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Final Lumion Render

75 Word Description: I have attempted to portray a unique design which works well in terms of dividing room for the necessities. The outdoor area reflects the landscape and i feel i have successfully portrayed that with the spacing and area of the building itself.

Landscape

Lumion Environment

Forest of Rio De Janeiro

36 Custom Textures

18 Perspective Sketches

Article Mashup & Ideas

 While artists work from the real to the abstract, architects must work from the abstract to the real. While art may legitimize itself as an object or an event, architecture dissolves into a blur of buildings.The primary form of the bridge is deconstructed to create a wide variety of indoor-outdoor conditions.One part of any definition almost certainly includes water. And where you have water, human ingenuity insists on spanning it. So, great cities always have bridges and tunnels. 

Muscular building in a powerful landscape, which will weather well over time. It is, however, domesticated by a series of incisions which infect it to the specifics of the site, climate, and views. Unlike tunnels which are, for obvious reasons, usually invisible, bridges have enormous presence. Much like bicycles, bridges are a rare example of technology with no downside. A new bridge always brings social and commercial benefits. 

References

How modern architects learn to love the bridge - The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/aug/24/architecture

Bridge House Article - ArchDaily
http://www.archdaily.com/455855/bridge-house-mackay-lyons-sweetapple-architects/

What is Architecture Art ?  - Brooklyn Rail
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2013/09/criticspage/what-is-architecture-art

Initial Plan & Ideas

Initial Sketch

Herzog and de Meuron original floor plan - 'house for a media collector'

Import into Lumion