Rolex Learning Center

For the first project, we are required to recreate an existing building 

by using 3ds Max Design and Rhino. I choose the Rolex Learning Center

because it is a challenging building to model, thereby test my ability to create

and explore the possibilities of modeling buildings with 3ds Max and Rhino

together.

The roof and floor is modelled in 3ds Max Design by creating a rectangle

and creating openings in the middle by creating and attaching modified

circles to the main rectangle. The floor is then extruded to a specific thickness.

To create a curved surface, the object is applied the Subdivide modifier to

make it easier to create the smooth curved surface. After that, the FFD box modifier

is applied and adjusted. The control points of the FFD modifier is dragged

according to the shape of the building to create a curved surface.

The windows, window frames, columns and amphitheater are created in
Rhino because it is an easier program to work with.

Firstly, the windows are created with rectangles which are aligned
in between the roof and floor. After aligning all four sides, using the
Trim command, the shape of the window is formed. All windows are
joined and using the Offset Surface command, it creates a thick
glass from the rectangle planes.

To create the columns, the first column is created and using the
Array command, copies of the original are created in a uniform
manner. It is then aligned with the building and trimmed using
the Trim command to follow the shape of the building.

After everything is done in Rhino, it is then imported into
3ds Max Design so the materials can be assigned to each
object.

A plane is added to create the ground level and a daylight
system is created to give a realistic image when rendering.

The following are the results of rendering using 3ds Max.