Making of Lake Lugano House

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Making of Lake Lugano HouseDavid Santos has set upon recreating the Lake Lugano House. A

beautifully designed house by JM Architecture that he modeled

using SketchUP 2015and rendered with V-Ray fo SketchUP v2!0as

part of a personal study of HDR"based dusk lighting. Follow David inthis article as he takes us from start to nish on this one. !n"oy#$ead More

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Introduction

1he Lake Lugano House 32rusino Arsi4io' 5wit4erland6 pro"ect was born

out of my motivation to e7plore the new possibilities enabled by

5ketch8p ()%* and 9$ay for 5ketch8: (.). ;t is a personal interpretative

study of a house' designed by JM Architecture on the shore of Lake

Lugano' 5wit4erland.
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Photo by Peter Sieling

My goal with this pro"ect was to study dusk scenes with articial interior

and e7terior lightning' and took close to two weeks to complete. ; also

attempted to achieve a photo realistic look using the builtin depth of

eld feature in 9$ay for 5ketch8:. 1here was a focus on crisp and

contrastrich images achieved thanks to the cinematography color

grading plugin used during :hotoshop post production.

1he pro"ect also includes an image with cloudy sky and gold interior. 1he

tones seen here were mostly achieved using :hotoshop.


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About the House

Lying on the slope of a hill' on the shores of Lake Lugano' the villa

consists of two volumes organi4ed on di


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First of all' ; would like to thank $onen for the opportunity of write this

article. ;t>s a great honor and pleasure to be showcased here on the

blog.

1his pro"ect has its origin back three years ago. ; was surng the web'

searching for references about the use of HD$i lighting and ; found a

pro"ect that caught my attention right away. ;t was the Lake Lugano

House &d recreation by James :ickfordand ; said to myself that one day ;

will attempt remaking this house and achieving the same kind of look in

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After many commissioned pro"ects for clients' ; decide that it was time to

make a personal pro"ect. A pro"ect in which ; can e7plore many thingsthat ;>ve learned over the years. ?etting the dusk look @ feel was

something ; was always fascinated about since ; got started with Arch9;

and achieving that mood where interior illumination and ambient

illumination are combined and in balance was a goal for me during this

personal pro"ect.

/nce ; nally got started' it was delayed due the amount of work ; had

and ; was unable to complete. 2ut' after the longawaited B,bit

5ketch8: ()%* came out' ; knew that was a great time to resume this

pro"ect and test the new capabilities.

Why SketchUP?

2ecause ; love it# 5ketch8: is a powerful tool that is often

underestimated' and let me show you the real power of this ama4ing

tool.

Like ; said before' the pro"ect beginnings dates back to last year' when ;

started modelling with a raw -AD drawing that ; made from J:?>s of the

original drawings. After a lot of tests ; found the correct way of modelling

this.
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Selecting the Project

Chy this house

!asy#

First time laying my eyes on it the architecture seduced me. 1he

simplicity of the architectural resolution is so clean and comple7 at the

same time. ;t was a challenge to give it detail and to keep it clean. 1he

curved glass is one of the elements that ; thought was important to

resolve well along with the surroundings and e7terior design. 1he gravel

and grass combination was a great challenge in 5ketch8:.

1he prevailing white color and the attention to detail makes this pro"ecta real challenge.

1he process started gathering as much information as possible' starting

with the house drawings and photos.


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As well as obtaining many visual references for the look @ feel ; was

aiming for.


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Quick AutoCAD draft

5ince ; didn>t have the original drawings and there was only a few

references' much was guessed and eyeballed.

Modeling

The Ring modeling approach


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As the house doesn>t have E) degree angles' ; developed 3after a lot of

tests6 a system in which all the parts of the house are modeled by o


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Detailing the Geometry

?etting into the small details took time and ; used three plugins to help

achieve what ; aimed for =

%. FL//$ ?!0!$A1/$ to create the interior and e7terior Goor

pattern.

(. $/80D -/$0!$ to give detail to edges.

&. F8$ to scatter grass and trees.


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Interior Modeling (SketchUp view, plan view)

1he interior modelling was relative simple given that the architecture

itself it>s a lot of the pro"ect.

Exterior Modeling


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1he e7terior modelling was achieved by the referencing photos of the

original house' with emphasis on the vegetation and gravel.

The Vegetation

:ro7ies used in this scene where from di


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Materials

After the modelling part the ne7t stage in the process is applying

materials.

1his is how the model looks like in clay style.


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1here where three special materials ; give special attention to =

Interior Wood Floor


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Exterior Wood Floor


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Concrete Perimeter Wall


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Standard Materials

1he rest of the materials were very simple' basically a Di


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-hrome is a single reGection layer material with fresnel o


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?lass 5implied Material


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?ravel and :ro7y Materials


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Lightening

1he interior illumination is a mi7 of ;!5 @ 5phere lights.

;nterior light conguration without HD$i


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5phere Lights 5ettings =


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$ectangular Lights 5ettings =


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;!5 lights 5ettings =


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!7terior light conguration without HD$i


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5phere lights 5ettings =


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;!5 lights 5ettings =


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1wo 5ided Material =


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?lobal ;llumination archived with a 9$ay Dome Light loaded with anHD$i 3%E* Dusk -lear by :!1!$ ?81H$;!6

9$ay Dome Light 5ettings =
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Rendering

1he $endering 5ettings


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$endering


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Framing : Photographic Composition

2elow you can see what is behind the framing of the nal images


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Post Production

Here are the stages of the :ost :roduction =

%. :hotoshop compositing 35creenshot layers6.

(. -orrecting rendering errors 3$AC render6.

&. -olor correction 3-omparison6.

,. Levels and brightness 3-omparison6.

*. -olor vision 3!

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