Project Community Center Brick Stucco

Project Overview

Project Community Center Brick Stucco wasn’t just another rendering job — it was a visual campaign. The school district needed 2 views that could work across presentations, print materials, and digital marketing simultaneously.

Low-rise community center viewed from across the street through mature birch trees.

The Challenge

The design language was distinctive — a mix of forms and materials that doesn’t photograph itself. Translating that into a render that feels lived-in rather than clinical took several rounds of material and lighting refinement.

The design was still evolving when we started. We had to build a model flexible enough to absorb changes mid-stream without derailing the production schedule.

Our Approach

We shared work-in-progress renders with the school district at two key milestones: after initial composition lock and after material refinement. Both rounds stayed tight — targeted feedback, fast turnarounds.

Post-production was restrained. We adjusted contrast, corrected any colour casts, and added subtle atmospheric effects — but the goal was always to enhance what was already there, not to paper over problems in the base render.

We leaned on physically-based rendering throughout. Every material — glass, stone, metal, timber — was defined by real-world optical properties. That’s what makes the difference between a render that looks ‘nice’ and one that looks true.