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Hello peeps and fellow rollercoaster tycoons!
I have been playing some form of Rollercoaster Tycoon for about the last ten years now...
And I have started a new project after some renewed inspiration from a couple architectural threads and posts, particularly concerning the Frank Lloyd Wright "Falling Water" house...
So, I am right in the midst of a new resort and park, "Wright Terrace Gardens", with "Wright Tower" the featured resort.
Now, the main thing about this build, is getting the "house", what will be the lobby for the resort, getting that structure situated over a waterfall and making it all work, you have to actually kind of "trick" the software into accomplishing your ends here...
So at first, I considered natural looking landscapes, ones of course built to support waterfalls, like this...
But, getting to make these waterfalls actually work can be quite a pain, I had made up my mind to build a new landscape especially for this build...
Then, taking into account the basic cubism or "rectanglism" of the house, why not build a more artificial type hillside to put this project in? It will lose some of the stark contrast between nature and the modern design, but I could perhaps compensate for that in some ways, and maybe find other aspects to exploit...
So here is where we are at with it, I thought you might like to watch it being put up as I build it.
Here we start with a very basic 'L'-shaped form...
A bit further along, we add reflecting pools...
That waterfall is about 70 feet tall!
This building both collects and recycles ALL of it's water, it is totally independent of city water and sewer, and what are you are seeing is one of the last phases of returning the water to potable: aeration and UV exposure from the sun...
Where the prominent patio on the house is, here I have envisioned a swimming pool, and the challenge is getting this pool over the waterfall cleanly with no support structures pools normally have...
Continued in next post, (only 5 pics at a time allowed as you probably know and I have LOTS of pics from the parks I have built, so hold on to your hats and comments always welcome!)
Thx
I have been playing some form of Rollercoaster Tycoon for about the last ten years now...
And I have started a new project after some renewed inspiration from a couple architectural threads and posts, particularly concerning the Frank Lloyd Wright "Falling Water" house...
So, I am right in the midst of a new resort and park, "Wright Terrace Gardens", with "Wright Tower" the featured resort.
Now, the main thing about this build, is getting the "house", what will be the lobby for the resort, getting that structure situated over a waterfall and making it all work, you have to actually kind of "trick" the software into accomplishing your ends here...
So at first, I considered natural looking landscapes, ones of course built to support waterfalls, like this...
But, getting to make these waterfalls actually work can be quite a pain, I had made up my mind to build a new landscape especially for this build...
Then, taking into account the basic cubism or "rectanglism" of the house, why not build a more artificial type hillside to put this project in? It will lose some of the stark contrast between nature and the modern design, but I could perhaps compensate for that in some ways, and maybe find other aspects to exploit...
So here is where we are at with it, I thought you might like to watch it being put up as I build it.
Here we start with a very basic 'L'-shaped form...
A bit further along, we add reflecting pools...
That waterfall is about 70 feet tall!
This building both collects and recycles ALL of it's water, it is totally independent of city water and sewer, and what are you are seeing is one of the last phases of returning the water to potable: aeration and UV exposure from the sun...
Where the prominent patio on the house is, here I have envisioned a swimming pool, and the challenge is getting this pool over the waterfall cleanly with no support structures pools normally have...
Continued in next post, (only 5 pics at a time allowed as you probably know and I have LOTS of pics from the parks I have built, so hold on to your hats and comments always welcome!)
Thx