We are always mindful that while scale plans, sections and elevations are essential, and can be drawn in such a way as to convey character and atmosphere as well as prosaic fact, it is for most people the three-dimensional illustration which is most easily understood.
We are able when required to produce illustrations in a wide range of techniques which typically include sketches and watercolours which can if required be based on computer-generated skeleton perspectives, and computer montages. Such illustrations may be needed for the client’s assistance, for planning applications, for explanation of proposals to the public at large, and for fundraising. An example follows of visualisations at their most sophisticated, prepared to assist the Royal Horticultural Society in raising funds for its new glasshouse at Wisley garden.
Wisley Gardens case study In 2004 the RHS launched a major fund-raising appeal for the Bicentenary Glasshouse at Wisley, a structure covering 3000 square metres (3/4 acre) and 12 metres (nearly 40 feet) high. Colvin and Moggridge were already responsible for the design of the glasshouse’s setting within the garden, including a large new pool, and for its interior: rockwork, paths, pools and bridges. We were then asked to prepare a series of computer-generated photomontages of the greatest possible realism. These combine electronic collages of many photographic images, for example of plants, with accurate and totally convincing visualisations of the structure which was of course non-existent at that stage. The scenes are even peopled with Colvin and Moggridge personnel! These images have been used by the RHS for all its fund-raising activities: lecture tours, posters, magazine articles and particularly the widely-distributed brochure explaining the project and inviting donations. |
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