the v1.2 Updates features:

1. different day times (midday, sunset, night) in different scenes, but inside the same blend file, the geometry and materials still shared between them
2. GPU benchmark scene, optimized to load on 1Gb Graphic cards
3. CPU Optimized render settings , I’ve tried both the non progressive and progressive samplers I found that the progressive sampler gives less noise in shorter times (about 25% faster)
4. the pebbles are now scattered with the particle system instead of huge displaced subdivided plane
5. renamed the materials and separated the assets (tree, lotus flower, chair, pebbles) to a different scene

rendered with two GPUs ( 2 x geforce GTX 580 1.5Gb)

render times for different scenes were :

1. midday : render size :4800×2700 pixels / 700 samples / render time: 01 hour
2. sunset: render size :4800×2700 pixels / 1000 samples – render time 3h46min hours
3. night: render size :4800×2700 pixels / 3000 samples- render time 6 hours
4. GPU benchmark scene: 1280×720 pixels / 100 samples- render time 1min12s (2x Geforce GTX580) and (2m:15s with one Geforce GTX580)
5. CPU benchmark scene: 1280×720 pixels /100 samples – render time 7min47s (intel core i7 2600 3.5Ghz)

here’s the source files created with blender 2.66  Download Current blender version (latest but can be instable)

enjoy !

don’t forget to report your benchmark results here: Blender Cycles GPU/CPU Benchmark

thanks

I’ve made Hires render (4800 x 2700 pixels) included in the download file, the following are 100% crops

Camera 06 in the different day times

edit: the download link is obsolete, download the updated version from here, thanks

http://www.emirage.org/2013/04/24/free-download-archviz-project-pabellon-barcelona-3d-scene-v1-2-updated/

Pabellon Barcelona 3D blender scene file

for Blender / Cycles, with textures, shaders, environement, ready for rendering

Distributed under creative commons license
feel free to distribute and use it for your commercial and personal projects !

credit:

architecture designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

additional modeling / lighting / rendering by Hamza Cheggour
Base model/textures by Claudio Andres

I’m looking to write a making-of packed with tips,
if you have any question/feedback that you want to see in the making of, just leave a comment

here’s some renders straight forward from the source file (click for 1920×1080 pixel images)

Classic Chair 3D Model – for Blender / Cycles

distributed under creative commons license
so feel free to distribute and use it for your commercial and personal projects

Chair Turntable from eMirage on Vimeo.

the white lotus flower 3d scene extracted from my commercial Archviz project (Promotion Oran) , available for free download under creative commons license

the scene includes:
in layer1: the base lotus mesh
in layer2: the particle system that scatters the lotus plant into a simple plane
a simple plane with a water material

the leafs material changes color for each instance in a random fashion
it also features translucence and glossiness

the environment is a mix between a spherical sky image and the cycles sky texture

all critics, comments are welcome also feel free to ask any question about this scene, thanks

the lotus flower used in professional works

a quick demo showcasing the power of blender’s render engine (Cycles) in archvitectural visualization project.

you’ll see how practical cycles is, and how much it helps to quickly set shaders / material colors, change the lighting and set the render views

the video playback run slightly faster than normal speed, but you can see the real render times in the top of the render view “elapsed”

some  info / tips  about the video:

1. 312 millions polygons in total, rendered with less than 1.5Gb Video RAM
2. shortcut used at 3:24 : render region, to enable it (ctrl + B) then set the render region, and (ctrl+alt+B) to disable it
3. the background sky is a mix between a 360° spherical HDRI sky texture and Cycles sky texture
4. I used a lot of instances (groups, particles) to get the scene optimized
5. it took me one week of work to model and texture the main scene, without the assets (trees, cars…)

the used hardware specs (GPU rendering):

CPU:   intel core i7 2600 3.5GHz – RAM: 16Gb
GPUs: Geforce GTX285 as a display device
2x Geforce GTX580 as CUDA compute devices

the next time video: Blender Cycles in action – interior rendering

this is a quick demo showcasing the power of blender’s render engine (Cycles) in automotive rendering.

the purpose of this demo is to show you how practical cycles is, and how much it helps to quickly set shaders / material colors, change the lighting and set the render views

the video playback run slightly faster than normal speed, but you can see the real render times in the top of the render view “elapsed”

used hardware spec (GPU rendering):

CPU: intel core i7 2600 3.5GHz – RAM: 16Gb
GPU: Geforce GTX285 as a display device
2x Geforce GTX580 as CUDA compute devices

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some archviz animations done between 2008 – 2011

Project / Client / tools

Algiers Central station / www.atelier4d-architekten.de/ / 3ds max – mental ray
Tipsa marina/ www.lem-dz.com / blender – blender renderer
Mendes Hospital / sarl-ser / blender renderer
Sidi fredj CRF / Promomed / blender renderer
Tamenfoust marina / GS2E / blender – yafaray

rendu 3d: eMirage
Conception/architecture: AlfaBuilding
soft utilisé pour le rendu: Blender 2.5 – Octane – Gimp – ubuntu