Modern Design Rendering
Contemporary vs Modern vs Classical
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In this next part of Renderings & drawings, Sherrod Drawings continues to find fast and accurate renderings to be an integral part of architecture. Today, I would like to explore the several types of ideas in design and explore how renderings can tell a story to the potential client.I see Contemporary Architecture as what is being designed right now. Modern Architecture speaks of design after a certain point and has a look and feel most of us can point out, even if describing it is difficult.
I love the idea of a community where buildings all speak the same language. They have similar stories to tell in the way they look and how they meet the needs of the people they are built for. So when I see a very "Modern" House slapped onto a street of otherwise very classically designed homes, I see it as an eye sore, a slap in the face to the neighbors. Instead of a cozy quaint street with rich history in Design you get that one lone duck that Quacks, every time you drive by.
SO the picture following are trying to tell a story, I'd be interested in your interpretation. Shoot me an email.
That is not to say I have any qualms with modern design. I find much of it pleasing. Clean lines and unique features that would not work with a more classically designed structure. Today's Renderings are of a very modern house. With a great view overlooking whatever city you'd like to imagine it to be in. So I experimented in showing off this house and design in a story board. I will let you decide what you get out of the progressive scenes.
What I do take issue with in Modern Design, is that the buildings seem to represent to mother nature "Look, Look at us being able to construct a cave which rises up out of the ground to heat and cool us while keeping us dry". We can also take this further and get a feeling that these Modern structures laugh at locally sustainable materials and energy efficiency. They MUST use central heating and cooling, ignoring the geographical climate. A big statement from the ego "We're so cool".
This particular design actually trumps a good portion of those statements I just made. The Low-E rotating doors allow the house to capture prevalent breezes and a deep over hang give needed shade from the light of the sun. A flat roof deck above (we can tell because of the stairs in the background) allow for an additional exterior open space ontop while the pool deck has fruit bearing trees planted.
So a modern house can be good in the right setting. Consider the quaint neighborhood I described previously. Most of the Architecture grows from a learned history of Construction in the area while using local materials. The learned Construction will include many items that deal with the local geographical climate. Some of these will be seen in the pitch of the roof, structural materials, exterior coverings and site conditions that all deal with weather, temperatures & climate.
So in the end, make good use of your local materials and design for what the neighborhood wants to say. A good Architect / Designer will help guide in the direction of finding the right design based on many of these parameters and will not make a building go "Quack".
I love the idea of a community where buildings all speak the same language. They have similar stories to tell in the way they look and how they meet the needs of the people they are built for. So when I see a very "Modern" House slapped onto a street of otherwise very classically designed homes, I see it as an eye sore, a slap in the face to the neighbors. Instead of a cozy quaint street with rich history in Design you get that one lone duck that Quacks, every time you drive by.
SO the picture following are trying to tell a story, I'd be interested in your interpretation. Shoot me an email.
That is not to say I have any qualms with modern design. I find much of it pleasing. Clean lines and unique features that would not work with a more classically designed structure. Today's Renderings are of a very modern house. With a great view overlooking whatever city you'd like to imagine it to be in. So I experimented in showing off this house and design in a story board. I will let you decide what you get out of the progressive scenes.
What I do take issue with in Modern Design, is that the buildings seem to represent to mother nature "Look, Look at us being able to construct a cave which rises up out of the ground to heat and cool us while keeping us dry". We can also take this further and get a feeling that these Modern structures laugh at locally sustainable materials and energy efficiency. They MUST use central heating and cooling, ignoring the geographical climate. A big statement from the ego "We're so cool".
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| The beginning or an evening? |
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| Opening the doors the next morning |
So a modern house can be good in the right setting. Consider the quaint neighborhood I described previously. Most of the Architecture grows from a learned history of Construction in the area while using local materials. The learned Construction will include many items that deal with the local geographical climate. Some of these will be seen in the pitch of the roof, structural materials, exterior coverings and site conditions that all deal with weather, temperatures & climate.
So in the end, make good use of your local materials and design for what the neighborhood wants to say. A good Architect / Designer will help guide in the direction of finding the right design based on many of these parameters and will not make a building go "Quack".
-Michael Sherrod
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