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3.4.2<br />
600 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA<br />
For Michael LeBlanc, the design principal of the<br />
project, “the biggest role that the renderings play. . .<br />
is in the approvals process.” The style of the rendering<br />
depends on the party sought for approval;<br />
in some cases, abstraction is preferable to photorealism<br />
because it requires the viewer to impose their<br />
own vision onto the project. Renderings produced<br />
for 600 Harrison Avenue for the Boston Landmarks<br />
Commission required that particular attention be<br />
given to addressing the materiality and scale of the<br />
surrounding context; ultimately, these “constraints”<br />
became opportunities that motivated some of the<br />
overall design decisions. 6<br />
project<br />
office<br />
type<br />
size<br />
image by<br />
client<br />
process<br />
purpose<br />
time frame<br />
software<br />
fee<br />
ownership<br />
600 Harrison Avenue (Boston, MA); residential,<br />
retail<br />
Utile, Inc. (Boston, MA)<br />
Architecture and Planning<br />
36 employees<br />
Utile, Inc., 2013–2014<br />
Utile, Inc., architect<br />
Multiple rounds of revisions through design and<br />
rendering process<br />
Approval with Boston Redevelopment Authority,<br />
Boston Landmarks Commission, marketable image<br />
for Utile, Inc., also circulates in online press. Image<br />
supplemented with site analysis and photographs,<br />
proposed site plan-elevations-sections including<br />
surroundings, summary of relevant development<br />
criteria 5<br />
1 week<br />
Software: 3D model (SketchUp, Rhinoceros), 2D<br />
rendering (Kerkythea, Maxwell), post-processing<br />
(Photoshop)<br />
Approximately $3400<br />
Images are owned by Utile, Inc. but clients can use<br />
them as part of media related to project<br />
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