We can accomplish this by creating images of places that convey a softness, atmosphere, a sense of warmth and lyricism. Design sketches that convey we are in the process of creating something great, that the input from a community can help make it even better.
This sort of imagery works very well for workshops, public meetings, for community groups, or elected officials: for people that feel they want to understand, and be a part of this wonderful and intriguing design process that shapes the places we live, work, shop and play.The images are created from a minimal of design input, from a concept site plan or simple massing model showing an arrangement of the parts.
The sketches can begin to be created to help tell the story of place, and engage an audience. They can be presented as printed or digitally projected sketches, even stories conveyed through animated film clips showing movement, change in time and sound. Here are some samples, and please feel free to contact me if you feel this approach can be of any help, or have any questions.
This sort of imagery works very well for workshops, public meetings, for community groups, or elected officials: for people that feel they want to understand, and be a part of this wonderful and intriguing design process that shapes the places we live, work, shop and play.The images are created from a minimal of design input, from a concept site plan or simple massing model showing an arrangement of the parts.
The sketches can begin to be created to help tell the story of place, and engage an audience. They can be presented as printed or digitally projected sketches, even stories conveyed through animated film clips showing movement, change in time and sound. Here are some samples, and please feel free to contact me if you feel this approach can be of any help, or have any questions.
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William Block is an artist and architect from California.
He illustrates in a way that captures the gentle and embracing characteristics of places.
Working with City Community Development Agencies, Architectural, Urban Design and Entertainment Companies in North America and Europe, on projects all over the world, he has tuned his appreciation and understanding for place making and the stories behind them that make them come alive.
He usually will take a site plan, create a massing model in SketchUp adding enough detail to create an architectural vocabulary and sense of place, then create character sketches, looking from above, and the view that a pedestrian might experience as they walked threw a new place.
He illustrates in a way that captures the gentle and embracing characteristics of places.
Working with City Community Development Agencies, Architectural, Urban Design and Entertainment Companies in North America and Europe, on projects all over the world, he has tuned his appreciation and understanding for place making and the stories behind them that make them come alive.
He usually will take a site plan, create a massing model in SketchUp adding enough detail to create an architectural vocabulary and sense of place, then create character sketches, looking from above, and the view that a pedestrian might experience as they walked threw a new place.
William Block is an architect who has worked creating visual presentations conveying a lyrical character to places we long to be.
He looks to places and the way we connect to them on an emotional level, as we do with music, art and film.
Places where we feel good, where we feel like we belong.
From initial concepts of town design, to visual storytelling, his drawings and animated stories have helped connect people to places, Places full of life and energy.
His clients have ranged from city agencies, developers, urban designers to entertainment industry companies like Disney Imagineering, where he has helped to create places full of life, color and charm, and exhibit designers where he has created animated stories telling how places evolve, helping us connect to them by understanding their history.
He looks to places and the way we connect to them on an emotional level, as we do with music, art and film.
Places where we feel good, where we feel like we belong.
From initial concepts of town design, to visual storytelling, his drawings and animated stories have helped connect people to places, Places full of life and energy.
His clients have ranged from city agencies, developers, urban designers to entertainment industry companies like Disney Imagineering, where he has helped to create places full of life, color and charm, and exhibit designers where he has created animated stories telling how places evolve, helping us connect to them by understanding their history.
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