The way I see the world

Between heaven and earth

This visualization shows Santa María Church in Marco de Canaveses created by the architect Álvaro Siza. The project speaks to the connection between heaven and earth. It presents this imposing building as the place where light and darkness touch each other.

 The first image shows one side of the nave where this big white wall looks like an open sky lightening a wooden landscape. I found some of the project aspects quite challenging, such as reaching the balance of light with this natural illumination. It was also important to make little differences between the chairs and place them randomly, as it is in the case of wall tiles. The tool I used for this purpose was Railclone.

The second one is taken from the chancel, standing out the light contrast. Again, the balance of light was challenging in this image.

In the third image, we can see the baptismal font. It is placed at the bottom of a great tower, that is reflected in the water. It was difficult to set the camera looking for the right reflexión of the water, so I worked in post-production to achieve the result that I wanted.   

Tell the difference

This is my very first project and the task was very simple: chose one interior design photography and copy it. My choice was a remodelling project by Third Wave Architects, a photo of a corridor with some different elements to model. I had a good time trying to imitate the image, how did I do? You know, the render is the one on the left.

The place where I used to go

This is the technical school where I study, created by the architects Alejandro Virseda, Miguel Cámara, Luis Fidel Cámara, Iñaki Carnicero and Ignacio Vila. It takes me an hour and a half to get there every day, but it is worth it. With this image, I tried to stand out the technological character of this place, stressing its straight lines and cold materials.

Doing this project I started using Railclone, that has become one of my basic tools when modelling. It allows me to built complex constructions like this building with more simple objects. 

Be placed in confinement

Staying in the same place during months, the world seems to be smaller.

This project was made to express how we are living during the quarantine. I spent two days working on it as a way to reflect upon this situation. I modelled every box and I found it especially challenging to model the wicker one, although it always becomes easier with our friend Railclone.

Against gravity

The monastery of Leyre is located in Navarra, Spain. Down in its crypt, we can find an impressive place, almost magical. There, it seems like all the arches, vaults and capitals are floating in the air.

Doing this project I learnt a lot about texturizing. I paid attention to the contact between surfaces and how time would affect them.

Up in the air

This is Lina Bo Bardi's house in Brasil, a glass house raised over the rainforest. The beauty of this space lies in its connection with nature and I want to highlight it in this image. In order to get the tropical feel that I looked for, I used Nuke, that allows very accurate control of the image. 

The difficulty of building the forest engaged me. I spent some time looking for the perfect trees and plants at some online libraries, which I found surprisingly enjoyable. Then, setting the distribution that I wanted and making the materials fit each other was quite challenging. Fortunately, with Forest Pack, the task was smoothed. 

As a complement, I show you another version of the image. I tried different options of the sky and this one really caught my attention.

Thank you for taking a look at my work. I hope you liked it :)