basalt is the first thing i ever completely rendered including context. covid lockdown had cleared the calendar and archviz was the part of architecture i most wanted to understand, so i taught myself sketchup and lumion with nothing but time and curiosity behind it. dark stone, timber decking and a long pool under palms, all learned as i went.
the setting came from a trip to singapore two years earlier. the houses around sentosa had stayed with me, and drawing one felt like a way back to somewhere i could not reach, at an age with neither the freedom nor the means to travel. i am happy to say those days are over, though i look back fondly on my early archviz days. i hope that ai doesn't completely eliminate the need for the likes of lumion in the design process. it is very enjoyable for me.
singapore gave me inspiration, lockdown gave me the time.
