{"id":20736,"date":"2019-04-30T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/darcstudio\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T08:01:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:01:54","slug":"darcstudio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/tools\/darcstudio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Rendering: Darcstudio&#8217;s Emotion-Driven Architectural Visualizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><p><em>Showcase your visionary architectural concepts: The<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/info.architizer.com\/vision-awards?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2026 Vision Awards<\/a> <\/strong>features categories that reward UNBUILT projects presenting bold ideas for the future of architecture. <a href=\"https:\/\/visionawards.architizer.com\/a\/organizations\/main\/submissions\/submissionnotcompleted?solicitationId=31&amp;utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take advantage of early bird pricing before\u00a0<strong>April 17th.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n<p>Having to develop presentation renderings for a project still in design development can put an architect in an awkward position. Clients and public review boards are now used to looking at photorealistic renderings, even for projects that are still in very early design phases, but if basic materials, much less furniture and fixtures, haven\u2019t been selected yet, how can an architect illustrate what the building will look like?<\/p>\n<p>The answer, says Troy Hodgson of rendering firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darcstudio.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darcstudio<\/a>, is to use \u201cpositive ambiguity\u201d to convey the feeling of a space, whether it be a cozy reading room or peaceful public plaza. \u201cIt\u2019s about creating an emotion and engaging people\u2019s imagination,\u201d Hodgson says, \u201cit\u2019s not about \u2018does my door handle look right.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50949\" style=\"width: 1248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50949\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50949 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.31.png\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"1238\" height=\"1236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.31.png 1238w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.31-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.31-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.31-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.31-1024x1022.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rendering for Pingus Winery by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/peter-zumthor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Zumthor<\/a>; image courtesy Darcstudio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>For renderings of projects whose designs are still developing, Darcstudio will develop a basic color palette that works off of whatever material ideas the architects have given them. These colors can be used to suggest certain finishes where the designers don\u2019t have anything yet picked out. The palette is then loosely applied to a hand sketch that frames the shot and guides the composition.<\/p>\n<p>Then the studio will set up the shot in the 3ds Max model of the project and confirm the perspective with the client. The next step is setting up the lighting, then rendering out the image via Corona with materials applied and finally editing the result in Photoshop. The whole process usually takes a week for one artist to complete one image.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50955\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50955\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-50955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032485Stage_1_-_views_copy.jpg\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"625\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032485Stage_1_-_views_copy.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032485Stage_1_-_views_copy-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032485Stage_1_-_views_copy-368x184.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 368px, (max-width: 625px) 625px, 1140px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rendering steps for a project by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/ayre-chamberlain-gaunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt<\/a>; image courtesy Darcstudio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item aligncenter wp-image-50954 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032488Stage_1_-_views_copy2.jpg\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"625\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032488Stage_1_-_views_copy2.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032488Stage_1_-_views_copy2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032488Stage_1_-_views_copy2-368x184.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 368px, (max-width: 625px) 625px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50953 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032855Stage_1_-_views_copy3.jpg\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"625\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032855Stage_1_-_views_copy3.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032855Stage_1_-_views_copy3-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637032855Stage_1_-_views_copy3-368x184.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 368px, (max-width: 625px) 625px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50952\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50952\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-50952 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637296265Stage_5_-_final_image-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637296265Stage_5_-_final_image-smaller.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637296265Stage_5_-_final_image-smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504637296265Stage_5_-_final_image-smaller-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Final rendering for a project by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/ayre-chamberlain-gaunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt<\/a>; image courtesy Darcstudio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s the combination of manual and digital techniques that Hodgson says gives the studio its ability to suggest material palettes before they are definite. \u201cWe\u2019ve got more of an architectural approach to the images because it\u2019s almost evolved from drawing,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you go back through history, artwork was ambiguous. You get too close to a painting, and you can\u2019t really see what is going on; you\u2019ve got to step away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson cited his experience walking through the Tate in London as a young architect who couldn\u2019t afford to do much else and discovering the work of J.M.W. Turner, the British land- and seascape painter. His late works heavily turned toward dramatic abstraction where \u201cit\u2019s not about painting what the sea looks like or the sky looks like. He started painting how it felt.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50950\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50950\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50950 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504709619696T12336_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504709619696T12336_10.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1504709619696T12336_10-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 368px, (max-width: 625px) 625px, 1140px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Blue Rigi, Sunrise by J.M.W. Turner, 1842; image via Tate<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_50951\" style=\"width: 1248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50951\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50951 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.55.25.png\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"1238\" height=\"1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.55.25.png 1238w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.55.25-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.55.25-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.55.25-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.55.25-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rendering for Mancunian Tower by Tim Groom Architects; image courtesy Darcstudio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Darcstudio brings back this emotional abstraction into digital renderings, going so far as to design custom 3-D plants and grass that look \u201csofter\u201d and less harshly realistic than the commercially available ones. The effect draws the viewer in and allows them to finish the scene in their own imagination.<\/p>\n<p>The future of rendering is not necessarily moving toward more and more exact realism. Architectural visualization is a medium for communication, and like any means of communication, it conveys not only information, but also emotion. Still, new technology, like virtual-reality headsets and augmented reality, seem to be pushing expectations in a new direction. \u201cWe put so much time and effort into crafting these images,\u201d Hodgson says, \u201cthat you wonder whether there is going to be a need for what we do in five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50958\" style=\"width: 1248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50958\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50958 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.54.59.png\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"1238\" height=\"1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.54.59.png 1238w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.54.59-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.54.59-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.54.59-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.54.59-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rendering of Malmo Cemetery by Sigurd Lewerentz; image courtesy Darcstudio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The answer, he says, is not to blindly adopt new technology simply because it is there, but to experiment with how new media can supplement existing practices and how the magic and ambiguity of painterly effects can be brought to life in new machines. Hodgson showed off a 360-degree image that can be explored by looking \u2018through\u2019 an iPad.<\/p>\n<p>The view changes as the tablet is moved around as though it were a window into the virtual space. The effect was much more pleasant than the often slightly nauseating experience of wearing a VR headset; it was more like reading out of a magic picture book. It\u2019s already been very successful in public review processes, Hodgson says, with the enchantment of the experience winning over skeptical and often conservative crowds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50957\" style=\"width: 1248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50957\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50957 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.14.png\" alt=\"darcstudio\" width=\"1238\" height=\"1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.14.png 1238w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.14-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.14-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.14-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-04-24-10.56.14-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rendering for Blurry Block by Of Possible; image courtesy Darcstudio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Renderings like Darcstudio\u2019s offer a way for architects to experiment with material effects in high fidelity without fully committing to them. A visualization like the one above \u201csits between the sketch and the finished photography of the building.\u201d Such images can also be powerful tools in the material selection process. They can provide a target toward which specifiers can aim their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than struggling to find the words to describe the effect you want, you can simply share an image of the overall goal. It\u2019s more powerful than simply listing benchmarks or references, and it can suggest effects that a designer may want but may not even be aware of yet. \u201cIt\u2019s about creating an emotion,\u201d Hodgson says, \u201cand that\u2019s what an image is about, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><p><em>Showcase your visionary architectural concepts: The<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/info.architizer.com\/vision-awards?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2026 Vision Awards<\/a> <\/strong>features categories that reward UNBUILT projects presenting bold ideas for the future of architecture. <a href=\"https:\/\/visionawards.architizer.com\/a\/organizations\/main\/submissions\/submissionnotcompleted?solicitationId=31&amp;utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take advantage of early bird pricing before\u00a0<strong>April 17th.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The right rendering will create an emotion that everyone can get behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":50962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"insert","architizer_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[10322,9549],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-20736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practice","category-tools","architizer_firm-ayre-chamberlain-gaunt","architizer_firm-peter-zumthor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Art of Rendering: Darcstudio&#039;s 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