Archinect - News2024-12-22T01:02:40-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150444783/payette-is-recruiting-a-visualization-designer-as-ai-continues-to-transform-architectural-imagery
Payette is recruiting a visualization designer as AI continues to transform architectural imagery Niall Patrick Walsh2024-09-04T08:00:00-04:00>2024-09-04T13:42:49-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a1/a1666a8b84f5f889eede30a035fba4f9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following our previous look at an opening for a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150443199/good-with-robots-university-of-redlands-architecture-school-is-hiring-a-robotics-and-prototyping-specialist" target="_blank">Robotics/Prototype Specialist at the University of Redlands School of Architecture</a>, we are using the latest edition of our <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1799006/interesting-jobs" target="_blank">Job Highlights series</a> to explore an opening on Archinect Jobs for a <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/jobs/1875641/payette" target="_blank">Visualization Designer at Payette</a>.</p>
<p>The role, based in Boston, calls for an individual who will be responsible for 3D modeling and grasshopper creation within the firm’s Design Visualizations Group, which “works closely with architecture teams to study, develop, and present complex design solutions.” Among the requirements for the role are a Bachelor’s degree in architecture, excellent 3D modeling skills with Rhino, and preferably experience in Revit, Sketchup, and Grasshopper.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/35/3566bef43aa0405d2f536352330d6834.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/35/3566bef43aa0405d2f536352330d6834.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Tufts University Science and Engineering Complex by Payette. Photo: Chuck Choi</figcaption></figure></figure><p><strong>Why the role interests us</strong></p>
<p>The open role for a visualization designer at Payette offers us the opportunity to review recent innovations and trends within the architectural visualization space. In Ju...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150210932/peopling-studio-allows-you-to-increase-the-diversity-in-your-renders
Peopling Studio allows you to increase the diversity in your renders Paul Petrunia2020-08-10T20:24:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d3/d3465e015818a39646570440334ed86b.gif" border="0" /><p><a href="https://peopling.studio/" target="_blank">Peopling Studio</a> offers a 3D library of diverse characters in a variety of scenes to use and customize in your digital renders. The project appears to be voluntarily founded and run, offering free downloads. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9f/9fe2c33d482647346ff9ae3cb053bbe2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9f/9fe2c33d482647346ff9ae3cb053bbe2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p></figure><p>Their "disclaimer" describes the motives and inspiration behind the project...</p>
<p>Realism is not neutral. CGI has its own politics. We can see this in digital representations of non-white individuals, which tend to be at best stereotypical and, at worst, caricaturish and overly sexualized. Meanwhile, whiteness tends to be represented as default and neutral as evidenced by the Jack and Jill avatars in Siemens Tecnomatix Jack human modeling software or the original Sketchup scale figure, Bryce. To counter these traditions, PEOPLING STUDIO puts forth black and brown skin tones as the default settings. We also acknowledge the limitations of 3D human models, in particular the distinction between 3D scan data and sculpted meshes. We provide sculpted meshes as these are the least exaggera...</p>