Period Architecture and Furniture in Games

[Michel Ramirez]

Michel Ramirez

Hanamura

Style: Asian Architecture

Game: Overwatch

Significance: Hanamura is a map in the game Overwatch, but this map is special because it serves as the home map for the Shimada brothers; Hanzo Shimada, and Genji Shimada. The design of the map was chosen since both brothers are Japanese, the map has a futuristic design combined with elements from Japanese architecture. This map plays a big role in the Overwatch lore as it shows the relationship Hanzo and Genji once had as brothers, and how it connects their relationship as adults.

[Jake_partridge]

jake partridge

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- model in bottom right foreshadows the impending murder.
style: Gothic
completed: 1490
movie: Hotfuzz
Significance: The Scene in question holds a lot of religious imagery before the murder. there is a hooded figure that is setting the death in motion while a choir can be heard singing in the background. This gives a sort of godly feeling of the scene as even the characters are seen racing against the clock almost as if they know whats about to happen. this makes the cathedral the perfect spot. the culprits seem to be trying to make it seem that the mans death was ordained by god.

[Michel Ramirez]

Michel Ramirez

Sphinx

Style: Egyptian

Year: 3100 BCE- 30 BCE

Movie: The Prince of Egypt

Significance: The Prince of Egypt is a religious movie that tells the story of Aaron a Hebrew boy that gets adopted by Queen Tuya, giving him a new name, Moses. The story takes place in Egypt (as the name suggests) telling the story of Moses and how he is devoted to God. Signs of Egyptian Architecture can be found all over the movie, as well showing may different cultural elements from the time.

[Michel Ramirez]

Gatsby's House

Style: Art Deco

Year: 1920's-1930's

Movie: The Great Gatsby

Significance: The Great Gatsby was a book that was later adapted to a movie, telling the story of Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby was a wealthy man, throwing parties every Saturday, he gained popularity. Even with money and popularity, Gatsby was not happy because he wanted one thing and one thing only, for Daisy to leave Tom Buchanan (Husband), in order for them to be together. The movie was set in a happy environment, where everyone would party and be free, but not Gatsby, surrounded by wealth and fame, the one thing he didn't have, was the thing he desired the most.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


Rotterdam
style: Edwardian and modernism
game: battlefield V
Rotterdam takes place in the Netherlands when the German military tried to seize the town from Dutch military. this battle was apart of the second world war in the year 1940 the building art style that was reflected in this town had to be what was popular with the Dutch. at this time the Dutch use used a combination of modern and Edwardian in their architecture. dice put this in to bring to life the city of Rotterdam during the time period.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


amiens
1918
style: Art Nouveau with some second empire( French version of the Victorian era)
game: battlefield 1
this takes place during the kaiserschlatch campaign when the elite storm troopers of the German military were taking lots of ground but when it came to the city of Amiens they had failed to take the part of the city that was the railway junction that supplied allied troops. this was do to the Germans running low on supplies and the British forces heavily fortified the place. the style is to reflect what the city was like back during this time period it really made the battle come to life as I stormed the defenses of the British forces as a German storm trooper.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


Kazan castle
year:fictional medieval times
style: Asian architecture
game: For Honor
the game takes place in a fictional universe were knight, Vikings, and samurai fight to the death for territory and supplies. a lot of the architecture has to reflect each culture. Kazan castle represents medieval japan when the samurai were in charge. a lot of the architecture would be early medieval Asian architecture.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


citadel gate
year: unknown time in a fictional medieval land
style: pre Romanesque medieval
this is to portray what it would be like to be a knight besieging a castle, the art style was chosen to reflect what a medieval castle would look like. in the game we play mostly in this fictional medieval setting each faction has maps associated with them. the knights have a medieval Europe theme. the samurai have medieval Asian architecture theme. the Vikings have a very primitive but still medieval style to their theme. the castle since it belongs to the knight faction the theme needs to be medieval European.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


temples of yavin 4
year: 1bby
style:mesoamerican
game: star wars battlefront 2
each planet in star wars has a theme to them like Tatooine being some what ancient Islamic. the planet that is yavin 4 has a Mesoamerican theme to it showing off Mayan temples in a heavy forested area. the temples give the planet a very ancient alien feel just like in real life. Mayan temples have this other worldly feel to them so to put them in a sci fi universe is genius.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


church in the European dead zone
year: after the collapse of humanity
style: Gothic, Victorian
game:destiny2
the point of making a church with both styles is because the game takes place in the future so why not have a new style that blend both the Gothic style and Victorian style of church. when I and my friends look at this church we see both styles and why I think this is to show that not only are we in Europe but that we are in a future version of Europe that has seen some changes to the style of architecture of churchs in Europe. many video games do this too achieve sense of unique ness in there video game levels. the video games that do this are sci fi video games because the future is unknown so what we have today can changes when the time period comes around. the purpose is to set the setting of the European dead zone by showing that the safe zone were the npc that gives the quests is in a safe zone. churches in the real world are usually a safe place and make us comfortable to stay at. this is to thow it is run down it is still safe.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


building in blackwater
year:1907
style: federal
game: Red Dead Redemption 2

the fictional town of blackwater takes place in a fictional version of Oklahoma in the period that people call the wild west. the style is to show the type of architecture America used when they were expanding west. they architecture brings the wild west feel to the game even though the place is in a fictional wild west it makes it feel authentic to the time period. federal is a nice choice because a lot of Americas architecture was like this into the 1900 along with a lot of other styles.

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


Columbia
year:1918
style: Regency, Empire, and Federal
game:bioshock infinite
the game takes place in a alternate time line from our own were technology has advanced really fast but is still some what in the past. bioshock is very steam puck were advanced and old tech is mixed together. so since the game takes place near the end of world war two we can see that not just technology is a combination of future and old mixed but the buildings are as well. Columbia was a city that split from the united states and we can see that is heavily influenced by America and its people. America at the time of Columbia's departure had the federal style of architectures so it would make sense that Columbia would have that style as well.

[nhodges]

Nari Hodges



Catherine Palace

Style: Baroque interior

Movie Setting: early 1900s

Movie: Anastasia

Significance: In this Disney movie, Grand Duchess Anastasia escapes certain death from the palace when the Bolsheviks break in and overthrow the family and Russian monarchy. later in the movie, she safely returns back to her palace and begins to reminisce in song about how lively her life in the palace once was before she became a "refugee".

[jonathan]

jonathan pedraza


Florence Italy
year: 1400s
style: Renaissance
game: Assassins Creed 2
this assassins creed two takes place when Italy was going through renaissance period. so since it takes place in that period why not model the architecture after the time period. it adds a historic feel time the game to bring the setting to life. it even has the famous Florence cathedral witch is a marvel of its time.

[nhodges]

Nari Hodges


The Winter Palace

Style: Elizabethan

Year completed: 1735

Game: Dragon Age Inquisition

Significance: The Winter Palace is a retreat for Orlesian Emperial nobles in the world of Dragon Age. Two of the Dragon Age: Inquisition's main quest are set of this palace, as it is known as a place of intrigue, seduction, and betrayal. In both missions, the protagonist "The Inquisitor" must acquire allies and information while keeping caution of those who inquire in return.