How We Won Vesterøya School Interior: Outline, Timestamps

How We Won Vesterøya School – Interior

Course Duration: 1h07m

Why This Course?

Because this course shows what it actually takes to win competitions today.

This course is a direct look behind the curtain at how Cadman works in real, high-pressure architectural competitions. You see the exact workflow, mindset, and practical decisions behind the interior visualization that helped win the Vesterøya School competition in Norway. Nothing is staged or simplified. It is real material, real deadlines, and real professional choices.

Instead of generic tips, you follow the complete process: how the story is defined, how the 3D model is prepared for speed and clarity, how lighting and composition support the architectural concept, and how a proven Photoshop layer strategy creates full creative control. You will see how realism, function, and visual storytelling are balanced so the image becomes persuasive, not just pretty.

In short: this course reveals years of ArchViz experience distilled into one concrete case study. It shows exactly how Cadman works, step by step, so you can apply the same principles in your own projects.

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What You Will Learn & Why It Matters

How interior visuals can actively move the project forward, not just present it
How to light and compose interior views that reinforce your architectural concept
How to structure a 3ds Max + V-Ray scene for speed and clarity
How to set up Photoshop for full creative control using a proven layer strategy
How to balance realism, function, and visual storytelling in competition visuals
Real-world lessons from a competition-winning project developed with HUS Architects and Skanska

Who Is This For?

Architects and ArchViz teams producing competition submissions and high-stakes client proposals
Studios that need faster, more controlled 3ds Max, V-Ray, and Photoshop workflows under deadline pressure
Professionals who want a proven process for lighting, composition, and storytelling in interior competition visuals
Anyone responsible for quality, speed, and consistency in architectural presentations

CPD, Certificates & Studio Training

This course is relevant for architects, ArchViz teams, and studios documenting CPD hours and internal training. It is also highly relevant for architecture students and interns who want a realistic, professional workflow to study and apply.
If you want a Certificate of Completion, you can submit a short reflection, example image, or brief description of how you applied the course methods. This is done via the 2-hour Email Consulting service, which includes personal feedback and confirmation that you’ve completed the course:

👉 https://cadman.dk/email-consulting/

The certificate reflects real engagement, not passive viewing, and includes an estimate of study time (typically 12-20 hours depending on pace and depth).

How We Won Vesterøya School – Interior – Course Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction
00:14 – School culture in Scandinavia, functions and daylight interior
01:38 – What is a good visualisation? And what is our story?
03:22 – Cadman’s role in competitions
04:30 – Correct or wrong design direction
06:20 – The 3D model and how I work with it – and why
07:36 – Lighting design contrasts the form language – and here’s why
08:32 – Symmetry or balance? Colors, proportions & weights
09:31 – Your foundation as a productive architect
10:11 – Viewport optimization
10:44 – Polygons & V-Ray Proxy
11:26 – Built-in design & why it works
12:43 – Flexible randomness vs. repetitive patterns – perception of realism in visualisation
14:55 – How to correct tilting perspective lines without peripheral squeeze/skew
16:48 – Designing the interior: form, function AND aesthetics
20:23 – Greenery in interior design? Yes, of course…
22:17 – Squeeze your eyes as a real architect 🙂
23:50 – Optimization of the 3D model: render and light artefacts
24:09 – Realism vs. the generic – an AI discussion
25:15 – Where to optimize and why
27:17 – Color bleed and other visual tricks – and why it matters!
28:38 – Integrate the viewer in the picture
30:50 – The most effective workflow in competitions
33:45 – Fresh eyes and healthy project development
34:27 – How to win architectural competitions
36:22 – Effective communication in architectural projects
39:36 – The way to manage the 3D model – and therefore the project
40:54 – V-Ray rendering in 3ds Max with PSD Manager (broadly applicable!)
46:31 – Photoshop initial setup – the holy grail of architectural visualisation
51:16 – Achieving Nirvana – total creative control through this Photoshop workflow
53:15 – My fundamental Photoshop structure – a method designed to conquer
54:30 – Photoshop build-up of the winning interior, layer by layer
58:30 – How I integrate AI in Photoshop
59:05 – How I integrate people in Photoshop
59:43 – Correct layer structure to fine-tune the project with render passes
1:00:57 – My final adjustments & conclusion
1:02:08 – Wrap-up & thoughts going forward

About Your Instructor

Jeppe Lyngby is an architect and visualization specialist with 20+ years of professional experience, including work at 3XN and Cenario in Copenhagen. He founded Cadman.dk in 2009 and has also taught architectural visualization at KADK.

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