Alexis Christodoulou：“每位建築師都能給我帶來靈感。”

Alexis Christodoulou: "Anyone Who is Qualified as an Architect Inspires Me"
由專築網小R，王雪純編譯

人們痴迷於Instagram上的美圖，痴迷於那些現代、簡約的審美特徵，能表現出材質的高級感的暖色調尤其如此，而將這種美與當今數字化世界完美結合的設計者是自學成才的藝術家Alexis Christodoulou。在下文中，這位藝術家談到了自己的設計理念、靈感，以及電子遊戲對他的影響。
Immersing ourselves into Instagram's extensive photo galleries, we discovered a record of modern aesthetics, minimalist design, with a warm color palette that seeks to represent noble materials — all these assemble into incredible digital worlds created by the self-taught artist Alexis Christodoulou. Read on to learn about the artist's intentions, inspirations, and how he was influenced by videogames, in the following interview.

ArchDaily / Danae Santibáñez（下文稱為AD）：讓我們從頭開始，你為什麼一開始就選擇了使用3D軟件呢？
Alexis Christodoulou（下文稱為AC）：大概在8年前，我開始使用3D軟件，當時只是用作廣告設計和我自己的興趣愛好，我喜歡用創意的方式來抒發壓力，我小時候喜歡玩電子遊戲，同時我也發現自己對於3D渲染特別感興趣，所以我有空的時候會在Youtube和Vimeo上看視頻教程。現代主義建築美學的形成十分自然，在一開始，我想要設計更加有機的圖像，但是我不懂設計技巧，因此便構成了更加自然、幾何，也近乎粗野的發展方向。
ArchDaily / Danae Santibáñez: Let's start from the beginning. How and why did you start using 3D software?
Alexis Christodoulou: I started using 3D software about 8 years ago while I was working a job in advertising. I've always had a creative outlet as a hobby, for a while it was writing but it became too much of a pressure. I have always been interested in computer-generated images since I was a young boy playing video games. When I realized that I could teach myself to create 3D renders on the internet I started spending my free time on youtube and Vimeo watching tutorials. The modernist architectural aesthetic was something that seemed to come naturally. Initially, I actually wanted to create images that felt a bit more organic but I didn't have the skills yet, so a more geometric, almost brutalist style came out and developed from there.

AD / DS：那你一般會用什麼軟件呢？
AC：我一般用Cinema4d和Redshift進行渲染，然後用photoshop和lightroom進行視頻編輯。
AD / DS: What software do you use for your creations?
AC: I use Cinema4d and Redshift for rendering. I do post in photoshop and lightroom and I edit video in After Effects.

AD/DS：你的色彩看起來非常和諧，這些色彩從何而來呢？你怎麼選擇呢？
AC：它們的應用十分直接，比如也可能是流行色彩的使用。最後的用色和最初的渲染色彩其實並不一樣，因為飽和度會高一些，因為我發現這樣的色彩搭配起來更好看一些，然後再在後期的製作當中將飽和度降低，從而構成輕盈的感覺。
AD / DS: You have very harmonic color pallets, where do they come from and how do you choose them?
AC: Initially they came out quite intuitively, perhaps it was an unconscious reproduction of the trends in color at the time or my ideas thereof. My colors in my initial renders are actually quite different and often quite saturated. I find it easier to choose the saturated colors that match. Then I desaturate them in the post-production to try a light and airy feel.

Ad / DS：那麼你的靈感從何而來呢？建築師是否能給你帶來靈感？
AC：我的靈感來源於很多方面。但是建築師確實能給我帶來啟發，實際上，每位建築師都能給我帶來靈感。我沒有受到過專業的訓練，但是我比較喜歡從理論中去理解建築和空間之間的關係。
我喜歡Ando、Chipperfield、Rossi的作品，但是我也從繪畫作品中獲取靈感，例如文藝復興和抽象的現代主義。在博物館裡，我花了很多時間去鑽研大師們的作品，也許在很多年之後，我才能真正理解了其中的美學內涵。
Ad / DS: Where do you get inspiration to design your imaginary worlds? Is there an architect that inspires you?
AC: My inspiration comes from numerous sources. There are definitely architects that inspire me, in fact, anyone who is qualified as an architect inspires me. I am untrained and have an intuitive approach to creating my spaces but I always appreciate an informed perspective that understands the relationships between architecture and space from a theoretical standpoint.
I love Ando, Chipperfield, Rossi. I also obviously look at painting a lot for inspiration, everything from the renaissance to abstract modernism. I just spent a lot of time looking at the Dutch Masters in museums in Berlin and Amsterdam and I think after many years I'm only now starting to decipher a lot of the beauty that those paintings hold.

AD / DS：你說過你喜歡電子遊戲，那你有考慮設計一款遊戲嗎？

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