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I'm curious to know why do you need a 3D visualization?

Tanya Zavialova

4 years ago

What are the benefits of having a photorealistic 3D rendering of the renovated space for your personally?

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4 years ago

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A 3D model greatly increases an architect's ability to design a good house; its an indispensable tool. However, it doesn't need to be photorealistic. IMO that's only useful for marketing to buyers.

I just finished a 4 unit condo renovation and the realtors took photos and added images of the furniture. We didn't need that for the design phase.

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User
4 years ago
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Because people have zero spatial relationship or visualization skills when looking at a flat paper plan. They don’t understand that it translates into a monstrously oversized roof, or that half the living room is a walkway, or that they’ll have to play ring around the island to do the simplest task. They excuse that with “I’m a visual person” when it’s exactly the opposite. They have no visualization ability at all. Designers go into their field because they DO have those abilities. And Joe becomes an accountant or plumber.
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Virgil Carter Fine Art
4 years ago
The benefit of having exterior and interior perspectives is to illustrate the three-dimensional aspects of a house design.

Not many consumers have this skill.

Congratulations to you if you do!
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Mark Bischak, Architect
4 years ago
Because we do not live in a 2D world. The closer the representation of a proposed structure is to the way we would perceive it in reality, the easier it is for the viewer to comprehend it.
cawaps
4 years ago
I'm not a pro, and I definitely don't do photorealistic, but I started doing mock-up elevations for our old "Design Around This" threads and started using them when responding to posts. For materials and colors, it is enormously helpful to see everything at scale and in the proportions they will exist in the finished space.

When it comes to architecture, I know my visualization skills fall apart when it comes to ceiling elevations, especially where there is a change in ceiling elevations. A 2D floorplan doesn't convey that.
chispa
4 years ago
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The 3D perspective can highlight some issues that are not obvious on the 2D perspective.

From what I have seen, many architects don't specialize or take the time to learn the advanced 3D software, instead they hire a person to do that in-house or outsource to a company that specializes in 3D renderings.

Also some HOA/ARB communities require 3D renderings to approve any new construction or additions. They want to see what it will look like in 3D and if it will fit into the neighborhood.
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di0spyr0s
4 years ago
Walking through a model of our house in VR made it really obvious where things were awkward sizes (“this hallway is too narrow” was a big one) in a way that the flat plan had not made obvious. I don’t have an intuitive grasp of how a 4’ wide 30’ long space feels to be in, but when I was in it, I knew it wasn’t right.
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