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Blender as a design tool for architecture
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Blender conference 2012Matthieu Dupont de Dinechin / viralata
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Introduction
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Though Blender can be very good at architectural visualisation
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Introduction
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Though Blender can be very good at architectural visualisation
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Introduction
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Though Blender can be very good at architectural visualisation
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Introduction
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Though Blender can be very good at architectural visualisation
We will not speak about it today, sorry :-D
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Presentation plan
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Blender as a design tool:It's more about designing directly in 3D within Blender, than modeling designs that have already been thought.
Part 1 : Technical Design
Part 2 : Concept or free-form design.
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Part 1 : Technical design
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Tecnical design from scratch
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It's possible to design parts and details:Snapping tools, Modifiers (boolean, bevel, array)
The tools are too be learned and well known, but their use is then so fast that I prefer it for many tasks to my architectural software.
features vs usability, flexibility and versatility
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Technical design within a workflow 1
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From the architectural drawings, exported into Blender
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Technical design within a workflow 4
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The wooden structure is designed with Blender
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Technical design within a workflow 6
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The wooden structure is designed with Blender
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Technical design within a workflow 7
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And for the final design, the rounded façades could'nt be done without Blender
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Tricube 1
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Quick sketch design with Blender
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Tricube 2
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Plans with BIM software
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Tricube 3
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Wooden frame designed in Blender with imported BIM plans and imported 3D from carpenter
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Tricube 4
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The house is now finished
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Part 2 : Free-form design
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Exploring forms and spaces with the various tools of Blender
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"Parametric" design 1
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Design a base structure that can then be duplicated and deformed by only one curve.
Editing the curve allow to test the forms and explore how the building can integrate itself with its environment.
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"Parametric" design 2
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"Parametric" design 3
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"Parametric" design 4
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Designing a pedestrian bridge 1
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I had the general concept: a suspended bridge made of "slices" of wooden panels.
I used the tools I already knew to achieve it, testing the forms and characteristicsthrough the whole designing phase.
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Designing a pedestrian bridge 2
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A plan with an array along a curve allows to change the orientation of the slicesA set of boolean modifiers and solidify modifiers cut the slices from a mesh
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Designing a pedestrian bridge 3
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The use of modifiers allow to change at any time the design
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Adaptive building
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The modifers allow to wrap the structure and windows around the floors.Modifyng the floors make the whole structure adapting itself.
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Exploring new tools 1
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Playing around freely with new tools is necessary (and fun !):It enpowers your toolbox for the next competitions.
It leads you to new ideas and designs.
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Exploring new tools 2
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The initial form is fractured with cell fracturethen its deformed through softbody simulation (à la Gaudi)
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Exploring new tools 3
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The skin modifier changes it to a tubular structure
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Exploring new tools 4
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The Cycles interactive rendering allows to really explore light and materials
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Conclusion 1
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One needs to know the tools and practice it.
It's necessary to explore and try (when you have a tight deadline it's too late for experimentation).
You must know what you are able to do
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Conclusion 2
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But no need to have ten years of experience:My students manage to got those very nice results after 4 days .
Thanks a lot