3D modeling and animation for the BAU 2015 key visual — architectural buildings organically deformed inside an anthill. Project with Tom Krieger for Messe München.
Client
Messe München — BAU 2015
Services
3D modeling, animation, rendering
Software
Cinema 4D
Collaboration
Tom Krieger
About the project
For the BAU 2015 key visual — the world's leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems, held in Munich — I handled the complete 3D part in collaboration with Tom Krieger.
Tom Krieger provided the references for each building; I rebuilt them 1:1. The architectural models were then organically deformed so they could be embedded in the anthill — as if they had grown naturally inside the mound.
The anthill itself was created via projection painting: starting from a photograph by Tom Krieger, I built the 3D geometry and embedded the cave with its many architectural structures. The result is a world of its own beneath the surface — modern architecture inside an organic mound.
Animations
Camera flights through the anthill and detail animations of the individual architectural elements.
Camera flight through the anthill.
Animations of the architectural elements inside the anthill.
Final key visual and details
Final 3D rendering of the anthill.
Detail views — architecture inside the anthill.
Workflow and construction
From terrain build-up through the modeling of each architectural piece to the finished cave: a slice of the pipeline steps behind the final image.
Complete overview of the 3D scene.
From terrain through modeling to final rendering.
Making-of
A presentation film on the making-of the BAU 2015 key visual — from building the anthill to embedding the organically deformed architecture.
