Fantasy Architecture

[fbartels]

I realize that fantasy architecture is frowned upon by some professional architects ("We're not in college anymore!") but it is an area of some interest for amateurs like myself. It is a way to playfully explore design ideas. Ideas which can be interesting in their own right and also may inspire and stimulate imaginative solutions to real-world design challenges down the road. With that said I'd like to share some images from a project I just completed. The theme is one I've been exploring for a while and with this model I've come the closet yet to that abstract ideal floating around somewhere in the back of my head.

The model can be downloaded here:Tree Building

[solo]

I absolutely love it, It's a biodome.

The building lives.

Thanks for sharing.

[boofredlay]

[linea]

Cool building and a good model

[fbartels]

Solo, Eric and Jon.

Thanks so much for the positive feedback. Very much appreciated.

Fred

[ScottPara]

Very cool model. I would love to see it rendered, or even be able to have a crack at rendering it.

Scott

[fbartels]

@unknownuser said:

...I would love to see it rendered, or even be able to have a crack at rendering it.
Scott

Scott, Thanks for the comment. It's cool with me if you would like to try rendering it. Fred

[SchreiberBike]

I'd like to live there.

SU is great for those ideas in the back of your head which want to see just a bit more reality.

[fbartels]

John,

Thanks for the feedback.

You're absolutely right about SketchUp helping tease out those semi-conscious design ideas. It's like a transport mechanism from the vaguely imagined to the clearly articulated.

Fred