Post #612808 by TikiTomD on Sat, Nov 5, 2011 6:55 AM

Aloha, Trav!

Love the montage of historical Mai-Kai photos and artwork Sven and Swanky reprised here.

In trying to puzzle out the whole architectural context of the central A-frame amidst the rest of the Mai-Kai building complex, you might turn to Google Maps, especially the overhead satellite photos. There are so many intersecting visual features from the ground level that it's virtually impossible to understand what's going on with the entirety of the A-frame. I've included a few Google snapshots for illustration...

All the tropical foliage, intersecting roof lines, and exterior perimeter features bury the much less interesting rectilinear shape that comprises much of the Mai-Kai building acreage. From the ground level, visual magic results from superimposing all of these elements. This is unmasked only when viewed from the parking lot, but valet parking preserves the magic.

So Trav, your challenge as an artist is to capture in a model the splendor of the Mai-Kai A-frame, without losing it amidst perpendicular building lines.

-Tom