Architecture: Shapes
This blog is about the things I learned from my mentor, and other resources mixed together, and put into my words, about how shapes work in architecture design for concept art.
There are three main kinds of designs, static, dynamic, and unhinged.
Static
A static design is where most of the shapes are the same size and shape, and the design works, but that's it, it has no visual appeal, the silhouette is uninteresting, and purely functional, like the houses most of us live in.
Dynamic
A dynamic design is a design with varying shapes of different sizes, placed in dissimilar arrangements, these things make the silhouette of the design striking, interesting, and memorable, but it is also functional to at least an extent, some examples of these are the buildings by Frank Gehry.
Unhinged
These are the kind of designs that are completely visual with no consideration for functionality whatsoever, they often have awkward curves and corners that waste space, random hallways that lead to nothing, etc. And unless you are going for a design that just looks good which is not the point of a building, these designs are just a massive waste of space.
I am probably gonna make this a series for everything I learn about architecture for concept art through the weeks and months that I am focusing on it, so stay tuned.
