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As architecture students, we are always encouraged to find newer and better ways to communicate our design concepts. This exploration uses Maya as a sort of sketching medium. These three images took about 90 minutes to produce. The sky and water were the simplest elements to incorporate but are still aesthetically compelling. We aim to emphasize form and scale. Scale is determined by the perspective of the camera, and materials are used as simply as possible.

SKYTCH_v01a takes our original concept and adds green ‘wings’. A major feature we plan to incorporate in our design is the developing science of vertical farming. The green ‘wings’ explore what this may look like.

The naming process is similar to how someone might organize a computer program. SKYTCH (the encompassing project) _v01 (the specific version/instance being shown) a (indication of variation) i (alternate views). Another view of the instance above would be called SKYTCH_v01aii, while another variation would be called SKYTCH_v01b.