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Project Architects: Ali Nazari, Nastaran Fazli, Mohammad Aghaei

Baobab Waterfall
The Vision
"Baobab Waterfall" envisions a radical architectural solution to Madagascar's energy and social crises. It proposes a massive, deep-ocean waterfall system that functions as a renewable power plant and a rehabilitative, agrarian community. The visual goal was to illustrate a utopian harmony between monumental engineering and a lush, living ecosystem.

The CG Workflow
To capture the immense scale and dynamic atmosphere of this concept, the image required a robust CG pipeline. Originally conceptualized in 2020, I entirely recreated this render in 2026 to leverage the latest advancements in visualization technology and achieve a new standard of realism. The intricate geometry—blending rigid canopy structures with organic island topography—was crafted using a hybrid modeling workflow across Archicad, Rhino, and 3ds Max.

V-Ray was essential for calculating the complex light bounces, ocean caustics, and atmospheric depth required for a marine environment. To push the image beyond a standard 3D output into hyper-realism, I combined advanced photobashing with AI-assisted detailing in post-production. This hybrid approach allowed me to inject an unprecedented level of micro-detail into the crashing water dynamics, the dense tropical foliage, and the human scale, seamlessly bridging the gap between an architectural concept and a living, breathing reality.