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Project Rendering Revisions

Here at Bluelime, we rarely refer to project renderings as “final.”  In many cases, minor changes are made to the original designs prior to construction but after Bluelime creates the architectural renderings. Most of the time the design changes are a direct result of the renderings we produce.  We are asked to update renderings due to changes in the design because the majority of our clients’ clients don’t understand the design until after they see it in a rendering.

The renderings below are the initial images we provided to the client for his approval on the final design.  The first image is a photomatch placing the building in it’s true environment.  The other three images were complete 3D architectural renderings.

After the initial set of renderings was completed, the budget was reduced (or “value engineered”),  so the architects re-designed the building slightly.  The overall form stayed the same, but the footprint changed from a curved façade to a flat façade on the front and back of the building.  They also changed the material selection of the main walls from glass to concrete. For this round of revisions, we were only required to reproduce one of the four initial images at the owner’s request.  We are currently composing a DVD for the owner that flies around the exterior (using helicopter footage that Matt mentioned in an earlier post) and enters the main lobby of the building.  This DVD is a marketing technique the owner uses to pre-sell his buildings.