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Winter Special #6

Winter Special #6

by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 19, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized | 23 comments

Even though I have started the new desert house project, I jumped back to the Philly Bridge project to generate this year’s winter special. This was a view that I had planned on illustrating months ago but ran out of time. Luckily, it works perfectly for...
Managing Diagrams in Photoshop

Managing Diagrams in Photoshop

by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 3, 2017 | Fundamentals, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Uncategorized | 8 comments

I have been testing out a ton of different ideas for how to articulate the glass facade for the Desert Trench House project. From those studies, I developed a spread that shows some of the iterations that were generated. As I was putting this illustration together, I...
Desert Trench House

Desert Trench House

by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 20, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Uncategorized | 16 comments

I have started a new project that I am calling the Desert Trench House. I have yet to illustrate a project on this website that is located in an arid environment and am excited to get going on this. The structure sits mostly recessed underground with large shade...
Philly Aerial Break Down

Philly Aerial Break Down

by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 24, 2017 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5 | 31 comments

Aerial architectural renderings in a city environment are some of the toughest images to create. For one, you are dealing with a ton of texture, geometry, and complexity when it comes to the context. The ideal way to manage this is to hire a photographer to take...
Day to Night: All Pshop Philly Edition

Day to Night: All Pshop Philly Edition

by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 27, 2017 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge | 19 comments

This will be the third image that I have posted on this site that goes from a daytime base rendering to a full on night rendering using only Photoshop. The first ever No Render Night Tutorial I created came at the very beginning of this website a long time ago. Since...
Entourage Density: Active vs. Tranquil

Entourage Density: Active vs. Tranquil

by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 6, 2017 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge | 17 comments

The next two illustrations that I have generated for the Philly Bridge explore the procession across the bridge. The design incorporates different types of program and landscape depending on the path you choose and the activities users plan to partake in. Therefore, I...
Philly Bridge: 2 for 1 Break Down

Philly Bridge: 2 for 1 Break Down

by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 17, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Uncategorized | 28 comments

Below are some eye level perspectives that I created to get a sense of the pedestrian bridge design from the west side of the site. I had made some substantial changes to the form and wanted to study what the experience was like as you approach it both as a pedestrian...
Site Texture Study: Round Two

Site Texture Study: Round Two

by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 25, 2017 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge | 10 comments

I first generated a black and white study like this for my wharf design back in 2014. I liked how this approach breaks down the complexity of site design into simple elements and creating a space for me to quickly “sketch” out and iterate ideas. For this...
Bridging Philly

Bridging Philly

by Alex Hogrefe | May 4, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Uncategorized | 6 comments

A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to give a lecture and some workshops at Philadelphia University School of Architecture. During my tour of the city, I was blown away by the amount of development and new architecture going on. One proposal that I found especially...
Architectural GIFs

Architectural GIFs

by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 6, 2017 | Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 05 Research Lab, Uncategorized | 15 comments

As old school as they are, GIFs can still be a low tech, highly shareable solution to communicate an architectural idea. In this case, I was having trouble deciding how to illustrate the operable shade system of my research lab design. Enter the GIF. The obvious...
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