Rafa? Barna? has used digital animation to create a world that resembles moving paper cutouts for an upcoming movie, which will tell the story of a house in Poland designed by his brother.
Named ArchiPaper: A Surrealist Story About Architecture, the film simulates a paper diorama coming to life. Barna? combined digital animation with photographs of a physical model of the house to create the effect.
"My goal was to try a new way of telling about architecture," said Barna?, who runs audiovisual and architectural visualisation studio Unique Vision Studio. "The film is a huge aesthetic experiment and my tribute to architecture."
ArchiPaper aims to tell an unconventional story about a house
Barna? conceived of the animation while working on a film of the physical models of Polish Farm ? a house designed by his brother, who is an architect and the founder of BXB Studio. "During the shoot, I had physical models of his designs to work with, including the model of the Polish Farm, a unique house that is currently under construction," said Barna?.
"I thought: what if I could try to transform the model of the design into a paper world that would teem with life" This challenge appeared fascinating to me as I am an enthusiast of searching for and experimenting with stylistic means and measures."
The full film is set to be released later this year
So far, Barna? has released a trailer for the movie. The full four-minute film, which will be r...