Kengo Kuma and Associates had been named one of the finalists of the contest before the company commissioned Brick to create visuals for the proposal.
Three weeks remained to complete the material by the submission deadline, which is not our typical production timeline for creating an animation.
Still, we overcame this limitation as the challenge had an invigorating effect on how we approach the project from an artistic viewpoint and how we work as a team as well.
We decided to create a one-minute animation by sequencing 10 mood shots with compact stories. We had collected a great number of references which enabled us to portray the atmosphere of the location – a serene wetland park. Gentle camera movements and a soft musical composition, the latter created in-house by Gergely Kis specifically for this project, were identified as key elements in enhancing the solemn union of architecture and nature.