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The New Ghibli Park in Japan: Redefining Theme Parks Through Adaptive Reuse and Sustainability

Moises Carrasco — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Studio Ghibli and its co-founder Hayao Miyazaki have become household names in the West, thanks to their impressive body of work, which includes over 10 feature films, 2 Oscars, and more than 100 awards worldwide. Films such as "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle" showcase their mastery of world-building, story telling and compelling visuals which have earned them global acclaim. This has created a devoted fan base that previously only had the Studio Ghibli Museum in Tokyo to experience the films in real life. As the studio's popularity and movie portfolio grew, it became inevitable for them to expand into a larger space. That is why November 2022 marked the beginning of a new phase as the Ghibli Park opened its gates in Nagoya, Japan.

What Happens When BIG Design, D5 Rendering, and AI Collide? Simple: Creative Magic

Rene Submissions — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:45:00 +0000

Designing the next 'wow' project? It's like trying to catch lightning in a bottle—except with BIG and D5 Render, you're handed the jar. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), a global leader in architecture, is renowned for its bold designs and commitment to innovation. Constantly exploring new tools, BIG pushes the boundaries of design technology to optimize workflows and enhance creativity. With iconic projects worldwide, BIG has redefined architectural storytelling. By leveraging D5 Render's all-in-one platform, the firm has optimized its real-time design and visualization workflow, combining D5 rendering, animation, and AI to bring concepts to life with exceptional speed and precision.

Textures, Skyscrapers, and Urban Landscapes: When Anime Meets Architecture

Enrique Tovar — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:00:00 +0000

World War II left a profound influence on the evolution of society, introducing significant changes in the fields of urban planning and architecture. During the 1930s, the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) promoted modernism on an international scale. After the war, this architectural movement became firmly established as the dominant one, driven by the imperative of reconstruction and technological advancements. Influential figures like Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto spearheaded this movement.

How to Render an Architectural Animation in SketchUp and V-Ray

Rene Submissions — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 06:45:00 +0000

If you're looking to take your SketchUp skills to the next level, learning how to render animations can be a great way to showcase your designs. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a professional animation using SketchUp and the photorealistic rendering plugin V-Ray. Our first step will be to create a simple camera animation and then animate the sunlight changing throughout the day. After that, we'll animate the clouds to make a time-lapse sky and learn how to share our final rendered clips with others.

Architecture in Japanese Manga: Exploring the World of Jujutsu Kaisen

Jullia Joson — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Manga is an umbrella term for a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced and published in Japan, and unlike western comic books that we may be more familiar with seeing printed in full color, are primarily published in black and white. Manga is the Japanese word for comics published in Japan, with the word itself comprising of two kanji characters: man (漫) meaning 'whimsical' and ga (画) meaning 'pictures'.

Architecture in Animation: Exploring Hayao Miyazaki’s Fictional Worlds

Jullia Joson — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Writers in film and animation, specifically pertaining to the genre of anime, endeavor to incorporate varied architectural backdrops to assist them in telling their stories, with influences ranging from medieval villages to futuristic metropolises. Architecture as a subject includes a wide array of elements to study, with each architectural era further inferring its context and history through its design alone. However, in film and anime, all of the contexts behind a building’s design can be condensed into a single frame, powerful enough to tell a thousand stories.

Call for Submissions: Get Published on Balmond Studio's Blog!

Rene Submissions — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:34:00 +0000

Ever wanted to get your work published alongside pioneers such as Cecil Balmond, Daniel Libeskind, Martin Kemp, and Alain de Botton?

Well now you can! On Balmond Studio’s blog TiP.

We’re looking for original content which may come in the form of an article, interview, art, architecture, design, or research project. An essay, video, audio, photography… the possibilities are many and we’ve provided further guidelines on TiP.

Each piece published would also receive promotion across all our social media channels. So don’t be shy!

We are looking forward to receiving your ideas and sharing them with the world!

Send your pitch to: editorial@balmondstudio.com

No Architectural Media Communicates Atmosphere and Ambiance as Compellingly as Film

AD Editorial Team — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Today, the overlap of the tools and software products utilized by filmmakers and architects reinforces the historical bond between the two disciplines more than ever. In one of their design studios, Master of Architecture students at the Melbourne School of Design try to master the techniques and methods of filmmaking and employ them in their architectural films and animations.

Playful Animation Tells the Story of Humankind’s Quest for a Perfect City

Zoya Gul Hasan — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Cities are universes in themselves; furiously spawning, spewing, hissing through time and space. They are cudgeled, raked, plastered, worshipped, fought over, set on fire; they are slippery wombs that cradle wars, victories, blood and brilliant storms. The built environment has always been indicative of its inhabitants’ fears, desires, and ideals. As such, it is one of the earliest, most powerful forms of human expression. For World Cities Day 2017, the new BBC Designed section of the BBC Culture website commissioned motion graphics designer Al Boardman to create The Perfect City, an animated video covering a brief history of humankind’s quest for the "ideal" and the "perfect" in urban design. With a voiceover and script by renowned architecture critic and writer Jonathan Glancey, the video is a remarkable 2-minute overview of some prominent examples in city planning, both old and new, successful and unsuccessful.

See Jože Plečnik's Unrealized "Cathedral of Freedom" Animated For The Very First Time

AD Editorial Team — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +0000

Jože Plečnik is often described as Slovenia's greatest architect despite his passing over seven decades ago. The trace of his hand, which was trained in Vienna under Otto Wagner, can be seen across the country – and especially so in Ljubljana. Although Plečnik is often most keenly remembered for his restorative work and renovation of Prague Castle in the 1920s, the impact he left on the Slovenian capital is unmistakable.

Call for Submissions: Seoul Animation Center Design Competition

Rene Submissions — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announces a call for entry as below for the design competition aimed to construct a new Seoul Animation Center.

Visual Storytelling, Architecture & Animation

Rene Submissions — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 07:45:00 +0000

Increasingly, more architecture professionals are breaking into the world of film, learning digital animation and design skills to engage non-specialists, as well as their peers. Architect-trained Kibwe Tavares, co-founder of creative studio Factory Fifteen, will explore the ways architects and designers can use digital representation to encourage imaginative thinking through a combination of architecture and film.

The Future of Architecture Visualization: An Interview with Morean Digital Realities and Zaha Hadid Architects

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:15:00 +0000

Above: The final presentation video for Zaha Hadid Architects' Danjiang Bridge entry, with construction sequences provided by morean digital realities and atmospheric shots provided by Studio MIR

Sketchfab Begins Beta Testing for 3D Animations

Eric Oh — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Sketchfab, an online database for 3D-models, has announced that they will soon begin implementing support allowing users to showcase not only their 3D models, but accompanying animations as well. The site, likened to a “Youtube for 3D models”, has grown tremendously in the short time it’s been active, and the new step adds many possibilities for both new users and veterans of the platform (read more about Sketchfab here).

Corporate Dystopia: Liam Young Imagines a World in which Tech Companies Own Our Cities

Evan Rawn — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:30:04 +0000

What if the manufacturers of the phones and social networks we cling to became the rulers of tomorrow’s cities? Imagine a world in which every building in your neighborhood is owned by Samsung, entire regions are occupied by the ghosts of our digital selves, and cities spring up in international waters to house outsourced laborers. These are the worlds imagined by self-described speculative architect, Liam Young in his latest series of animations entitled ”New City.” Read on after the break to see all three animations and learn more about what’s next in the series.

Meet Archibald, a Cartoon Architect Who Never Gets His Way

Finn MacLeod — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 01:00:00 +0000

"Hey dad, when can I become an architect?" says Archie, son of eternally-frustrated architect Archibald, an animated architect who rarely wins an argument. "Architecture is not a final destination in time, it's a journey through life," Archibald says. His son's response: "Great! I love traveling! When can I buy the tickets?"

2,800 iPod Nano Screens Make Up Cornell's Discovery Wall

Andrew Galloway — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Consisting of over 2,800 iPod Nano screens, "The Discovery Wall" at Cornell's Medical College in Manhattan was a 2.5 year long process in digital art, conceived by Squint/Opera and accomplished in collaboration with Hirsch & Mann. From a distance, the animated screen appears as a single, unified image. But take a closer look and every single screen has its own unique text. As a permanent piece, it shows the plausibility of digital art to integrate with the existing building fabric. Watch the video above and make sure to learn more about the creative process here.