Comments on: Motor City – UN Studio, MVRDV

By: Archinect : Discussion Forum : Random Tangents : MVRDV masterplan in Tirana

Archinect : Discussion Forum : Random Tangents : MVRDV masterplan in Tirana — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:56:38 +0000

[...] in architecture, which i think is pretty interesting. i have to say i was pretty struck by mvrdv’s proposal for the motor city competition in spain last year and this seems to be in the same vein, although not as interesting. it’s hard to [...]

By: Motor City by UN Studio, "Hot" Hi-Tech Design Firm - myarchN

Motor City by UN Studio, "Hot" Hi-Tech Design Firm - myarchN — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:19:14 +0000

[...] Motor City by UN Studio, “Hot” Hi-Tech Design Firm MVRDVThomas, Thu 4 Oct 2007 ” must see” FIVE STAR RATED … architecture, competition + tender and movies, recordings, and more http://www.dysturb.net/2007/motor-city-charles-jencks-award/ [...]

By: Motor City by UN Studio, "Hot" Hi-Tech Design Firm - myarchN

Motor City by UN Studio, "Hot" Hi-Tech Design Firm - myarchN — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:05:41 +0000

[...] Motor City by UN Studio, “Hot” Hi-Tech Design Firm MVRDVThomas, Thu 4 Oct 2007 ” must see” FIVE STAR RATED � architecture, competition + tender and movies, recordings, and more http://www.dysturb.net/2007/motor-city-charles-jencks-award/ [...]

By: Spacemakers - Nieuws - Motor City volgens UN Studio en volgens MVRDV

Spacemakers - Nieuws - Motor City volgens UN Studio en volgens MVRDV — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:49:57 +0000

[...] Motor City volgens UN Studio en volgens MVRDV 4 oktober 2007 – Bron: dysturb.net [...]

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Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:52:08 +0000

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By: yullo

yullo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:17:07 +0000

First of all hello to my dysturbed friends!!!

To this discussion I would add that the representation can be outsourced to a few excellent rendering offices doing the images for starchitects: http://www.arte-factory.com/ for example.

Sometimes I feel that these unpolluted “real images” overshadow the look of the real building once the construction is done… nothing left for comprehension of the viewer and expression of the creator.

On the other hand this seek for reality flattens any individual investigation in representation (as in spanish architect Isaskun Chinchilla’s drawings and others (see: http://www.freshmadrid.com/estudios.html).

Be aware of “reality” I would say!

By: toms

toms — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:36:26 +0000

Yes. I’ve also observed this convergence in render styles, just open the latest A10 or Mark publication. High quality rendering isn’t an obscure magic anymore, only practiced by nerdy gnomes in dark cellars. The now maturing generetion of architects is the first one which put their hands on 3d visualisation software at university, and takes it for granted. Which is good – just another tool. In adddition to that, the high end features have become accessible – everybody can render with mental ray now and get the global illumination, the subtle shadows, the caustics. And that shows.
I hope, on the other hand, that this liberation from technical obstacles gets over this similarity and gives way for a new variety, where the medium again is explored, and not just employed.

By: m

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:08:40 +0000

fascinating, how you cannot tell an MVRDV rendering from an OMA one anymore. On the one hand a bit boring, on the other: we’ll be able to discuss architecture again, not renderstyles!
Wonderful project, anyway!