Structure pretty complete

Photos Above: Fairly completed exterior structure of the "internet" library.

For the past half day or so I have been continuing of the creating of the exterior walls of the main structure for our library individually creating each square and triangle piece and using the PRS method (position, rotate and stretch) I have had to individually lay each piece as a 3D jigsaw rising vertically into the sky. Campbell has also pretty much finished most of the exterior tentacles/veins that dig into the exterior soil of our plot of land, grounding the building and creating an outwards sense of movement, searching for information and for touch.

For now we have decided to keep the stock exterior wood colouring for the building, with it being very symbolic of muscle tissue with the idea of the internet as the heart that pumps around the information throughout the modern world. Because of this to really push the emphasis on using our own materials and alpha channels we will really push for a wide range of materials and interactive elements on the outside additions and inside of the building. Because Sam has photoshop and is quite prolific in it, this will come down to him mostly to facilitate our designs of a variety of different textures but will attempt to incorporate many of the designs we have had to do each week for the tutorial sheets and aim to exemplify what we have learnt.

A problem I have also encountered is that from the inside of the building, we are attempting to have a very sculptural surface without a lot of gaps in the outside walls as can be seen in the small picture on the right. Minor tweaking will be needed to use the stretch function for places where gaps are visible and by manipulating the prims close these spaces so there is a sheer monotone space, very much like Anish Kapoor does in his Marsyas installation in the Turbine Factory at the Tate Modern Art Gallery for the Unilever Series. All visitors to the space should feel like they are enclosed in a space of colour, design and information.