The main materials paid attention to are of the following:
- Wood: wood can soften the hard surface edges of steel and glass, it is sensible to model wood on Auto-desk Maya and texture it on Z-brush. While researching building's interiors and looking closely to them it is evident that they soften hard edges. Wood is oiled to enhance it's natural grain and fragrance, maple woodwork compliments kitchens and it unifies the surrounding spaces with built in cabinetry, dining tables and chairs. Wood is used as other assets such as barrels and crates. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the weakest and 10 being the strongest, the architectural destruction of wood is 3 as it is easily damaged by fire and weight from the standing structure.
- Concrete: It is a staple for industrial buildings as it improves strength, concrete can handle the compression stresses 10 times more than the tension and the most of loads, it is a brittle material which gives the advantage to make a rigid structure. It is however weak in handling tension, thus needing another material to reinforce it against excessive shear and tension. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the weakest and 10 being the strongest, the architectural destruction of Concrete is 10 as it is a fire resistant material, the only way to cause major damage is by a blast.
- Stone: Materials include, granite, limestone, slate, marble, Arria limestone, ironstone, clay. This materials are usually used for resilient hard flooring and staircases. Many different natural stones are cut into a variety of sizes, shapes, and thicknesses for use as flooring. The architectural destruction for these are rated at 9 as they are fire resistant.
- Metal: "Steel and other architectural metals form the backbone of modern architect's capabilities to build even higher, more daring and expressive structures, it enables architecture to become sculpture" The advantages of steel is that it has a high strength/weight ratio, thus, the dead weight of steel structures is relatively small. This makes steel a very attractive structural material for
a. High-rise buildings
b. Long-span bridges
c. Structures located on soft ground
d. Structures located in earthquake prone areas where forces acting on the structure due to an earthquake are in general proportional to the weight of the structure.
- Other types of metals are Zinc, anodised aluminium, polished stainless steel, nickel silver.
- The architectural destruction rating of steel is 10, as it is very durable, the most efficient way of destroying steel would be high temperatures from an open flame which would eventually melt the flame.
- Plaster: It is useful for interior and exterior surface, it can take on a rich texture. On the exterior, it can turn a building into a multiple medley of surfaces, light and shadow, it may also be used to create complex detailing for use in room interiors. These may be geometric (simulating wood or stone) or naturalistic (simulating leaves, vines, and flowers). Charles Moore called it "the material with memory" the late architect added "the very texture of time becomes part of it's enrichment". Plaster is a material that will react perfectly to a Auto desk Maya demolition software as it will provide varied pieces as it destructs.
- Fabric: As an indoor and outdoor aerial, fabric is soft, pliable and usable in innumerable ways. Depending on how fabric is placed, it can redefine an entire space, but do so gently it can be subtly translucent without being transparent. Fabric is mainly used for curtains, bedding, carpet, sofas and more. There are many different types of fabrics, the most used in homes being, linen, cashmere, cotton, fleece and more. Fabric is a highly combustible material, the architectural destruction rating of fabric is 1.
- Glass: 'Large expanses of glazing render a building open and transparent, while at the same time mystical and otherworldly'.
Westin Bonadventure Hotel in USA, has an extensive use of glass as a building material in the 20th-21st centuries, it has more glass than concrete or steel. There are plenty of different type of glass used for many buildings, the most popular being: - Cast glass, began to appear in most important buildings mainly in Rome and the most luxurious villas, Crown glass, Cylinder Glass, Polished Glass, Laminated glass, Insulated double glazing this type of glazing has functions of thermal insulation and noise reduction it's used for conserving energy on buildings. The architectural destruction of glass is 1, it is a very weak material and is can say shatter, this rating is excluding toughened glass and or bullet proof glass.
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| Westin Bonadventure Hotel in USA |
I'm planning on using all of the materials mentioned above while modelling my 'architectural destruction' building. I will continue to study on how all these materials react to stress.
Fortunately the materials mentioned above are provided by various rigid body simulators. In my case, I'm will be using Maya 2012's Plug-in called Digital Molecular Matter. DMM provides a number of materials that you can assign to your mesh, enabling the user to replicate real world materials. These materials consist of:
Fortunately the materials mentioned above are provided by various rigid body simulators. In my case, I'm will be using Maya 2012's Plug-in called Digital Molecular Matter. DMM provides a number of materials that you can assign to your mesh, enabling the user to replicate real world materials. These materials consist of:
- Asphalt
- Carbon graphite
- Carbonite
- Cardboard
- Ceramic
- Clay
- Concrete
- Drywall
- Flesh
- Granite
- Rubber
- Iron
- Lead
- Stone
- Plant
- Plaster
- Plywood
- Rebar
- Plastic
- Safety Glass
- Sheet metal
- Tree wood
- Diamond
- Wire
- Bricks
- Crystal
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