Robo's: Difference between revisions
Added Mebiusu no ie.
mNo edit summary |
(Added Mebiusu no ie.) |
||
Line 5:
A Robo's design is always provided as a schematic (or litematic, per client preference). Robo's does not offer a schematic construction service.
==Projects==
===Samcester (May 2021 - present)===
[[Southshire#Samcester|Samcester]], the capital of Southshire, features an eclectic mix of English styles. Its main focus is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture Victorian architecture], particularly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture Gothic Revival]. Robo's drew the street plan, laid down the plots, and designed all public buildings; the city remains its largest project ever.
Line 11:
[[File:King Peter's Square.png|left|thumb|600x600px|King Peter's Square, the monumental central plaza of Samcester. Note the angled walls.]]
===Yoahtl Gallery (July 2021)===
Yoahtl Gallery is a small exhibition space in [[Yoahtl#New Yoahtl City|New Yoahtl City]]. Conceived by [[Jyn]] and commissioned by the Yoahtl government, it displays a rotating collection of [[Map Art|map art]] and hosts regular art competitions. The gallery is intended to mimic the fashionable art shops of real-life urban centres.
[[File:Yoahtl Gallery.png|thumb|Yoahtl Gallery was designed with the surrounding urban context in mind.]]
Line 18:
Fitting a tall gable over a bridge took some architectural trickery. The top floors hide a hollow passage and do not have an interior.
===''Chāntli'' (August 2021)===
[[File:Chāntli.png|thumb|''Chāntli'' proudfly flies the flag of Yoahtl.]]
''Chāntli'' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl Nahuatl] for 'house' or 'dwelling') is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Empire_style#Architecture Second Empire] villa in [[Icenia#Internal Districts of Icenia|Icenia City]]. The design blends influences from both the American and the French variants of the style. It was commissioned by [[WackyAki]], the reigning [[Yoahtl#Alcuahtl|Alcuahtl]] of Yoahtl, to serve as his Icenian residence. It is surrounded by a small, landscaped park with a duck pond and two trees.
The interior of ''Chāntli'' is more or less realistic, but designed with utility in mind; the rooms are sparsely decorated and none of them are furnished. The souterrain has a vaulted ceiling and would have been the domain of the servant staff, housing facilities like the kitchen, the workshop, et cetera. The ground floor has minor rooms for the private use of the family, but also the monumental vestibule with its grand staircase. The first floor is the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_nobile piano nobile]'' , putting the family's wealth on full display. It would have featured the most important bedrooms and a bombastic saloon. The second floor, of much less importance, offered sleeping quarters to the servant staff, and the attic would have been used for miscellaneous storage.
=== ''Mebiusu no ie'' (September 2021) ===
''Mebiusu no ie'' (Japanese for 'House of Möbius', the Discord alias of patron [[smallfry834618]]) is a rustic villa on the outskirts of [[Okashima#Okato|Okato]]. Like the rest of the city, it borrows heavily from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_architecture#Edo_period architecture] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period Tokugawa-era Japan].
[[File:Mebiusu no ie.png|left|thumb|A view of ''Mebiusu no ie'' at dusk.]]
The focal point of ''Mebiusu no ie'' is not the house itself, but its small yet intricately landscaped garden. The front end of the park, a Japanese [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden rock garden], is surrounded by walls and entered through a picturesque gate. A more secluded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi_pond koi pond] extends behind the house and offers a bench for quiet contemplation. A large [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii torii] on the hillside gives the garden an element of verticality.
==References==
| |||