Charette#16 - House N

**d.sign** · 03-08-2010, 11:50 PM

We are Proud to Announce the companies above will be Sponsors of our Charrette! (See fifth post for Prizes)

Challenge deadline is Sunday May 16th, 2010 at midnight GMT.

Hi everyone!

We have announcement to make, so let us make it with this new challenge!
Yes, 3DAllusions is celebrating 10th birthday!

So this small challenge will be one of the new things that should happen on this occasion.

But let us start.
This time we bring you something different, something that is more focused on the inner realm of the house, inner, yet not inside, nor outside... So now we will have to play with white form, mass and void, light and air... touch of nature in the gentle trees and pebbles in the inner garden... So this is different, yet in a way this is good continuation of our previous challenges as this is also one unique house and we kind of keep the tradition, presenting the houses that touch the very essence of a house in a completely unique way, in different setting, culture, part of the world.
We present you House N in Tokyo, by architect Sou Fujimoto.

Rules and criteria

1- Contestants should make at least 2 shots with different POV-s of their choice.
Original geometry of the house should be preserved, participant should not change the walls, windows/holes and other structural elements of the house. However, you can change furniture and materials, add details and so on, same as in our previous challenges.
We encourage experiments, but try to stay close to original spirit and lightness of architecture
2- Contestants should post at least 1 WIP shot for each POV during the challenge and should comment on others work
3- Deadline will be after two months from now, that is May 8th 16th.
4- Judging, as always, will be conducted by 3dallusions team. Criteria for judging are based on overall accepted standards in CG - composition, lighting, materials and texturing, mood and drama conceived in the image, other misc. qualities such as original approach etc...
5- By downloading and/or using these files you agree to:
a.) All credit for the materials provided should go to the author of the model and '3DAllusions' when posting images off site.
b.) You are free to post the renders to other sites and forums, but you must link to this site/challenge thread.
c.) You are free to use renderings for your personal portfolio with appropriate credit to author and 3dallusions site...
6- All contestants must provide reliable contact information in their profile, if information provided does not allow us to contact you easily then placement and prizes will be adjusted accordingly to the next ranked entry.

**d.sign** · 03-08-2010, 11:53 PM

more reference images...

**d.sign** · 03-08-2010, 11:55 PM

and more...

**d.sign** · 03-09-2010, 12:15 AM

Here is the model in most common formats, those that we could prepare.
Any help in conversion into the other formats will be greatly appreciated and we will update and upload them here.
Note that apart from Max and Modo files, fbx and .obj formats have no smoothing/subdivision on the soft objects, like furniture etc... so you need to apply it when you bring it into your app. If someone have both max and C4D for instance than he can make good conversion. .obj format should work though. Best and most universal we could make is .fbx, it preserves most of the original qualitties of the model.

**Russell L. Thomas** · 03-09-2010, 12:16 AM

We are Proud to Announce the companies above will be Sponsors of our Charrette! (See fifth post for Prizes)

Currently the challenge deadline is Sunday May 16th, 2010 at midnight GMT.

Reserved for Sponsors and Prizes! Sponsors are rolling in, but I need to see everything for the most part so that I can figure out how to distribute them. Stay tuned!

This is a partial prize list as we have not gotten all the specifics from all the sponsors, and thus can't layout all the packages, but we wanted you to know the prize packages are coming along:

Prizes
We reserve the right to adjust prize packages as sponsorships change or are clarified. This list represents to the best of our knowledge the prizes being donated by our great sponsors. We hope people appreciate such strong sponsorship and stop by the sponsors site and consider them next time you are making a purchase.

We also want to thank the members here for such strong participation, which in turn entices sponsors to sponsor our challenges.

1st - Grand Prize Winner:

aXYZ-Design Package:
Metropoly HD evo2 Models Bundles: 10 Characters (either MAX or LW) + 4 Emotion (132 mocap files)
MeAnEscalator - Parametric Escalator model
5 Velocity 3D Vehicles packs
The g(O)ng Sounds collection

Craft Animation Architecture Bundle:
Craft ObserverCam
Craft Spline Speed-Controller
Craft MotionFilterCam
Craft SphereCam
Craft MultiStateCam
Craft HumanizerCam
Craft 4-Wheeler Extended
Craft Helicopter
1 year Craft Up2Date.

A single-user license of Genetica 3.5 Studio (SpiralGraphics)
Multi Bundle of all texture packs (ambientLight)
PixPlant (PixPlant)

2nd - Runner Up Winner:

aXYZ-Design Package:
Metropoly HD evo2 Models Bundles: 10 Characters (either MAX or LW) + 4 Emotion (132 mocap files)
MeAnEscalator - Parametric Escalator model
5 Velocity 3D Vehicles packs
The g(O)ng Sounds collection

Furniture collection bundle (Intero Visuals)
Forest Pack Pro (Itoo Software)
A single-user license of Genetica 3.5 Pro (SpiralGraphics)
Plants & Trees Texture bundle (ambientLight)
PixPlant (PixPlant)

3rd - Honorable Mention:

aXYZ-Design Package:
Metropoly HD evo2 Models Bundles: 10 Characters (either MAX or LW) + 4 Emotion (132 mocap files)
MeAnEscalator - Parametric Escalator model
5 Velocity 3D Vehicles packs
The g(O)ng Sounds collection

A single-user license of Genetica 3.5 Basic (SpiralGraphics)
Brick & Stone Texture bundle (ambientLight)
PixPlant (PixPlant)

**Russell L. Thomas** · 03-09-2010, 12:34 AM

Reserved for Additional Information.

Once again a BIG thanks to Branko for another fantastic scene!

**Russell L. Thomas** · 03-09-2010, 12:34 AM

The judging is complete and the votes tallied and the winners are:

Grand Prize Winner: mahorela Post# 401

Runner Up Winner: emonimo Post# 391

Honorable Mention: ABC King Post# 200

Thanks to all the competitors for their participation and to Branko for the wonderful scene. A special thanks to all of our sponsors!