eVolo

eVolo is an architecture and design journal focused on technological advances, sustainability, and innovative design for the 21st Century. Our objective is to promote and discuss the most avant-garde ideas generated in schools and professional studios around the world. It is a medium to explore the reality and future of design with up-to-date news, events, and projects.

Himalaya Water Tower
With no rights to publish this I would still like to take the chance because of its radicalism.
Vertical water storage in the Himalayas. Hybrid prehistoric squid, BMW motor block, tooth and while breaking all physical laws it combines all phases of water.
Courtesy Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao, Dongbai Song winners of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2012

http://www.evolo.us/competition/himalaya-water-tower/

Monument to Civilization: Vertical Landfill for Metropolises
This by Lin Yu-Ta and Anne Schmidt got third prize. For a worldwide monument of waste, manifesting the human paradox. 

http://www.evolo.us/competition/monument-to-civilization-vertical-landfill-for-metropolises/

UNITY

During the winter I have tested UNITY* engine as a supplement or an alternative to traditional architecture still or animated rendering. The obvious conclusion is that while UNITY* representation suffers from lower quality in light and shadow, and a framerate that depends a lot on the equipment, it possesses big potential when it comes to free movement experience, time reduction obtained by cutting off heavy time consuming animation renderings, realtime update of changes, user interface options etc. The possibilities are wide, still there's some way till its as easy to manipulate as an still rendering in Photoshop.

The Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Pavilion in UNITY project was made as an demo project for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, where all bachelor students use the pavilion for their introduction into digital architectural visualization.

The Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Pavilion in UNITY project:

1200 x 675 pixel, 57 MB:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11840318/MvdR%20Barcelona%20Pavilion%20in%20Unity.html

920 x 520 pixel, 57 MB:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11840318/MvdR%20Barcelona920x520px.html

Requires rather nice graphic hardware configuration for a positive experience. Since it was made with the free version of UNITY there's no dynamic shadows, no lightmapping or mirroring.

*UNITY is a free realtime gameengine that eg. LEGO uses for their iPhone/iPad games.
UNITY website: http://unity3d.com/

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