Monday, October 11, 2010

Chosen Material


















































































































































The material I chose for my final rendering was brushed titanium. It has a brushed finish, preventing excessive light reflection (unlike chrome). Being made of metal it can be easy modeled, manufactured and recycled with minimum waste of materials.

Rhino Renders





























































These were rendered in Rhino. These are some examples of different materials and colours







Render in Location

Render

7 Concepts







Monday, September 20, 2010

Research

These are some public benches around Auckland city. Some issues I noticed were wood rotting and holding moisture, and seat that were wet from the rain. The forth one down is actually not a bench, its used for leaning on instead of sitting on. I will add this idea to my design.