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DIRIYAH GATE
Community Development
Company : Godwin Austen Johnson
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Year: 2021
Location: Saudi Arabia
Client; DGDA
A large scale cultural capital reflecting Saudis history through their traditional Najdi architecture.
Villas and Townhouses Modelling
Complete 3D modelling of multiple villas and townhouses on Sketchup. Rendering of the model was done on Enscape.
Works Contributed:
• 3d Modelling of townhouses and villas using Sketchup.
• Renderings done on Enscape.
• Sections and floor plans renderings done using photoshop and Sketchup.
• Facade Catalgue report done using Indesign.
• Masterplanning of residential plots within the districts as well as floorplans for community centres were contributed.
Multiple Floor Plan Rendering: received the CAD plans and was tasked with rendering them for report submission. This is one example from over 6 typologies of Villas and Townhouses had rendered using Photoshop.
District Planning
Created Layouts on district plots and had to place the required villas and townhouses, pocket parks, MEP outlets and ideal circulation.
The concept was to create roads and landscaping that reflected the traditional neighbourhoods. A large podium was placed as basement parking for the residents below the townhouses. The villas are individually provided with garage parking.
Multiple Site Section Rendering: received the CAD plans and was tasked with rendering them for report submission. This is one example from over 12 Site sections had rendered using Photoshop amd Sketchup.
Elevations Rendering
Elevations were created using the Sketchup model, Photoshop and AutoCAD
Facade Catalogue
When designing a community thats reflective of the heritage of Saudi, an immense amount of detail and accuracy is taken to reflect these traditional design elements throughout the architecture of the plan. was in charge of developing the facade catalogue with its relevant references, models from Sketchup as well as its dimensions.
This catalogue consists of over 40 pages and addressed; Parapets, Wall Treatments, Doors, Windows, Perforations, Furniture, Shading Devices, etc.
