Me and my friends got awarded in an Architecture Competition! (3rd place)

Learn more about the project here: www.behance.net/gallery/15179...
Project in partnership with @olmoarquitetos
Team: Bruno Niepsui, João Guilherme Humeniuk, Oliver Uszkurat, Ricardo Pachla, Rodrigo Vinci
Get Vray here: bit.ly/vray-upstairs
I can finally share this here on KZbin! I joined this competition back in June/July 2020 and couldn't share anything until the results were announced. Getting awarded 3rd place in such an important competition is incredible, this is a young team that we put together and we're looking forward to joining more competitions in the future.
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Timestamps:
0:00 3rd place!
0:22 Intro
1:05 Competition main rules
2:06 The process
3:51 Board no.1
5:43 Board no.2
7:02 Technical drawings
8:11 Board no.2
9:50 Final thoughts
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[@LearnUpstairs]

Part 2 of this competition project is out!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ3MeKOeqZJkj9U Breaking down the night scene (rendering and post-production)🔥

[@yashwardhanpincha8791]

Where did you design the boards?

[@LearnUpstairs]

@@yashwardhanpincha8791 InDesign

[@Cal.lm96]

Amazing ! Congrats 🥳 ...and a breakdown of this beautiful axonometric would be GREAT !

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks!!! That axonometric has lots of steps involved, it was the last drawing we created before submitting the boards. If I had more time I’d have done even more to it. Maybe I can also show that one the video 😁

[@Cal.lm96]

@@LearnUpstairs it’s just great to watch your drawings improving, even when you think it couldn’t get any better now 😁

[@LearningArchicad]

Congratulations. Olmo arquitetos. We will be very happy to publicize this work on our social networks.

[@tusharkolhe3571]

yes please...guide us through your whole design process...we'll be waiting

[@fernandocabrera346]

My boy Oliver back at it again! Congratulations and let's hope more awesome projects come your way! And also: Yes! Share with us all the process if you can do, thanks!

[@sadiqfarouksaleh6536]

Thanks alot, we are looking forward to seeing more.

[@lucasthomasbecher5214]

Obviamente queremos ver más! grande Oliver!

[@charotash7989]

Yes! Yes! Absolutely Yes! On the three part series. This is good work 🤝.

[@soundcastshelter5520]

Whatever Oliver touches turns into gold. This was a very inspirational attempt. Loved everything about it. As an aspiring architectural professional myself, this is one of the best ways to learn - through Upstairs. Congratulations & thank you for the video

[@victoriamarchiorato8439]

Um terceiro lugar nunca teve tanta cara de 1º! Mandaram muito bem 👏🏼💙

[@harmoarquitetura4322]

Parabéns! Muito orgulho, trabalho incrível! Adoramos saber mais sobre o processo criativo

[@okeyadaniel1596]

Congratulations! Really interested in the breakdown

[@abdullahaltass5819]

Amazing work as always ,I’d love to see the process of creating that isometric view on the third board

[@mikeandrade3629]

Awesome work! Would like to see more of this project. Specifically the isometric render.

[@leandroamorim5641]

Hello Oliver! You did very well in this competition! Presentation of a winning team! I really liked the solutions presented for the project, from the many options created to the graphic and technical representation. As a suggestion: I would like to see a new video about the real design process for architecture competitions! What to consider and what to avoid? And to finish, once again, congratulations on this achievement! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@shubhamsodhi3756]

great work ... Please share more congratulations

[@ayoubberroudji]

congratulations ...... love it

[@DigitalAlligator]

I like this design. Well balanced between function and form.

[@shysaphira8906]

Congratulations!! 🥳 🎊

[@zosiakozowska9582]

I would love to hear more about the design process. Loved the axo render 😍 congrats!💗

[@brendatorres6131]

Congratulations! You deserve it, is a really really good project. I would love a video of the night view render and also the one showing the facade that you can see the apartments inside, I think they're awesome, also maybe a breakdown on how did you came up with this interesting shape in plant view. :)

[@NikhilKumar-fi2tb]

congrats!! 🥳🥳👏👏on winning the competition and sure, I would love to see further videos related to this project and I hope it will help me to learn some new things as well.

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks, Nikhil! All set then, will get working on more videos about this project 😁

[@Vilach123]

Very lovely work Oliver especially renders and axonometric! I vote for the pool and gym render, that one blew me away honestly.

[@daisiesndrawings]

PARABÉNSSSS! Tudo impecável! Merecerem muito (e mereciam ainda mais).

[@LearnUpstairs]

Valeu Daísy!!! Deu até vontade de expor as quebras de edital e leis que o primeiro lugar fez 🫢 hahah mas decidi deixar quieto!

[@mehmetburakkavurur]

Look stunning❤️🙏🏻

[@aldridge9724]

I'm always amazed the style of your rendering, not to realistic but lively and a lot of color contrast, I hope you can made a tutorial soon

[@DayanIgderi]

Congrats!

[@lukedecena6176]

great work! very nice and clean! thanks for sharing!

[@gustavo6542]

Por favor! Faça um break down de toda a competição, seria ótimo.

[@kelebogilemotlogelwa1582]

Congratulations my guy this is truly inspirational and amazing 👏👏👏💐

[@dipv3762]

Brilliant explanation

[@markdominicmampusti1022]

Amazing as always. Appreciate it if you could make a tutorial on how to do the isometric floor plan. Thanks

[@bibekrijal2451]

really hopeful to see how you done maquette rendering , really keen to know about it and huge congratulation

[@sindrecarolin]

Amazing work, congrats! Would like to hear more about how to produce the technical drawings. To create both aesthetically beautiful drawings, that communicate in a good way. And of course some tips and tricks in Archicad, such as what pen sets to use to create the hierarchy you have.

[@christophermoody1448]

That's awesome!

[@TerrygArch]

Congrats! A more in depth breakdown of each part of this process would be amazing and informative for sure!

[@ElizandradePaula]

Congrats!!!! Amazing work

[@aressong9111]

wow, great job. hoping to have more shares for you about this project in deep

[@annabazhan8675]

You are amazing! I try to find something content like this. Thank you so much. Archicad is good soft)

[@nonations7420]

Amazing work

[@osoconswag]

Great work! I really love the representation and design! Greetings from Argentina❤️

[@Amr-NAGY]

Congrats !.. I'm really interested to know more about the competition

[@MrRoboticeyes]

Congratulation!

[@vebrianoadrian]

congrats!

[@Bullet2139]

Great job! i enjoyed the beautiful axonometric

[@surajvelip]

Congratulations

[@siamihsan4716]

do 3 parts please 😌

[@LearnUpstairs]

Okidoki 🙌

[@joycecardinot9284]

Jesus, imagino o nervoso do prazo! Parabéns!

[@LearnUpstairs]

Foi intenso! A ultima hora eu não consegui sentar mais, fiz o final de pé e andando de um lado pro outro 😅 Valeu, Joyce!!

[@arturgodoy99]

Fantástico!

[@mohamedhamzaoui392]

well done !!

[@INceptor24]

Great work. I really want to know, What you guys were up to when searching for that maquette style representation. And also breakdown the first day scene render, it’s just awesome.

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks!! Our goal with that one was to feel like a physical model, but I wish I added a bit more of a paper like texture to the material. It was inspired by the models we were doing with our hands during the process. The ones Rodrigo is a master at 😁 Okay! Breakdown added to the list of future videos

[@aa-043shyampraveen3]

I am expecting the other two parts dude

[@jelanihampton2209]

PLS. MORE CONTENT

[@fabuxo]

Parabéns, Oliver! Sensacional

[@LearnUpstairs]

Valeu, Fabio! 🙏

[@viniciuspontes8764]

Parabéns! Trabalho incrível!

[@LearnUpstairs]

Obrigado, Vinicius! 😄

[@isbrebou]

Parabéns cara, muito bom o conteúdo! Acompanho bem antes de notar que era BR! heheh

[@dalegas76]

Congratulations. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks, Paulo! 🙏

[@jeandavidabeelack3990]

Wow this is a great project... You just got a follower from Mauritius

[@TheLuanklebers]

This works Hella good! Recommended

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thank you, Luan! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@neilnaranjo6543]

Congrats for winning with the architectural competition. Could you tell us the technique of that isometric render with beige atmosphere? Thanks and greetings from architects of PH.

[@iqratech2695]

Awesome

[@brunobordini7696]

A0? Que loucura! A1 já seria o suficiente não? Enfim, como sempre, excelente trabalho Oliver!

[@LearnUpstairs]

Seria com certeza! O problema é que também pediram uma escala de 1:200, e então não cabia na prancha. Se tivesse deixado escala livre, poderiamos ter apresentado em 1:250 e tudo encaixaria perfeitamente. Valeu, Bruno!

[@y4zzxz]

"Weird site limb" that one got me 😂😂😂.. waiting for that 3part series. Congrats btw 🎉🎉🎉

[@LearnUpstairs]

😂😂 it came out like that and I decided to leave it haha. Thanks, Yazzer!

[@mohamedbadawy9822]

A very great design and very beautiful and informative rendering, want to ask how you guys make that isometric drawing, it's just fantastic in my opinion, please break it down 🙏❤️

[@herlyeko293]

Thanks

[@NewProvidenceUF]

Amazing work by you guys!! I'm a interested to know what the ballpark cost would be for such design work

[@ahmadfaiz2418]

board no.3 🔥🔥🔥

[@primodanel6122]

Can you do a breakdown of your visualization night scene! Btw congrats!!

[@LearnUpstairs]

That’s the one I’m thinking about, lots of Photoshop was involved in creating that image. I’ll probably need to create one video in between this one, but already adding on the list if there’s interest! 🙌 Thanks, Primo Dañel!

[@ji-supark6887]

amazing!!! congrats to you !! btw what material is that 1:25 ? is it just card board ? do you have specific name for it ?

[@BOB-vh8ni]

Way to go

[@peikai3110]

Congratulations Oliver and your friends!! 🥳 We are doing apartments for our studio project this semester as well and your board provided a lot of inspirations, especially that aerial diagram! 😍🙌 May I ask how do you use Vray on Archicad? Do you convert the model to Sketchup and render Vray with Sketchup?

[@LearnUpstairs]

Hey Pei Kai! Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad this video has inspired you 😄 As for Vray, yes it was exported from Archicad to Sketchup so that I could render the model using Vray. This is not such an ideal workflow, but with every change, we managed to then export only the new part and "paste it in place" in Sketchup.

[@peikai3110]

@@LearnUpstairs Thank you for the reply! 😊

[@peterkiprop3624]

Awesome presentation. How did you produce such clean floorplans on Archicad ? Graphic overrides ? Please assist.

[@TheAlecsanderSantos]

Eu só tenho uma consideração: Quando eu crescer quero ser igual a você!

[@wabalaka1565]

I would love to see how to make the diagram in your board 3 @8:30 if possible. I think many people would love to see it too

[@mandarshishupal58]

congratulation man .

[@LearnUpstairs]

Appreciate it, mandar Shishupal! 🙏

[@fvargas3089]

bro puedes considerar hacer un tutorial sobre la casa de tu anterior video en lumion ya sea gratis o con algun costo me gusto como te quedo y me gustaria aprender si pudieras enseñar a hacer esa escena exterior

[@zhengzeliu3185]

congratulations my friend

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thank you, Zhengze Liu!

[@saeedmosazadeh1002]

Congrats to you and ur team. is it possible to break down post pro on images?

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks, Saeed! For sure, a breakdown coming up! I’m thinking about doing on the night scene one

[@pradyumnak4749]

Can you make a video on archicad vs vectorworks or suggest which is better?

[@volvogoodtruck1117]

How many hours did You guys put in collectively? Young architect myself, me and my colleagues do competitions here in Estonia. We usually put ca 180-240 hrs (or more depending on project) collectively per competition.

[@manyiyeon6980]

Amazing works , how can you guys works this on Archicad in that short time ? Is there any tips can help architectural students?

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks, Man ti Yeon! There are a couple of reasons we were able to use Archicad on such a short time. 1. They have a well curated template. It’s not something you download off a website, but refine over the years. So all that initial file setup goes really fast. 2. They are used to working in Archicad and have done a couple of project similar to this one we did (Apartment buildings) 3. We also used Archicad connected over the cloud. That allows for multiples people to use the same file at once. The tip is to practice! 😅 You need to design and document different types of project to learn in full. And watch a lot of tutorials! That helps a lot 🙌

[@fatimemermerci6223]

congrats:)

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks!!!

[@jiangtao2990]

how much did you guys get for the works you did? Does the company pay any fees to the participents of the compitition?

[@rayyankhan7704]

Which software did you used to render Isometric View?

[@ivanca2556]

Hi. Can anyone recommend webpages for competitions that are recognized / have recognized international sponsers and have a lifetime subscriptions for competitions?

[@pedroluisalatorreibarra3104]

video of the process please

[@instantgui]

3º com gosto de 1º

[@matheusmarinho3350]

put a keep are u. irmão, que pronúncia perfeita, kkkkkkkkkkk. nem consegui prestar atenção no vídeo.

[@NNVlogs-gp2lv]

Excuse me , what was the font you used to in video ? Thank you

[@LearnUpstairs]

The font is Modelica if I’m not mistaken, but on the titles there were a couple of effects added on After Effects

[@NNVlogs-gp2lv]

@@LearnUpstairs okkkk , no problem ,thank you very much

[@Makimaki304]

omg that looks exactly like our firm‘s building! (I guess all apartments look kinda the same now Lolol

[@LearnUpstairs]

😂😂 really? Well we did a lot of reference searching at the beginning but we didn’t see any that was an exact copy. The shape and form was a result from the many decisions we took during the process. But I’d love to check out this project you mentioned haha now you got me curious

[@tahagorucu3927]

I want to ask something, how can i render like 8:32

[@islandersean2213]

Who got first and second place?

[@TN3DStudio]

Estão de parabéns👏 :) 7:52 sometimes you just have too lol

[@LearnUpstairs]

Thanks my friend! Glad to see you around here. I’ve learned a lot from your videos, and some things that I used to create the competition renderings 🙌 so I appreciate your work!

[@bluedog101c]

NO. The isometric views should of been placed on a new board. That space should of been used to add another view.

[@LearnUpstairs]

@@bluedog101c there were a maximum of 3 boards, and that’s it! If board limit wasn’t an issue, ohh then everything would’ve been placed differently 😅

[@TN3DStudio]

Thank you, I always appreciate your content. 🙏🏿

[@dinaindriani4489]

sway og youngboy bro that’s how everyone starts even Kanye admited that Nice tutorials soft weren’t great at first just keep grinding and you’ll

[@craigstephens93]

Well done on the design, it looks very good. What did you get for third place? As a professional in the industry, I just want to say what I think about Architectural Competitions: Architectural Competitions are cancer! And although you are right to be proud of your design, you should not romanticise the Competition Process. Spending weeks on a design for no fee should be left in the Studios of Architecture School when you graduate. Now I know this is fantasy because the industry now expects Architects to compete with each other for free (blame Architects for setting that precedent in the first place), but it shouldn't be romanticised. From a design point of view be proud, but as a business you have failed and your gamble has not paid off. I suppose it doesn't matter because you can always add it to your portfolio? Yeah, I've heard that one before too. Or in your case - make a YT video out of it. Competing against 100 other architects? - might a well play the lottery. Even contractors will refuse to participate in tendering a job if there are too many competitors.

[@LearnUpstairs]

Hey Craig, thanks a lot! And also, I appreciate the extensive input. I agree with you in many ways, but there are also points I have a different opinion on. I see competitions as this option to tackle projects you wouldn't normally do with regular clients. A type of challenge where you're a bit more "free" to develop a solution you truly believe in, as opposed to a set of specifications the client wants just because. There's also one other important factor I see... for example in the case of Olmo, they're a very young practice that won't necessarily have the opportunity to bring on that type of project that early in their career. They have worked as Architects in other firms so they've got that experience, but it depends on networking on a lot of other things to land such a huge contract. Competitions give you that opportunity to show your skills. Landing a project like such can turn the firm around and put them in the spotlight where other clients might hire them because of such achievement. If someone wins amongst 100 firms at a national level, that must mean something. Yes you "work for free" if you don't win anything, from a business perspective risks like that may not be possible. Maybe someday will be a better solution... But Idk, not everything is about money, there's a different rush in joining competitions, so why not then mix that type of project with regular clients if possible? The last comment I'll add is that there are competitions and there are "competitions". We usually take a close look at the rules and guides before deciding to join them. Because if you win it, there's a whole lot of work ahead of you, and it needs to be fairly paid. Hopefully, my reply wasn't too harsh, at least that wasn't my intention 😅 Again, thanks a lot for your comment, that's what the comment section should also be about! Have a great weekend, Craig!

[@LearnUpstairs]

Oh, I forgot to answer the first question! First place R$50k + R$350k contract to develop the project until Construction Drawings. The second place got R$30 or 35k I don't remember actually. And then the third place was R$15k. If you want to convert that to USD, it's 5 R$ (real) to 1 USD, but you also need to remember that the industry pays a lot differently depending o the country. Architects in the US get paid A LOT, I mean A LOT more than architects in South America, or more specifically in Brazil which is where I'm based.

[@parsakavosi2532]

NICE..I think a limited sheet lay-out had help you because of the time managing in last hours😃

[@LearnUpstairs]

Yeah if you think about it this way we had one less thing to think about 😄 But we started thinking on the board 2 or 3 weeks before submitting the work. We didn't have the project solved, but based on the scales they asked for and site size we already drafted how the board could look like.

[@fernandocabrera346]

"Big a** rendering" ftw!!!!

[@elvecinodedani6775]

xx

[@anishgajinkar8694]

My friends and I*

[@blitonz]

Yea talk more. Doesnt hurt to hear more on design.

[@bluedog101c]

Jane Jacobs and her book , "Death and Life of Great American Cities" inspired all large high raise building to include public space to to create circulation. If Brazil hasn't understood this concept - sad.