A white aerie with references to nature’s floor…wood and trees brought up to the 34th floor Sky Lounge…I think some well deserved time with the ladies hanging out on the sky beds or wing chairs is due. Whites and neutrals are difficult to render, but with layering tonal grays, adding texture with fine liners and practicing restraint with the pens, the idea of a high gloss floor and white upholstery comes through.
Design and Computer Rendering by Michelle Morelan
Another “Colouring Book” post…use this as an underlay to create your own interior rendering.
It’s a lounge on the 34th floor with a accessible green roof. I have designed the aerie with the concept of merging the earth and sky, taking bits of both and lending them to each other…that’s how I’ve chosen my finishes which I will render into the drawing, but chose your own concept if you like, and try rendering this perspective in fineliners and markers. I would love to see your finished drawing…I’ll post mind soon.
Watercolour, Michelle Morelan 2006
Catherine asked me via email if I have ever tried watercolour…I admit, yes, but it’s not something I feel I '”get”…I feel more comfortable with the control of markers and the texture you can create (below). For presentations I think watercolour fits lots of concepts nicely, but doesn’t offer the intensity of colour that markers do…just the point I would guess. I encourage experimentation with all mediums :) Thanks for ready my blog Catherine…have fun!
Architectural Markers, Chalk, Fineliners, Michelle Morelan, 2006
Renderings don’t always have to be structured…as a matter of fact, the client is happiest when they feel they can still change the design, and a finished rendering may say…”here…it’s done, and you have no say”… plus, they don’t want to think they are paying you for hours at the drafting table during the schematic phase of design. So loosen up :)
Design and Rendering by Michelle Morelan Design
I will be pursuing this with everything in me, because in school, this was my thesis project, I grew up there, program requirement have been written (and will gladly be re-written), and most of all, who could be a better match?
The overlook from the spa into the pool area.
Hotel Lobby is the old "box up" area, and where forklifts would turn around and load trucks.
I was in Ucluelet this weekend, and have been really excited about Black Rock Resort opening (I talked about it here). BBA Design in Vancouver did the Interiors, and the architect was Vancouver's VIA Architecture. It's managed by Boutique Hotels and Resorts of British Columbia. It's our first resort hotel, and I think it is fabulous.
What BBA has done so well, is kept to the strong wave concept, tying it to the rocks and situation, which is dynamic, straddling a surge canal and with windy western exposures.
The entry, towards the lounge, which it shares a double sided fireplace with. The movement of the curve starts at the approach to the building, and continues into finishes like these great laminated wood curves. The circulation, which creates surprises at every turn also follows a wave.
These stool/chairs in the entry bring the outdoors in, but in a refined manner. I wonder if they are Brent Comber pieces? The stone floor and fireplace are the same colour as the rock outcrop that the resort is perched upon.
I loved this chandelier in green glass planes; it references the kelp forest beds perfectly, and would love to know the source if anyone knows. The light and shadow was cast upon the black slate wall and white ceiling.
The staircase to the bottom floor, the gym, spa, infinity pool and hot tubs. The smooth maple handrail is beautifully contrasted against an unfinished concrete wall.
This view from the lounge is so dynamic! You feel safe from the storm, but connected and part of the energy at the same time.
One of the only things I am unsure about is this wave bar, which I thought I was really going to like. I will wait for the resort to be finished, and reserve my judgement for now.
The view across from the lounge to the restaurant, past the surge canal, or, as we call it the "blow hole"
I bought my sister lunch in the dining room called Fetch, and I snapped a few pictures. Can you believe that walkway that perches you right above the blow hole? I can imagine the noise of the driftwood smashing against the rocks during a fierce storm.
The entry to the DR has a hostess stand that re-enforces the logo of the resort.
I think the white pendants look like sea urchins!
My sister Raylene, on the way to the car. We were talking about how much we couldn't believe we were still in our home town. The grand opening isn't until April, but they have a local special for 99 dollars a night right now!
Where is your paradise?
The Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge caught my attention quite some time ago. It's been around 10 years now, and you may have heard about it on the news recently as the place where Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds got "hitched".
