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Mini Lecture

Renderings
Prof. Alex Shelly
Architectural renderings help visualize the potential space, atmosphere and
experience of your design projects. Renderings are both a design TOOL and a
design EXERCISE that requires knowledge of the rules of composition and
photography.

Consider:
1. Style & Language - Build an atmosphere for the image whether it is a
collage or photoreal render? Relate it to the rest of your presentation
2. Atmosphere - Does the image convey the feeling/sensation you envision?
3. Light & Shadow - Does the lighting contribute to the interpretation of the
project? The way light enters a space or environment impacts its feeling
4. Camera View - Does the image clearly convey the depth of spaces?
5. Materials & Textures - Are the basic characteristics of the intended
materials being well represented?
6. Objects & Vegetation - Have a good furniture & vegetation libraries
7. Scale Figures - Make sure they are at the appropriate scale. Choose wisely
between photoreal, vector or silhouette figures
Additional tips:
● Ask yourself what you are trying to communicate/achieve with each image
● Sketch out your composition first
● Obey the 3-ground rule: Foreground, Middle Ground, Background
● Set the camera at human eye level height (~ 5-5.5 ft above the ground)
● Use 2-point perspective to avoid distorted vertical lines
● Master light & shadow
● Use light to add visual hierarchy & draw the viewer’s a
● Use high resolution texture maps
● Determine whether 2D or 3D entourage assets are best for your scene
● Treat each render as a photograph - compose, frame, illuminate, color
balance and provide focal points as if you were composing a photograph
● Plan your time accordingly so that you can dedicate enough time to
appropriately design and develop your render
● Your images require post-production. Lumion or Enscape are excellent apps;
however they have their limitations. Bring you images into Photoshop to
touch-up effects, add entourage, correct color balance & brightness/contrast
What’s wrong with this image?
What’s wrong with this image?

The Z-axis lines are


not vertical.

To correct this, you


either have to:
1. Correct in
Photoshop, or
2. Use 2-point
perspective
camera to
ensure the Z-
axis lines are
vertical. Use
this camera
style for human
eye-level
architectural
images
Use 2-point perspective
cameras for vertical Z-axis
lines, which better replicate
human eye level experience in
architectural images
Rhino’s default “perspective” is
actually 3-point perspective,
hence the Z-axis distortion
The Z-axis
lines are now
vertical =
BETTER
Exterior
Interior

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