. When researching the Art Museum location, many things about Kalmar felt interesting. The old historic town, with extraordinary architectural pieces, one of them our subject – Tham & Videgård’s Art Museum, another one – Kalmar Slott. The later felt like an interesting motif of the contrast between old and new. By contrast, I mean the plain difference between modern times and the ancient ones. It shows the progress of people and the inheritance carried over through times.
With that in mind, I decided to base my concept on that exact contrast. That goes hand in hand with the natural and realistic look of the image that was demanded since the Art Museum is really close to the Kalmar Slott and could be photographed from the angle that shows both of the extraordinary pieces. Another thing that made the story interesting is the fact that the Art Museum is situated in the City Park, near the Baltic Sea.

Main guiding principles: Art Museum, Kalmar Slott, dark wood, park, water, a contrast between old and new architecture.

During the next few days, I will post the working process with the quick draft sketch consisting of the capture of the 3DS Max viewport.