Architectural Visualization Challenge II - HOVER

Here is a unique challenge for your students,  I just came across it and it looks really cool.  Most schools have just started, so I know timing is off, but it might work for you.   It started at the end of July and ends the end of October, so there is still time.  -- Cornell

 

http://www.ronenbekerman.com/challenges/architectural-visualization-challenge-ii-hover/

The Challenge

The model kit of parts will be provided for you. Using this kit, but not limited to it (more details about that later), you will have to create and submit at least one image. The environment in which you set your designed model is totally up to you and the end result can be either an interior, exterior or a mix of both. You can explore several viewpoints during the duration of this challenge and submit a maximum of two final entries for the judging.

The Mission: 21 July 2010 – 21 October 2010

In HOVER you will be given a set of premade model parts from which you will be able to derive your design base and visualize it. Serving as a visual set of rules the kit will allow you to start your design and later adding your own elements to it. There will be no limit of size or function, and much like in the previous challenge, the context is totally up to you.

You can create a small house hovering over an ocean facing cliff, suspended from trees deep into the jungle or smack in middle Manhattan protruding from one of the skyscrapers…

You are encouraged to think beyond the traditional or conventional interpretations and methods of architectural visualization. I would like to emphasize this time that photo-realness is not the aim, but certainly might be a mean to an end. One more important thing is that the design part of this challenge is second to the actual visualization process and and result.

Jump start your imagination and create something original. Try your best to evoke our emotions when viewing your visuals, making us feel what hovering is like

*You can use any kind of software to create your project