note to helen

Since my elevators are in constant loop, you have to wait for them to come (just like normal ones).

Also, I put a delay time that works fine in the elevator connecting Zhang Yin's private office and lobby, but strangely delay time doesn't seem to work on the other elevators :( So the key is to be alert and quickly hop on the elevators when they reach the base.

links

My dining table and elevators in SketchUp:

As you know I remodelled Zhang Yin's elevator because I lost the one I imported to UT. The overall shape is correct however the dimension, scale and the texture scale might be slightly off.

My overall model in SketchUp:

Shows most of the static meshes I used in UT (seems like either I forgot to put the meeting space, or it is on hide...)

UT Draft 1:

that was me experimenting with the movers.

UT Draft2:

almost looks like the final model, with minimum lights.

Finally... UT Final:


(I named the files correctly but since my name's too long... the names got cut off)

peer reviews

Not sure if we're to put our reviews of others or others' reviews of us. So, I put both.

My reviews on peers.

Peers' reviews on me.
(the left one is reviewed by Ying Gong Huang. I kinda stole the sheet from his blog. :P Thanks Brad!)

The Meeting Space

It is a fusion of power ideas, Yin's down to earth nature with wooden lines, and Donatella's extravagant background with curving/yielding glass and metal columns. And how they can work in harmony despite the differences.

The facade is almost entirely glass, creating an open space that contains their energy. Besides, dining with a stunning city view is always refreshing (I know in UT you can only see the texture detail of your glass, oh well...).

The dining table and chairs in Realtime.

Donatella Versace's space

Overall view of Versace's office with curtain wall facade. It is meant to catch one's attention as suited to her personality and industry.

All public eyes are on her ever since she became head designer of Versace. She is used to being the centre of media attention, and the lack of privacy, she [appears to] embrace it.


Yielding and curving walls and glass to suit her temperamental personality. The constant change in the curves along the office also represents fashion as an always changing industry .


The stairs is lavish and has moody lighting, to suit her artistic flair and the nature of her industry.

There are two possible office spaces that she can use, considering a moody person she is. The space on the top level is almost entirely surrounded by glass, suits a 'tan, blonde and blingin' person she is.

Or, she could use the bottom level space that is more private but still has a degree of lavishness, suits her lesser known side: the committed, highly driven and workaholic side (yes she has one).

Zhang Yin's space

She is a private person, rarely grant interviews, and remains largely unnoticed until recently. The enveloping timber frame encloses the space and suits her need for privacy and her down-to-earth persona.

However, if one is the richest woman in the world, privacy doesn't come easy. The timber frame does let outsiders see what's inside to some extent.

The vast lobby of her gigantic business is appropriate to welcome guests.

The giant staircase to her private office represents rise, growth, potential, and her vision (and the queen of cardboard ambition) . The stairs demand respect, and Yin is animated, but driven and tough, and this garners a lot of respect from the male-dominated business world.


The main material is timber is to reflect her nature-friendly business and her the simplicity of her ingenious business idea. The spaces at the side of the staircase is for her employees.

Then there's her practical side. If she's in a hurry/tired of climbing the giant staircase, she could always use the elevator that goes up to her private office.

The private office, in contrast to the lobby, is warm and friendly. The timber structure lets in light and creates an openness that doesn't stifle her vision.

overview

Zhang Yin's office is on the bridge, Versace's office and meeting space are below the bridge.

table and elevators

THE TABLE

At this stage I was a little worried because the table looked rather like an ironing board...

The completed table and chairs. I scaled it to Bryce and the sitting guy, not the 50-50-90 box (before, I already scaled these guys up to be as tall (standing) as the box but not as fat). Because... if I scaled to the UT box, the furniture would look really fat!

The table fuses Zhang Yin's ideas of power with simplicity and humility but quiet strength, as shown by the sturdy, stable wooden legs. While Versace's ideas of fashion, glamour and fame are represented by the more "showy" and widely spanning curving metallic legs. The transparent, flat table top and curving shapes represents class, femininity, and stability of these powerful figures.

DONATELLA'S ELEVATOR

The birdcage elevator is a simplified version of my elevator draft.

The birdcage represents Donatella's sense of responsibility (how she came into being the head of Versace after her brother's death, and, at one point, succumbed to the pressure). However, in the end she prevails and even flourishes. The birdcage elevator, however, is large with very widely spaced bars, so it doesn't feel claustrophobic. The curving forms also very open (see-through), symbolising the glamour and sexiness that is the trademark of Versace.

ZHANG YIN'S ELEVATOR
!!!!! I did one silly mistake! I imported my elevator to .ase alright but then I didn't save the sketchup model!! After I finish with absolutely everything, I will remodel it again. :(

I use a lot of timber material for Zhang Yin, because it's a natural material yet classy, representing her tree-hugging company and her down-to-earth nature. The structure starts with delicate on the legs and as you move up the wall curves and gets larger to finally support two interlocking forms of a roof. This represents her self-made riches, the potential and growth into stability and strength.

work in progress [2]

Sneak peek at my UT2004 model:




As seen in the first screenshot there was a reversed face problem with the static mesh... but it's been solved. Lighting and textures are not final.

work in progress

This is an overall view of my draft sketch-up model for exp3. Not very sure about the trusses connecting the lower office to the bridge though. More screencaps and updates soon (once I'm not so preoccupied with studying for exams).

36 textures

Linear, Rotational, Scalar, Resistance, Quick, Sway.