Our Work : Computer Graphics

Arden's Run
Princess Anne, Maryland

Schematic design and construction documentation services were provided for the development of a single unit plan which includes four bedrooms and two baths of a single building type. The building consists of 12 units divided and stacked equally on three floors.

Studio 3D provided the following services:
3D Modeling of interior dorm rooms
Panoramic 360° views of individual rooms
3D exterior renderings

Developed to provide student housing for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Tawes Daycare Center 
Annapolis, Maryland

Responding to Governor Parris N. Glendening's initiative to improve workplace environments for Maryland's state employees, the Department of General Services hired Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc., to renovate an existing, 6,400 square foot office space to a daycare facility for 106 children, from infants to children five years of age. In addition to the operational requirements for the daycare, additional design challenges inherent to altering the existing space included maintaining utilities located at the four interior structural columns which serve upper floors; the inclusion of a fenced, outdoor play area; and providing a drop-off area and a direct, controlled access to both the daycare and the outdoor play area.

Upon entering the daycare, children immediately find themselves on a "nature trail" to points of adventure and exploration. The daycare is united along this circuitous path that begins at the parent drop off area and ends in the middle of the outdoor play area. To foster the integration of nature, primary spaces, such as the classroom areas, are organized between the path and the perimeter glass wall, and vary in size and shape. Here, nature fills the space as children witness seasonal changes and weather patterns through the exterior windows. Walls of varying height and location separate the classrooms from the path. Secondary spaces are located on the inside of the path.

The floor tiles of muted, fall colors are randomly placed like fallen leaves directly below, with color dissipating as these tiles blend in to other tiles outside the tree line. Randomly place recessed lights allude to stars at night. In the children's space, open storage "cubbies" are supported by abstract, oversized plywood cutouts, with profiles suggesting fish and birds. The suspended ceiling, designed to emulate clouds, fills the daycare, except at three of the structural columns. Here, the clouds part, giving way to a canopy of abstract and oversized maple, oak and poplar tree leaves that spring from round, column cover "trunks" and painted, round pipe "stems".

Architecture, structural engineering and Studio 3D computer graphics services were provided.

Tressler Independent and 
Assisted Living Facility
Salisbury, Maryland

Complete architectural and engineering services were provided for this 10.64-acre site containing 57 independent living units and a 36-bed assisted living unit, which also serves as a community activities center.  Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc., developed three-dimensional renderings from the architectural construction documents for this assisted living facility.  Models of the site and the interior of the buildings were created.  Interior renderings of numerous views with different camera angles and materials were generated.  The renderings allowed examination of the building with a variety of materials, allowing the builder or the buyer to achieve the desired look for the interior of the new building.