[ask] Need help picking materials for this scene, any ideas? All feedback is welcome

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[ask] Need help picking materials for this scene, any ideas? All feedback is welcome

Posted Aug 24, 2019, 9:41 PM UTC

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Bubzthetroll•

I’ll sell you quartz ore for 3 diamonds per stack

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So I’m not the only one who thought Minecraft when seeing this?

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shanghai_cowboy•

My professors would have said that you should know the materials you are building with instead of leaving it last.

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adamn45OP•

Valid. I know the structural material and that is concrete. But I could’ve covered it up. I went with a board form concrete finish.

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OobaDooba72•

Go full brutalist. Concrete, concrete everywhere.

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strvd•

I came here to say this.

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MaartenAllArchitecture Student•

I thougjt the exact same thing!

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It would look absolutely wonderful like that

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MaartenAllArchitecture Student•

Maybe not the answer you're looking for but when I first saw the image I felt like the white/beige worked pretty well with the flowers and the blue sky. May I suggest a light-coloured concrete with something darker for the floor, stairs and colums?

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jininjin•

The rendering needs help since it looks like a low res video game. The actual design inst bad as is. Brutalism but I like it.

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adamn45OP•

Yes I like that

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bushwanker25•

The beams on the top left and the nature theme tell me wood, maybe with a few 'green walls' . However I would suggest focusing on finding a cohesive narrative. This design appears to have been developed quite far already so I'm sure you have some ideas of where you want to take this. You can ask yourself what role the space plays inside the building and what mood should go along with it.

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adamn45OP•

I designed the space to encourage a sense of community. But my original renders were of grey concrete so it was kind of depressing. Thanks for the direction!

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I like the design as is! Simple, elegant, open yet safely enclosed. I will always and forever advocate for more plants! If you want to take it up a notch in that direction, with this design I see multiple water features that function to keep the plants going and, add fish for good mesure!

Zen areas with the fishes where people will be more prone to stop, talk, smell the roses right... water recuperation and plants filter everything else! Low maintenance, lush green vegetation, flowers up the wazoo and you use your community to help care for it.

Good luck with your project and whichever way you take, this is good!

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adamn45OP•

That is great thanks!

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ForAll1392•

Use white

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