Residential Interior / Architectural Visualization & Motion Design — 2017 · Mobius Architecture

Of Sunsets

Of Sunsets is a 2017 visualization and motion design set by RDVS Studio for an apartment scheme by Mobius Architecture, covering its lobby, living spaces and rooftop amenity across paired day and night lighting studies, and cut into a short film.

The architecture was Mobius Architecture’s, and the imagery was made for an architectural competition while the scheme was still a model rather than a building. RDVS Studio built the development in 3D and rendered it as a sequence, so the lobby, the apartments and the shared roof terrace could be judged as lived-in rooms instead of as drawings, then cut a short film from an earlier version of that model.

The sequence runs from arrival to outlook. It opens on the lobby, where a dark timber wall carries the building name and a pale stone desk anchors the room, then moves into apartment interiors where kitchen, dining and lounge sit in one open sweep. It closes on the roof, where sculptural timber pergolas, planters and a pool frame the city beyond.

Materials stay restrained so the light can do the work: pale stone, oak-toned timber screens, glossy white joinery, tan leather and charcoal wool. Daylight plates read cool and mineral; the night plates push amber cove strips, backlit shelves and thin pendants until every surface glows. Several views were rendered twice, once at dusk and once after dark, to show how each room changes.

Twenty-eight stills were published as one gallery alongside the film, with the lobby plate serving as its opening frame. The lettering built into the walls doubles as a title card, so the film and the image set share one look. The set was competition material at the time; archived here it reads as a record of how far the scheme was taken before anything was built.

The project was published as OF SUNSETS — 3D VISUALIZATION — RDVS. DESIGN; the full set is on Behance.

Interior visualization of an apartment lobby: a dark timber wall carries white APARTMENTS lettering above a pale stone reception desk, three cylindrical pendants hang over it, and a woven timber screen art panel hangs on the concrete wall beside a tan leather sofa.

Closer view of the same lobby, rendered in warm interior light: the APARTMENTS lettering fills the timber wall, the stone desk is lit from its cove, and the timber screen artwork and low leather seating sit against a board-marked concrete wall.

Daytime lobby visualization from the seating side: full-height glazing on the left shows green trees and bright daylight outside, the APARTMENTS wall and white reception desk sit centre, and the timber screen art panel anchors the right-hand concrete wall.

A near-duplicate daylight take of the same lobby view as plate 3, pulled slightly wider: the timber screen reads more fully, a sofa back crosses the foreground, and warm uplighting grazes the base of the APARTMENTS wall.

Close-up render of a sculptural timber floor lamp with a wide disc shade glowing amber, its tripod legs rising beside leather seating; behind it the lobby APARTMENTS wall falls into shadow and the timber screen artwork catches the last light.

Night version of the lobby sequence: deep blue dusk sky and tree silhouettes behind the full-height glazing, the APARTMENTS lettering lit white on the timber wall, and the stone reception desk glowing from within while dark seating fills the foreground.

Deliberately underexposed interior render of an apartment living room at night, lights almost off: only the outline of a sofa, a round coffee table and a framed picture emerge from the dark, a low-light study for the sequence.

Same living room with its lighting switched on: an amber ceiling cove strip runs the length of the white ceiling, a tan leather sofa and white marble coffee table sit on a dark rug, and a bright floral painting warms the far wall.

Brighter daylight variant of the same living room view as plate 8: white walls and a pale floor read cleanly, the cove lighting is softer, and the accent chair, marble table, leather sofa and floral artwork all hold their positions.

Living room render taken from the media wall: a flat screen is mounted on a white feature wall above a floating console, a pale rug and marble coffee table sit in front, and the dining zone and cove light continue beyond.

Open-plan kitchen visualization: a long white island with leather bar stools runs toward a glazed end wall showing dusk sky, a single linear pendant hangs above the stone top, and glossy white cabinets with built-in ovens line the right side.

Slightly reframed night view of the same kitchen: warm toe-kick and under-cabinet lighting lifts the island off the polished floor, a glass-fronted cabinet glows at the far end, and the blue abstract panel on the left wall repeats from plate 11.

Kitchen close view along the island: a slim undermount sink and an open laptop sit on the white worktop, a linear pendant throws a hard band of light, and the stainless oven stack and pale floor reflections fill the background.

Evening living room render dominated by a large drum floor lamp shading warm light over a tan leather sofa; a wall-mounted screen and floating console sit opposite on a white wall, and the dining area glows in the distance.

Night variant of the same lamp and sofa view as plate 14, with the drum shade burning brighter and the whole room pushed to amber: the leather sofa fills the foreground and the floral artwork at the right edge saturates.

Apartment lounge at night from the sofa end: the media wall and console read cool white against warm cove light, an accent chair and marble table sit on a dark rug, and the dining zone continues under a lit ceiling reveal.

Interior render looking through a slatted timber screen and door toward a lounge, with a night city skyline glittering beyond the glazing and a planted island in the middle of the polished reflective floor.

Wide penthouse interior at night: full-height glazing frames a dense lit skyline, a white sofa and pale rug sit under a curved ceiling cove, and the kitchen island and glossy cabinets run along the right side of the room.

Penthouse dining render at dusk: a round white table with moulded chairs sits below a copper-toned pendant, a backlit shelving niche and a wall screen are set into timber slat panelling, and a curved ceiling cove glows over a blue-purple skyline.

Same penthouse dining and lounge view as plate 19, tightened: the glowing bar niche, white sofa and copper pendant cluster at the window while the twilight city sits low beyond the glass.

Opposite angle of the same penthouse: the open kitchen with its island and stools reads across the room, a round dining table with white chairs occupies the middle, and a lit display niche and bookshelf line the timber wall.

Penthouse interior at night, dining first: a white pedestal table and chairs under a paper-lantern pendant, a backlit glass niche with stemware and a wall screen beyond, dark kitchen cabinetry at the left, and a long lit ceiling reveal above.

Rooftop terrace visualization at dusk: branch-like timber pergola columns carry a pale canopy over a deck, planters of ornamental grasses, white mosaic tables and low daybeds sit below, and a glowing pool edge meets the city skyline.

Second dusk take of the same roof terrace from a shifted position: the timber pergola frames the view across the planters and lounge poufs, with the pool lit cyan at the parapet and buildings dotting the horizon.

Night view along the rooftop infinity pool: the water glows bright cyan against a dark skyline of lit towers, black lounge chairs with folded white towels line the timber deck, and the angled pergola posts cut across the sky.

Night variant of the same poolside view as plate 25, framed slightly wider: the cyan water, deck chairs and white planter hold their positions while the tower lights behind read more clearly against the deep blue sky.

Rooftop lounge and dining terrace at night: heavy timber V-columns rise from the deck beside white daybeds and mosaic tables, dark chairs group around tables, a furled parasol stands at the glass stair core, and pendants hang inside it.

Closing rooftop render: a small dining table and dark chairs on the timber deck under a closed cream parasol, framed by an angled timber column, with daybeds, grasses and a night sky behind the glass balustrade.