CABINS entry by Polina Donchevskaia
As an inspiration I thought of a place where I spent all summers during my childhood. It was always so peaceful, quiet and completely abandoned. Abandonment is what makes this place so special.
The 7th Architectural Visualization Challenge I’m running in partnership with Quixel as the marquee sponsor. The book CABINS by Philip Jodidio and the fantastic illustrations by Marie-Laure Cruschi served as the principal inspiration for this year’s challenge theme. That, and my love for prefab architecture design.
CABINS entry by josh.greenwood
For my initial concept I drew inspiration from the game FIREWATCH by Campo Santo Studio.
I love the art style of this game, its original and beautiful and really captures the sense of the wilderness in which it is set. I particularly enjoyed the design of the Lookout tower that is central to the storyline. The elevated position allows for majestic panoramas of the surrounding environment and provides a sheltered yet exposed vantage point for the protagonist.
Like many people the idea of retreating from everyday life into nature is one that interests me a lot. An escape from the real world, a sanctuary where you are the only person for miles around. These are the qualities I’d like to convey in my cabin design.
CABINS entry by Peter Boodts
Imagining a structure hanging high on a rock.
CABINS entry by Michał Miłkowski
Blocked out the cabin’s interior and put in UE4. Most likely there will be some iterations, but there are some certain motives I want to keep – angular wall with big windows, providing decent view to landscape, from hill/mountain + 1st floor for better view on landscape lows + mix of concrete, wood and steel + fairly large usage of plants. Angular front wall would provide some good base to place cabin on top of hill with rocky slope or putting it inside slope, for shape alignment. Tested two lighting scenarios, but final lighting will be probably experimented/final near challenge end.
CABINS entry by JesusL
I choose first the style for the cabin then i started visualizing where I wanted to build this cabin
First I focused in a mountain lake area but I started thinking that i wanted something more special or amazing then it got me what if set it inside a cave or clearing with clear water and with and internal waterfall, I just though that this was so magical just imagining the sounds of nature that i had to choose this environment.
CABINS entry by jeddbrendo
Adventure in the outdoors is awesome. One of the best sports is mountain biking. In my entry I wanted to design remote mountain biking cabins. They would be put along multi-day trails.
This is inspired by a multi-day hike I did years ago in New Zealand & my love of mountain biking. That trek in NZ has always occupied a very special place in my heart. The idea of combining the fun & adventure of mountain biking with the splendor of a monumental & remote landscape is exciting.
I have started by collecting reference(Google Images & Pixabay) material and ideas. Photos of the trek in NZ as well as photos of timber work used in MTB trail building. This kind of design will be reflected in the architectural elements.
Recently I discovered a free application that quickly and easily collates all this onto one moodboard. The app is called PureRef. Well worth checking out.
I also started thinking and sketching REALLY rough plan views. As part of my process I find listening to certain music will help get the creative juices going. For this concept I have been listening to the soundtracks of BCC Blue Planet 2 & Planet Earth 2.