[Asmithey]

Hello all,

I need to recreate the effect of glowing polycarbonate or white glass panels similar to the posted image of Steven Holl's Nelson Atkins Museum.

I have tried several materials and the clarity is not great it is ok.

Sample Image


Here is what I have so far....I have a warmer glow than the sample image, which is what we want. I have flat 2d four sided emitters behind the white glass lighting the space. My panels are the white glass material from the MXM site. My limit will be 18SL. This image was rendered to 17.3 SL.



Thanks for any insight.

Aaron

[Mihai]

Try adding an emitter component to the white glass material. Might give a better result in this case and shorter render time. You would have to specify a pretty big lumens value if the glass object spans the entire building but you can always change it's intensity with multi light to change the look.

[x_site]

the reference you show has lights built in the wall, this makes it more diffuse and bright than using the lighting on your render.... try and do something more like the life sample and it will look more like it also

[Bubbaloo]

I think it looks ok now, except maybe change the temp of the lights, and more importantly, put the material over the backside of the walls also, or even block them off totally (if that's the way it's really done). The building interior seems to be completely illuminated with these lights. (If you are going to see into the building, you should model some interior stuff.) Also, a few little planting areas will do wonders for this render.

Really though, a nice mxi texture for the building panels might be the easiest way and quickest to render.

[Asmithey]

Thanks for the input. These are very early WIP's. I do not even have the site plan yet. There will be parking lots of Lscape. I am doing an interior rendering of this project. So. I will have the interior all built out eventually.

I am not fluent on making an mxi material and how it works. I'll dig into the manual. I will research the panel lighting and see how Elliptipar illuminated them internally.

Here is a very early exterior shot.

Aaron

[Bubbaloo]

Looking promising. Hey, you like to use that green glass, huh?

[Asmithey]

Hi Brian,

My client likes the green glass. I think it is part of his signature. It works for me. I do not have to keep recreating new glass materials.

Thanks..

Aaron