Process · SubD-first workflow
Subdivision from the start.
No conventional NURBS-first workflow. The entire body started as SubD and stayed there.
A Volkswagen Touareg reimagined for the Dakar rally. SubD modelled from blank sheet in Rhinoceros, with a safety cage drawn in the language of generative design on the outside of the cockpit.
A two-week group project reimagining the Volkswagen Touareg as a Dakar rally machine. The unusual move: instead of hiding the safety cage inside the cabin like a conventional rally car, the structural cage was pulled out into the open and made part of the body language — a visible exoskeleton reminiscent of generative-design output.
The exterior surface was modelled in Rhinoceros using SubD from the start rather than NURBS. SubD gives flexibility for the soft, blob-like volume language while keeping the model lightweight and easy to iterate. The exterior 3D model was built collaboratively with David Parke.
Behind the SubD shell sits the cage in tubular form, with red highlights tracing its structural members. The proportions stay rooted in the Touareg's SUV identity, just compressed and aggressified for desert performance.
No conventional NURBS-first workflow. The entire body started as SubD and stayed there.
The full image set, including additional renders, process notes, and detail views, lives on Behance.
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