The Calatrava Collection

[JEC 101]

small update to the Guggenheim: i finished the PUPPY by Jeff Koons.

 

also, i don't really like the elevated rail stations; so, i want to make another one such as the ones of the docklands light rail instead, but i need more photos of stations like this:

http://www.mjgleeson.com/rail/pictures/case%20history%20top%20pics/rail_docklands_top.jpg

thanks

 

 

[JEC 101]

finished the east side. still have to do the west side and detail (the roofs and the 'sunscoop').

 

the polycount for this building is 295,400

the guggenheim is 54,848.

[jtportland 184]

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JEC[/quoteAUTHOR]

small update to the Guggenheim: i finished the PUPPY by Jeff Koons.

also, i don't really like the elevated rail stations; so, i want to make another one such as the ones of the docklands light rail instead, but i need more photos of stations like this:

http://www.mjgleeson.com/rail/pictures/case%20history%20top%20pics/rail_docklands_top.jpg

thanks

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JEC! im so glad u did the flower puppy!! u may want to fix it nose, it looks kinda like a pig . you should release the flower puppy as a seperate lot, i'd love to use that as a 1x1 park.

[JEC 101]

yeah, i know the nose looks like a pig. i have changed it a bit, and i think it looks better now.

on another note, emergentfungus originally planned to make the Canary Wharf tube station, but he hasn't made any progress on it. so, i started it and told him about it. if he still wants to model it, then i'll stop now and not release it.

 

also, i'd like to thank everyone who appreciates these buildings; because of you, i am now on the batt squad .

 

[drewz15 0]

ooh that looks so great! and realistic.

[JEC 101]

as i slowly progress through the guggenheim and hong kong and shanghai bank, and eventually get back on the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, i want to make other buildings, for instance the one above, but also a new one.

i don't really like the police stations, so i am going to make an alternative.

i cannot find a lot of information on this building, but it is an Emergency Centre in St. Gallen, Switzerland. i'm thinking of modelling Calatrava's design as well as the building behind it. if anyone lives in st. gallen or has information of this building please share. thanks

[hogmeister 7]

Calatrava designed the 24-hour emergency services centre of the Canton of St Gallen in 1998. It is in a sensitive site on the south side of the monastery and cathedral in central St Gallen. Sensitivity to the site, as well as security concerns, led to the design of this largely underground building, with only its elliptical glass roof protruding from its plinth. The roof is made from armoured glass elements of seven centimetres thickness, each weighing up to two tonnes. They are self-supporting along the curved ridge. Because this glazed roof covers the central space housing the electronic control systems, the need for light and temperature control is essential: a symmetrical system of rotating, arched tubes positions articulated slats on each side of the roof, and thus controls daylight.

 

 

 

hope this helps

[JEC 101]

thanks, it helps a bit. i now have enough images to model the building and here is what i have so far (ignore the grass base it is not permenant):

[kd5rax 82]

cool.  it looks very good.

[DuskTrooper 316]

Wow!  Awesome!

[Smurfer2 7]

That subway station is amazing JEC, you can't get much better than that.

[hogmeister 7]

smart looking building, its just a shame that we cant animate the building to show the tube coverings moving back and forth, now wouldnt that look great. Nice work, what are you going to use it for? since in reality its the regional security centre, are you going to make it a police station?

[JEC 101]

the building will be another police station. i do wish there were animations, but then again it would take too much time to animate the roof.

here's some progress:

does anyone have a better roof texture?

i'm also wondering if you want the police station to be a wall to wall building.

[hogmeister 7]

here is some pictures of tiled buildings, hope they are of some use

 

 

 

they are all from the rye area in sussex

[frogface 354]

rye! ah i live near there

 

i do have some roof textures on my BAT thread that n74704 and born78 posted

heres a link that should

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?mode=viewtopic&topicID=46322

take you to a page and if you look through the textures that are posted there.

hope you find some of them useful

[JEC 101]

hogmeister aand frogface, thanks for the help for the roof, i really appreciate it.
i added a new area to the guggenheim, the torch sculpture:

[frogface 354]

now that looks crazy  

great work on it, suburb BAtting work there with all those organic looknig shapes

[+Guest]

Now I like that design. Great work on that building.

[jtportland 184]

wow, bilbao's look GREAT, have fun texturing it! when will u release the flower puppy? or will u even release it sepretly? i can kinda see it in the most recent pic you've got there. also, how big of a lot will this museum be? it looks HUGE

[JEC 101]

the puppy will be released at the same time as the museum. it will just be included as a seperate prop (not needed for the main building) in the zip file. the lot size will br 18 x 12 tiles.

the texturing is the hardest part for me right now. i've been looking for decent textures since teh begininng.

[Fox 1,444]

WOW....these are fantastic...I'm in awe of your work. Well done.

[NYM1980 3]

Wow, I dont know what to say, these buildings are impressive. I cant wait until you can release some!!!  Dont think I've ever been so excited about a game besides the Suikoden Series! :-D

[hogmeister 7]

The Bilbao shape is amazing, and your making it in the bat, with its love of angles, wow, what a project, you dont do things by half measures do you. Great work so far, keep it up, it will all be worth it in the end.

[JEC 101]

i've been jumpimg around between bat projects. i went back to the louvre for a bit:

 

[Smurfer2 7]

You sure pick hard projects, but they are both turning out great. The Louve really looks great.

 

P.S. Don't let the details get to you.

[JEC 101]

well, i have another project to keep me busy.

Forums des Halles, an underground shopping center in Paris.

[RobledoRessainance 36]

I hadn't thoguht about Louvre, but I realised it needs to be in the game, it is so important. Good luck with your projects, they are looking great.

[JEC 101]

thanks for the encouragement.

the guggenheim is almost done. i finally finished every part that has a piece of titanium on it (the grey parts).

 

i took a lot of shortcuts in gmax in order to keep it low poly, about 48,000 polys. hopefully these shortcuts won't be visible in simcity 4 and with the placement of textures.

[hogmeister 7]

I think that what you have done looks fantastic [:0] , it looks like the most difficult building to model, hardly a straight edge in the place. Great work. Of course you know that some idiot will ask where the roof junk is lol.

[Smurfer2 7]

The Guggenheim is beautiful. I think I'm going to cry. 

P.S. Your next project looks cool.