About this event
Visions of Architecture: Rendering Masterclass With SHoP Architects and Kilograph
Envisioning exceptional architecture is a team effort. It takes a wide array of professionals to help conceive a project, convince a client of its value, and communicate its essence once it is complete. Architizer's inaugural Vision Awards is dedicated to the talented people that enable the world to envision amazing architecture through photography, drawings, renderings, video and more, with winners' work celebrated online and in print.
As we approach the Main Entry Deadline for the program, we welcome renowned visualization experts and Vision Awards Jurors Mengyi Fan, Director of Visualization at ShoP Architects, and Keely Colcleugh, Founder of Kilograph, to talk through the key ingredients that make for outstanding architectural renderings. Mengyi and Keely will explain how, when done right, a single rendering can tell a compelling story about architecture, capturing the essence of those unique places, spaces and structures that characterize our built environment.
By attending this talk, you'll learn:
- Which key factors to consider when visualizing architecture and the wider built environment.
- How to create compelling 'hero' renderings that capture a project's unique essence in a single image.
- How light, color and composition can elevate your architectural images.
- What kinds of images will make for competitive entries in the 2023 Vision Awards.
About Keely
Keely is the founder of Kilograph and Kilograph SL. She is a designer with more than 20 years experience in the fields of architectural design, visual effects, brand design and exhibition design. Keely is member of the executive committee at the A+D museum, past president of the ASAI and serves on the juries of Architizer and the Architecture Master Prize awards annually
About Mengyi
Mengyi is the Director of Visualization at SHoP Architects. She has worked in multiple roles of expertise in the architectural field with a focus on the New York metropolitan area, ranging from lighting design for major infrastructural projects to creating exhibitions that utilize social media as a design tool.
For the last 11 years at SHoP Architects, Mengyi has played a role in almost every project at the firm, using visualization and emerging technology as design tools to realize SHoP’s architectural vision. Notable projects include Barclays Center and 111 W57th Street in New York, Uber’s new headquarters in San Francisco, and Detroit Hudson’s downtown revival.
She is also a co-organizer of 3DNY, working together with architecture, visualization and VFX studios to promote diversity and facilitate conversations among different fields.
About Paul
Paul Keskeys is Editor in Chief at Architizer. An architect-trained editor, writer and content creator, Paul graduated from UCL and the University of Edinburgh, gaining an MArch in Architectural Design with distinction. Paul has spoken about the art of architecture and storytelling at many national industry events, including AIANY, NeoCon, KBIS, the Future NOW Symposium, the Young Architect Conference and NYCxDesign. As well as hundreds of editorial publications on Architizer, Paul has also had features published in Architectural Digest, PIN—UP Magazine, Archinect, Aesthetica Magazine and PUBLIC Journal.
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