EXP 2_ Final Submission

Strategy Statement
The aim of experiment 2 was to imagine what life would be like 100 years after humans through the remodeling of a famous building and the modification of the landscape created in experiment 1. I chose to remodel The Rudin House in a state of decay- 100 years later. I decided to chose The Rudin House because I felt that it suited my existing landscape the most, due to its simplistic characteristics. The natural disaster that I decided on that destroyed the building is a flood/ tornado.

The framework of the Rudin House included metal framework, concrete slabs, metal window frames and glass for the windows. My goal was to completely destroy a majority of the building, hence there is less than half a roof- usually in a tornado the first thing it would rip off a building is the roof.

The textures I applied was cracked concrete with moss for all the concrete elements on the building, rusted metal for the window frames and any other metal elements. Most of my glass I shattered to the point there was no more visible but the ones that are visible have a slight grey colour to it- this represents dust and dirt collected onto it over time.

For the surrounding environment I mainly just added a lot of grass and fallen down trees to present the overgrowth of vegetation over the years. I also added a lot of vegetation growing on, around and inside the building, to show how nature has taken over the house over the years. I wanted the building to almost blend in with the landscape to show how overtime it will just be combined with nature and soon to become nothing, as if it did not exist in the first place.

Draft Strategy statement found here.

Landscape- Before and After 

BEFORE

AFTER

Decayed Rudin House

Trailer 

Files

CryEngine File 

3Ds Max File

Week 05_ EXP 2

Write a paragraph describing your strategy for interactively demonstrating the notion of decay and post to your blog.

My strategy for experiment 2/ showing the notion of decay on the Rudin House is to use vegetation to cover up most of the building. I want to show how nature overtakes objects/ buildings when inhabited and the powerful force it has. As the Rudin House is made out of primarily concrete, I have chosen textures that look dull and moldy, The metal elements in the building- roof frame, door and window frames have a rusted metal texture applied to it because metal primarily rusts over time. Over time, especially 100 years a building would be quite destroyed and decayed due to nature, so that is why most of my remodeled Rudin House is missing a lot parts from it (parts from the roof, wall, floor etc.).

In my trailer I wanted to show that even though no one lives in the house anymore there is still a great significance to it, as it still holds the memories of those who used to live there. The empty rooms used to be one's special place.  

Progress Pictures

Just some pictures to show progress.