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Making of Taliesin Mod Fab Architectural visualization artist Matt Guetta shares his process of making Taliesin Mod.Fab - A project designed and built by students of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Matt was motivated in exploring Taliesin Mod.Fab as a personal 3d project, being fascinated by the well designed andsustainable project made by students, focusing mostly on lighting and materials. He also took the liberty to create a different environment for the house thenthe Arizona desert it was originally situated in.

Author : Matt Guetta Matt Guetta is a CG and 3D Architecture Visualization artist based in France. Starting 3D as a hobby, he quickly became fascinated by the subject, and in2009 decided to direct his career path towards 3D CG. Matt also has a blog in french about the subject which provides free VRay tutorials at mattguetta.com

IntroductionIn this article, I will review the essential steps for the establishment of an architectural rendering. It took me three weeks on my free time to complete the workon Taliesin Mod.Fab. This was a personal project so I was totally free to do what I wanted. The goal was not just being realistic, but also, and most

importantly, to express the architectural design.

The choice of field of view is essential to achieve this. Here I am more interested in the technical aspects of implementation. The Taliesin Mod.Fab is a modelof sustainable architecture created by the prestigious Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (www.taliesin.edu) conducted by the architect Michael P Johnson.

I loved working on an existing project and at the same time with the freedom to interpret it the way I wanted. I Did not find any plans on the web and I mostly“eyeballed” it focusing a great deal on the environment, which I made up for this project.

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To start, this project has a history. Never being full of the exciting Arizona desert location (see map), I started looking at the side projects of great architects toexpress myself freely on a subject. So I searched on the side of Frank Lloyd Wright on the Internet and found the Taliesin Mod.Fab. I loved it at first glance!

The photos were taken by – Bill Timmerman.Creating a realistic environment.

1. The Ground PlaneIn order to highlight the architecture of the project, I chose to create an environment that has nothing to do with the existing (Arizona desert), so I immediatelystart working in the field. First step, a low-poly terrain that gives the general form.

2. The Ground Texture

Second, is the beautiful piece of land the house will perch on, and unfolding of UV texturing in Photoshop. I started with the diffuse map, which is around 10kpixels. Then, I’ve created the bump maps, reflection, and finally displace maps.

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Diffuse…



Displacement & Reflections



In order to get maximum details for displacement, I’ve worked with 16-bit Tiff. In order to add details and more randomness, I always add a little noisemodifier after the displace.

3. The Ground MaterialThe shader is pretty simple, all work was done in Photoshop. The only little trick is to lower the IOR (Index of Refraction) to 1.4 in order not to have a highlyreflective floor. Basically the earth is not light but with the ground (under the posts of the house) that can add some glossy reflections and give the feeling of amixture of material (soil and gravel)



4. Scattering the Foliage

The foliage was scattered with the MultiScatter plugin, and this way I was able to multiply at random a few models of plants. The placement was controlledwith a texture mask that I painted in Photoshop. For better, and added, control I also redraw areas with curves to include or exclude objects in them.The MultiScatter Blend Mask…



The general scattering…

Here is the viewport with the various spline that control which type of plants goes where…

5. The RocksFor the rocks I used a free script – Rock Generator , to model a first base. I then applied a FFD modifier to add variations and get to the shapes I wanted. Inorder to place them accurately, I preferred to do place them “by hand” so that each stone has at a specific place and in correlation to the site composition Iwas after.

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The Mod.Fab Model

1. ModelingThe modeling part was quite simple, the architecture does not have any complex shapes, so this is a polygonal modeling from flat surfaces or boxes. Theonly details added to the model were chamfer edges to minimize the hardness of sharp angles.

2. Interior The interior has been dressed with some models that I transferred from other scenes I have (books, vases, etc.). Some models come directly from banks of professional design studios. The models that were too low poly, were reworked to refine the details of the modeling. Some objects are not visible in the finalimages, however I like to have a complete 3d model so any view can be considered at any time… so it is worth the effort of making it all work all round.



3. Metal Parts

To add a lot of detail in modeling, UV unwrapping and maps are essential. For example for the base metal, I unfold the UV and added some traces of dirt,dust etc. It is such details that give richness to your compositions. We have to give a worn look, even slightly, to each object so that it feels natural. Nothing iscompletely brand new and clean.

Close-up on metal part…

Metal Reflection & Bump…



The Metal Material Slate View…

View of how the Metal Holes are Modeled…



4. ConcreteFor the step, rough concrete, I used Arroway Textures. Again, to add details I combined diffuse and reflection maps with a Composite Node. This makesdetails even more marked and consistend with the bump map. This helps even more in cases there is no direct light falling on the surfaces.

Lighting & Rendering

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1. Lighting OverviewLighting/Shading is by far the part I like best! I (always) start with a basic lighting using a HDRI (made by Peter Guthrie). To balance quickly and effectivelylighting, I start by putting an override (VRayMtl Neutral Grey) on anything except windows. This allows me to quickly notice if the lighting is consistent with thevolumes of the project.

2. Interior LightingOnce the general lighting is done, I started to choose my field of views and add interior lights.There are little spots on the floor. They were all modeled and textured with a VRayLightMtl shader. I don’t want it to be a real part of the lighting job, so I keep

it to 1. It’s here for reflection and it helps me to do the glow job with a VRaySelfIllumination passes on post-production.

Finaly there are:- HDRI- VRayPlane in Skylight portal mode- For spots, 34 very little VRayPlane (not visible in reflection and directional set to 0.5) for more accurate shadows. Spots are a lot but with low values. Thisgives the feeling of a diffuse lighting.- 3 VRaySphereLight for model+model lights.

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3. Light BalancingTo balance quickly and effectively lighting, I start by putting an override (VRayMtl Neutral Gray) on anything but windows. This allows you to quickly notice if the lighting is consistent with the volumes of the project. Once this is done, I go often on the shaders and refined lighting.

4. Rendering

I use the method “Universal Settings” to neutralize the grain. Simply put it is the antialiasing that neutralizes the grain, but since V-Ray 2.0 this method showsits limits and explodes the time rendered. It was my first scene with V-ray 2.0, I did not know it yet … ForGlobal Illumination, a basic Irradiance Map / LightCache including the “Retrace Treshold” one of the new VRay 2.0 that eliminates the artifacts generated by the parameter “Use Light Cache for glossy rays”.On top of that I always go out a lot of layers to have a maximum of elements for post-production. Use pass is for me an indispensable element for success toimprove my reviews.

Compositing & Color Corrections

1. Channels

One advantage of Linear Workflow is to maintain maximum flexibility in post-production. So even if a camera is on or underexposed, it will be possible to fix itin Photoshop without losing quality. The first step is to set up the layers. Ambient Occlusion, Reflection, Refraction, Z-Depth, etc..But all that doesn’t mean that you don’t want what an image which is well exposed in the first place! When I’m not using DOF, I’m always using the “f/16 rule”It’s really simple and can really helps to add stills without checking render again.

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2. CompositingThe compositing is clearly the most important step of architectural image, this is where the atmosphere is worked. In 3D, it is sometimes difficult to get certaineffects, especially because they “too expensive” (working time, rendering etc …) so it is best to have them in Photoshop (or any other compositing software ).For example, rather than using the VRay Fog to create a light mist in the background of the image, I use my Z-Depth pass. I begin with the reverse, then putin overlay mode, then add a color saturation (with clipping path) to the slightly blue tint. Guaranteed results! If I were to give advice, it would be of learn to useall the layers one by one.

3. Spots in After Effects

Once this is complete, I go on After Effects to add effects, especially depth of field, chromatic aberration, and grain lens flare. Then I finish with some prettybasic color corrections: Levels, Curves, Color Balance and Channel Mixer.



4. Final ResultJust a quick look at how two POV’s look in the viewport…

Here are the final images made in this set… (originaly at 6000px size, but reduced to 1200px to be friendly online).



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