Architectural Visualization
Introduction
Architectural Visualization or Infoarquitectura is the process of taking an architectural design in 2D, modeling it in 3D, assigning materiality), defining ambient lighting, defining camera effects and atmosphere, and then generating an image that allows visualizing the intention that the architect wants to communicate to third parties.
With today's computer technology, it is possible to create three-dimensional models in a virtual space, place lights and cameras in desired positions, assign color, shape and texture to architectural design, simulate real lighting conditions. These models allow you to immediately visualize not only the distribution of the floor, but also many factors at the same time, space, light and shadow, height, complicated intersections, separation of elements, dimension of voids, proportion of structural elements, and are an invaluable instrument during construction.
Who uses this?
When an architecture office grows, it needs more and more manpower resources to be able to carry out the projects it undertakes. Thus, the main architect can supervise each of the projects that are developed within the office, in this way a resource is not saturated with several projects at the same time and can focus all his creativity and energy on a single project, thus improving the quality of each of the projects carried out. There may be several people in the team and each one is in charge of different parts, but each member of the team understands the project in its entirety,[1] In addition, each member helps the others, through their collaboration, to visualize and develop the project more deeply.[2] One or more resources are assigned for each project depending on its size, the larger and more complex the project is, the more resources are needed to finish it on the delivery date.[3].
Pre-modeling preparation
Before making a 3D model, the architect must consider several factors that will define the process of creating this model, such as the needs of the principal architects and their clients. The process also varies depending on the stage of the design at the time of starting this step. A project that is in an initial design phase is modeled with much less detail than a design that is already very defined down to smaller details. There are other factors of time, delivery dates, coordination with other professionals outside the office that govern the way it is going to be done. the model. Some of these factors are:.