Venue Design

2-acre garden campus with 7 purpose-built buildings connected by covered walkways. Sound, screens, and AI sensors permeate every space.

2 ac

Total Site

8,100

sqm Site

950

sqm Indoor (12%)

7,150

sqm Outdoor (88%)

Buildings

313m

Running Circuit

v11 — AI-Enhanced Photorealistic Renders

Structural 3D models rendered via Blender Cycles (2K, 2048spp, clean daylight) then enhanced to photorealism using Gemini image generation. Square saunas with windows, industrial-garden aesthetic preserved. View full process documentation →

v11 photorealistic hero — Gemini enhanced

Hero — Photorealistic

AI-enhanced perspective. Industrial-garden campus with corrugated metal, exposed trusses, glass greenhouse, dense vegetation, string lights. Gemini preserved exact layout from structural render.

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Hero — Structural

Source 3D render used as layout guide. Blender Cycles, clean daylight, square saunas with windows.

Blender Cycles / 2048spp

Aerial — Photorealistic

Drone-style overhead view. All 7 buildings, pool, spa with square saunas, greenhouse, gardens, fire pit, running circuit visible.

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Aerial — Structural

Orthographic overview from Blender. Building positions, sizes, and campus layout are exact.

Blender Cycles / Orthographic

Pool & Spa — Photorealistic

Swimming pool, sun loungers, square cedar saunas with glass windows, hot tubs, cold plunge. Realistic water and vegetation.

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Pool & Spa — Structural

32mm lens with f/3.5 DOF. Source layout for AI enhancement.

Blender Cycles / DOF

Entrance — Photorealistic

Eye-level arrival view. Stone walkway, brick Welcome Center, hedges, string lights, potted plants.

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Entrance — Structural

24mm eye-level camera. Building positions and walkway layout preserved exactly.

Blender Cycles / 24mm

Greenhouse Detail — Photorealistic

Close-up of main greenhouse. Steel A-frame trusses, glass walls, interior plants, 'SPONIC GARDEN' signage. Shallow DOF.

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Greenhouse Detail — Structural

85mm telephoto, f/2.0 DOF focused on greenhouse center.

Blender Cycles / 85mm f/2.0

Fire Pit — Photo

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Coffee Bar — Photo

Gemini / AI-enhanced

Spa Detail — Photo

Square saunas with windows, hot tubs, cold plunge.

Gemini / AI-enhanced

v11 — Golden Hour

Same structural models re-lit with low sun (12° elevation, warm orange, turbidity 4.0) then Gemini-enhanced. Warm amber atmosphere with long shadows.

Hero — Golden

Golden Hour / Gemini

Entrance — Golden

Golden Hour / Gemini

Pool & Spa — Golden

Golden Hour / Gemini

Fire Pit — Golden

Golden Hour / Gemini

Coffee Bar — Golden

Golden Hour / Gemini

v11 — Blue Hour

Sun below horizon (−3°). Purple-blue sky, string lights and fire pit glow as primary illumination. Moody twilight atmosphere.

Fire Pit — Blue Hour

String lights and fire pit glow against deep blue twilight sky.

Blue Hour / Gemini

Pool & Spa — Blue Hour

Pool reflections, sauna window glow, twilight atmosphere.

Blue Hour / Gemini

v11 — New Camera Angles

Four additional viewpoints: greenhouse interior, garden ground level, walkway corridor, sauna eye-level. All daylight, Gemini-enhanced.

Greenhouse Interior

20mm ultrawide inside the main greenhouse. Steel trusses overhead, plants, grow tables.

New Angle / Gemini

Garden Ground Level

24mm low angle (80cm height) through raised garden beds. Shallow DOF.

New Angle / Gemini

Walkway Corridor

28mm eye-level walking the main path. Buildings on both sides, string lights overhead.

New Angle / Gemini

Sauna Eye-Level

35mm standing by the square cedar saunas. Windows, hot tubs, cold plunge visible. Shallow DOF.

New Angle / Gemini

Previous — Blender v9 (Industrial Garden)

Matching the concept art aesthetic: corrugated metal walls, exposed A-frame roof trusses, brick textures, glass greenhouse with steel frame, string lights, dense potted plants, climbing vines, sunset sky. Cycles 2048 samples + AgX + OIDN.

Aerial Overview

Full 2-acre campus. Corrugated-metal buildings, glass greenhouse (north), pool + spa (south), covered walkways, 30+ organic trees, garden beds, fire pit, running circuit.

Cycles / AgX / 2048 spp

Perspective Hero

24mm wide angle. Industrial-garden aesthetic: corrugated walls, exposed trusses, glass greenhouse with A-frame peaks, barrel sauna, pool. Sunset lighting.

Cycles / AgX / 2048 spp

Pool & Spa

Barrel sauna, hot tubs, pool. Greenhouse with visible steel trusses beyond. Orchard with organic icosphere trees. Hedgerows framing the space.

Cycles / AgX / DOF f/3.5

Entrance Approach

Eye-level arrival. String lights glowing between buildings, potted plants lining paths, Welcome Center with warm windows, hedges, pool & lounges left. Sunset sky.

Cycles / AgX / 24mm

v8 Hero (comparison)

Previous iteration for reference: same layout, less industrial materials, no trusses, no string lights.

v8 / Superseded

v6 → v7 → v8 → v9

4 iterations: geometry fix, amenities, organic polish, concept match. ~10 min total render on M4 GPU.

Iteration history below

Previous Iterations

Render evolution from initial geometry to industrial-garden concept match.

v8 Aerial

Organic trees + golden hour

v6 Hero

First clean geometry

v6 Aerial

Geometry fix baseline

Previous — Blender v4 (EEVEE baseline)

Initial blockout renders for comparison. Flat colors, no sky, no ground plane, no PBR materials.

v4 Aerial

EEVEE (superseded)

v4 Perspective

EEVEE (superseded)

v4 Entrance

EEVEE (superseded)

AI Concept Floor Plans

Gemini-generated infographic floor plans exploring layout, data flows, and room organization. These informed the 3D model above.

Flat Floor Plan

Realistic rectangular layout with color-coded rooms. Sound, screen, and sensor overlays shown as transparent layers throughout all rooms.

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Isometric Floor Plan

L-shaped warehouse with numbered rooms, detailed interiors, and legend for three overlay systems (sound, screens, sensors).

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Exploded Layer View

Three stacked layers: Physical Spaces, Sound & Screens, AI & Sensors. Shows how digital systems blanket the entire facility.

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Building Program

Each service gets its own building. Sound, screens, and sensors are throughout every building and outdoor space — not confined to any single area.

#	Building	Function	Size	Key Features
1	Welcome Center	Lobby, AI Hub, Admin	80 sqm	Main entrance, central AI server room, reception
2	Greenhouse	Growing Room	300 sqm	Glass walls + roof, hydroponic racks, soil sensors, LED grow lights
3	Dining Hall	Eating Area	150 sqm	Farm-to-table from Greenhouse, communal tables, open kitchen
4	Education Pavilion	Conferences, Workshops	100 sqm	4 screens (most of any building), tiered seating, projection
5	Maker Studio	Builder / Coworking	100 sqm	3D printers, CNC router, workbenches, material storage
6	Movement Studio	Workout, Yoga	120 sqm	Glass walls (open-air capable), free weights, yoga mats, mirrors
7	Spa House	Thermal Wellness	100 sqm	Sauna (3x4m), cold plunge (2x3m), 2 hot tubs (2.2m dia), wood deck
+	Coffee Bar	Cafe Kiosk	30 sqm	Open-air pavilion near Maker Studio, 4 outdoor tables
	Total Indoor		~980 sqm	12% of 2-acre site

Tech Overlay — Pervasive, Not Siloed

Sound, video, and AI sensing are infrastructure layers that run through every building and outdoor space. Education Pavilion has the densest screen deployment.

Speakers

Distributed throughout all 7 buildings + 5 outdoor zones. Zoned audio control via Sonos.

Screens

4 in Education Pavilion, 1 per other building, 2 outdoor. Content managed by AI Hub.

AI Hub

Central server room in Welcome Center. Sensor mesh, environmental control, member flow optimization.

313m

Running Circuit

Perimeter loop with distance markers every 50m. 2.5m wide, all-weather surface.

Outdoor Program (88% of site)

The garden is the venue. Buildings are islands in a landscape of growing, gathering, and movement.

Raised Garden Beds

Community growing plots (3.2m x 1.4m each). NW quadrant, 5 rows x 6 beds.

Fruit Trees

Orchard in NE quadrant. 3 rows x 5 trees, 4m spacing.

Fire Pit + Seating Ring

1.2m fire pit with 4.5m seating circle. Central outdoor gathering.

Herb Spiral

3m diameter herb garden near Dining Hall. Permaculture design.

Yoga Lawn

12m x 12m manicured lawn. East side, outdoor classes.

Reflecting Pool

12m x 4m water feature. North approach, near Greenhouse.

Outdoor Dining Pergola

10m x 8m covered pergola with 4 posts. Near fire pit.

Central Fountain

2m diameter fountain at courtyard center. Hub of 6 radial paths.