Development_Sunyang shop_01

Blocking_Mr Zhao Taicheng's House

Mind map

Research_Mr Zhao Taicheng's House

About Mr Zhao Taicheng's House

Different versions

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Version 4

Corbel bracket (Dougong)

Corbel brackets (Dougong) are parts of Mr Zhao Taicheng's House and they are some of the most import parts, because they suggest the owner of that building was an high officer. That is because in Song Dynasty, only high officers can use corbel brackets on their houses or shops. Sunyang shop which this blog mentioned before is very famous and luxury, but it still cannot have corbel brackets, because the owner of that shop was not a high officer. Corbel brackets are the most important signs to separate Mr Zhao Taicheng's House and the other houses and shops. 

References of corbel bracket (Dougong)

Anshina's Architecture (Episode 1): Dougong (斗拱)

Dougong (斗拱) (part 2)

Element of Chinese Architecture----Dou Gong(斗拱)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWmqt2UXdNM

Add details_01_Sunyang shop

After finish the blocking of Sunyang shop, i started to add the details of that shop, mainly define the positions of windows, doors and pillars.

I made some rough textures for the roofs, doors, floors, pillars and those textures give the Sunyang shop a rough looking.

So far, this model does not looks like Chinese building very much and it does not looks bustling neither, so that's what i need to develop after.

Next step: add more details and give those buildings some basic colours to make them look more like Chinese buildings. Also, i need to do more researches about what materials those buildings made of.

Model blocking_Sunyang shop

Original painting

3D model blocking

There are lots of shops and houses in the masterpiece - 'River of Wisdom'. I start with Sunyang shop because it is the biggest and most bustling shop in that masterpiece. Above is a 3D blocking of that building, used to give myself an idea about the relationship of the different buildings. The difficult thing is defining the boundaries of different buildings, because the masterpiece does not show the boundaries very clearly due to lots of reasons. 

I did some research about this shop and find several different versions of it. They are not 100 percent same with the original painting, but they still can give me some ideas. When i did this blocking, i compared the different versions and the original painting and study how the different buildings connect to each other.

Below are the different versions that i find.

  

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

High quality 'River of Wisdom‘

Research - About 'River of Wisdom'

1, Artist: Zhang zeduan
2, Size: 24.8 cm * 528.7 cm
3, Created at Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127)
4, Captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing, from the Northern Song period.

Ancient Chinese town (618-1912）

My initial idea is to design an ancient (618-1912) style Chinese town, so i did some research about ancient Chinese buildings, then did a mind map about what buildings and details should be in that town. I also did some mood boards of different buildings to help me study the appearances of different buildings. 

Mind map

Mood boards

Concept design

Map 1

Map 2

Shrine