Final Entry – Seven Chapters Of The Day

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Seven Chapters Of The Day

By Nacevic Nenad

The guiding idea of my project is based on an optimistic vision of the future, harmonious coexistence of people and technology. The project is based on a broader representation of the Hudson Yards area that has been influenced by the technological advances which I envision the future will bring by 2040.

My intention was to present the cyclicality of the day through its 7 phases. The transformations that space goes through are related to the lighting variations, change of utilization, shift of events, space occupancy density,…

I_The storyline starts with our main protagonist who goes to work. Above her head is Torus – a futuristic phone replacement used for advanced video call projections, health monitoring, or simply like a GoPro. The origin of its shape comes from the symbolism and appearance of the aureole. Hudson Yards will be influenced by various technology and screens implemented on the buildings which are not there only for commercial purposes but their role is to remind the population to slow down, take a deep breath, enjoy creative interpretations of nature. “Wake up” message in the sky is a reference to the movie “Mr. Nobody (2009)”. On the display below it, the invitation to the party indicates the development of the following events.

II_The golden sun is setting below the horizon. Musicians lead a Balloon parade that passes through the city and announces the upcoming celebration. Curious passers-by gather in increasing numbers. The workers diligently set the stage and make the final preparations.

III_The main vessel became a carrier and the protector of the holographic tree which is representing the dual nature of the future life. We can choose the way we want to participate in everyday life, be physically or electronically present. Glowing Stevi-cola traces re-introduce us to our protagonist sitting on the edge, looking at the night landscape from a perspective that is unusual for an ordinary observer.

IV_The celebration began in all its glory. People have a wonderful time celebrating life, colorful confetti erupts all around them while the lead character of our story plays music from the stage.

V_Party is still going, buildings in Hudson Yards have become alive, shining in their splendor. Lights incorporated into the facades and animated waves on them illuminate the entire hazy city block.

VI_The sun rises and a new day is born. Workers are packing the gear and robots are cleaning confetti and flyers leftover from the party.

VII_The light of the fresh morning opens the seventh scene. A passing plane indicates that one cycle has been completed and announces the start of the next round of life events.

Meliora

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Meliora
By Stefan Dimitrov

The focal point in the development of the project is to connect the adjacent terrain with the sky scrapers of Hudson Bay by vegetation. I always aim to create architecture dedicated to the people. Improving the site environment and the building volumes is my main purpose in the project. Leaving a valuable heritage for the future generations is what I aim for. Almost every big city like New York has a lack of green spaces at the expense of concrete and technologies. Meliora illustrates one possible and breathing green development between the City and the Nature for the next twenty years.
By using 3ds max I begun remodeling the provided volumes in the sketch-up model. I changed the geometry of the skyscrapers in such a way to create green surfaces, that will host the bushes and the small trees. At the same time I started developing the surrounding area by using pre-made assets. I used around 60-70 low poly models of buildings to fill up the context area. To create variety I created several clusters that were rotated and scaled randomly.
The terrain was created by using splines. Creating some organic shapes into the park area helped to achieve the desired result. I also modeled a leaf-like structure that is covered in grass and bushes. This affected in a good way the composition in all of my images by giving a more dynamic expression in the views.
All of the images were rendered by V-ray. Post-production was added in Photoshop. I aimed to create moods for the day images that were very similar to each other, because I wanted all of the day views to work as one. After that I created one last fourth image in a night mood to nail the end of the project development.
Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this contest.

NEW YARDS 2040

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Here is my final images for the competition .The narrative of the 3 images were having 3 different vantage points of people who are coming in contact with this location.

1, Commuter (coming to the vessel view)
2. Tourist (Instagram View)
3. Local coming after work overlooking the vessel view

The structure ‘vessel’ is a replica of the 1967 worlds fair structure in Queens. Since so many things are being re imagined and re produced, I thought of using this competition to re imagine having the ‘new vessel’ be a structure which already exist in Queens and honor it for the 75th anniversary (2040).