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| I downloaded a generic gas station from Google's "3D Warehouse" and decided it would be interesting to do a relatively major renovation on it. I emphasized environmentally-friendly products, so I changed it from a regular fuel station to a hydrogen station and added photovoltaic solar panels on the roof for an alternate energy source. Hydrogen may very well be the fuel of the future, so the design theme emulates abstract "futuristic" designs I've seen elsewhere. Angles and arc sections make up the majority of the design. I used bricks mainly because I think they look good with the green tin material, but also because brick is such a "here and now" material - many coneceptual designs just look too futuristic to be believable with their metal alloys and cold, sterile look. Bricks make this building appear plausible - something you wouldn't be surprised seeing in place of a regular fuel center. Time to Complete: ~ 10 hours Date Started: 5/2006 Last Update: 5/2006 |
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| Original generic gas station |
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| New designs created strictly for hobby. |
| (C) 2008 Goldstein and Associates |
| Retail Renovation |
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| Original structure |
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| The original building here I downloaded from Google's 3D Warehouse. I thought it had some potential, so I extended the building on two ends, changed the colors, divided the ground floor up for retail space, and added a separate parking lot in the back and a pool/lounge area on the second floor for the residential spaces. Time to Complete: ~ 10 hours Date Started: 5/2006 Last Update: 5/2006 |
| Dark Mountain Residence/Offices |
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| The Dark Mountain complex was originally a small school project but quickly turned into a 20+ hour endeavor. From the beginning, I wanted to include two things on the model I hadn't attempted before: creating an mountainous surrounding environment and forming a dark atmosphere to utilize lighting techniques. The model is a fusion of a large house and an office wing. It is designed so the owner of the house can hold large-scale business conferences or personal parties. The covered parking area can hold roughly 50 cars and the arched driveway in front of the house continues into the parking area and doubles as a drop-off area for the business wing. The residence comes with its own rooftop firepit, glass rotunda stairway, and three-car garage. Both sections of the structure are covered in photovoltaic solar panels. Lighting played an important role in the model as the atmosphere is cold and dark. Unfortunately, lighting is a difficult thing to pull off in SketchUp, as there is no option to use gradients for smooth transitions. Nonetheless, I created over 50 lighted areas on the building. Ground lamps illuminate the main sign in the center of the model, as well as the front and garage side of the house. I designed the office wing with the sole purpose of incorporating common street lamps along the sides. I downloaded curved-neck street lamps from Google's 3D Warehouse and installed them in increments on the office's perimeter ledge. The trapezoidal colums in the parking areas are also illuminated with halogen lamps on all four sides. Time to Complete: 20 hours Date Started: 11/06 Last Update: 11/06 |
| Service Center Renovation |
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| The original service station was a model I downloaded from Google's 3D Warehouse. During the renovation process, the entire waiting room/reception wing was demolished leaving only the two garages as remnants of the original building. The new design keeps two of the original's characteristics: use of white and orange exterior colors, and lines on the columns and walls of the garage wing. A new angular showroom and entrance replaced the former waiting area and two new garage spaces were added. The new design added more than 2,000 sq ft to the original structure. Time to Complete: 20 hours Date Started: 12/2006 Last Update: 12/2006 |
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| Englewood High School Renovation Concept - Option 1 |
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| This is a conceptual renovation of my existing high school building (original model can be seen here). I was presented with a set of constraints for the study: the renovation would keep the existing fieldhouse, auditorium, swimming pool, and a portion of the school building that was constructed circa 1940. Everything else was free game for demolition and complete redesign. I was also encouraged to use solar panels and other elements of sustainable building design. I took up every opportunity to demolish the existing school structures, most of which were a pitiful mix of designs and eras as the school expanded through nearly seven decades. I then took the remaining buildings and changed their color schemes and added some new architectural elements to fit in with the rest of the intended design. The new structures included a choir and music wing, new business and foreign language halls, a new student commons, a new mini-gym, a new cafeteria and a new detached technical arts building. In terms of sustainable design, almost all new construction features roof-mounted solar panels, much of the "antique" structure was refitted with skylights over the hallways, and reflective roofing material was installed campus-wide. Time to Complete: 20 hours Date Started: 1/2008 Last Update: 2/2008 |