Tuesday 9 October 2012

Blobitecture


Blobitecture is form of architecture, the study of buildings and their inner workings, which use strange smooth structures that are usually built up using blob like shapes, hence the name blobitecture. This style of architecture derives from blobism which was the original term used for this form of architecture and was mainly seen around the 90’s.

These kinds of buildings are in most cases considered works of art as they mostly unique buildings, however there are a lot of architects that would disagree as they are created CAD (computer aided design) software to create the strange the shapes. I think this is good way of designing buildings using this form of architecture as it allows for a lot variety within the structure of the buildings themselves.

The buildings are mainly built using smooth glass surfaces to mainly create domes, even though they don’t always use domes. This makes the buildings stand out in an average city which sometimes makes look a little out of place.

This if used in games could be very useful as it could allow to build a very interesting environment and even levels, using just this architecture style is what would make the environment unique as nearly every city in real life uses a vast number of architecture styles.

"city hall in London uses Blobitecture"

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