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Posted by Jonnie63 at Apr 5, 2019, 4:40:02 PM
Re: House Design - Rendered In Mitsuba
Hi Mike

Yes sure understood - the terms are all "Mitsuba" terms or terms of the renders used within so you would probably not have heard those precise terms unless you use Mitsuba.

I just include them in case anyone decides to play around with Mitsuba and wants suggested settings.

Actually I am not happy with that big window end of the living area so I am going to play around with variations for a while, I had hoped that accurate rendering would reveal some hidden charm for me but somehow its not grabbing me the way it should.

So far the design has been fairly easy.

We started off with some basic principles and designed the guest chalets first - steel frame, single storey, mono-pitch roof, insulated panels - almost designed itself because of the start principles.

We then decided for costs and ease that our own house should be two units of the guest chalet but upscaled and connected by a bridge which ended up very wide and being a favoured feature in itself. Re-use of same basic unit.

So kind of a rules based design following some simple guiding principles - it seems to be getting tougher now as the basic principles have been satisfied and now we are getting more into the aesthetics.

We will be firming up with a pro architect along the way - just seeking to do the countless hours of "what ifs" and tweaks on our time not theirs.