XW Architecture Journey

Welcome to my blog.

We’ll be talking here about ways to improve our architecture modeling skills (in Sketchup and 3dsmax mainly) by refining our workflows while also learning about architecture in general by revisiting great projects by great architects.

This would be my journal as well as a bottle in the sea for those who might find it useful in any way.

Latest posts

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  10 Lessons from the National Museum of Roman Art modelFebruary 5, 2024
  Diving into the Roman Art National Museum model, from Rafael Moneo, and getting out of it 10 practical architecture lessons to remember.
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  The National Museum of Roman Art 3D modelJanuary 19, 2024
  Diving into another architectural masterpiece that is the National Museum of Roman Art in Merida, Spain, work of architect Rafael Moneo, 1986
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  The Jacobs House 3D ModelNovember 11, 2023
  Diving into one the Frank Lloyd Wright most iconic works, the first Usonian home : the Jacobs House from 1936. Modeled in sketchup rendered in UE5.
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  The Luce Chapel 3D modelAugust 1, 2023
  This is the 3D model recreation process of the Luce Chapel : an iconic work of world class architect Ieoh Ming Pei, built in the early 60s in Taiwan.
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  10 Lessons from the Paper House 3D modelJune 18, 2023
  10 practical architectural lessons from the Paper House 3d model, based on the Shigeru Ban project recreation.
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  The 3D model of House and Atelier Bow WowFebruary 24, 2023
  The recreation of the House and Atelier Bow Wow in the form of a 3d physical model, set in the center of a virtual architecture gallery.
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  3 Basic Principles of 3D modeling in 3dsmaxFebruary 15, 2023
  Basic concepts that allow to adjust all along the way the shape of one geometry combining a stack of modifiers and a result toggle on/off switch.
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  Rediscovering 3dsmax with 3d models of GaudiFebruary 2, 2023
  How I rediscovered the 3d modeling power of 3dsmax for complexe forms, and how I tried it out with the inspiration from Gaudi shapes
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  Paper Tubes Structure model à la Shigeru BanDecember 18, 2022
  Looking into another paper tubes structure, recreated in a 3D model. From Shigeru Ban : the IE School Paper Pavilion, Madrid, 2013.
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  The 3D model of Shigeru Ban Paper HouseNovember 18, 2022
  Recreating the 3d model of the famous Paper House by Shigeru ban from 1995, looking into how the architects used paper tubes to as structure elements