Architectural reconstruction of Shanghai's 1936 Bund in Unreal Engine 5. See the old Art Deco Cathay Hotel, and learn the history of China's old treaty port. A skyscraper designed as a monument to the Sassoon family's opium empire, a legacy that in turn was part of the erosion that undermined Imperial China's Qing Dynasty. But in the empire's aftermath, a new republic had it's own skyscraper monument, the Bank of China, a building that would impose a new financial order on concession era Shanghai, last gasp of whoopee before the doom that would soon befall the city....
Character Modeling support for the Bund's historical statues by: https://www.artstation.com/nowplayingevaddd
See part 2 here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KRaJ5x
This YouTube series covers each step of the progress I make in recreating the Shanghai Bund as it appeared in 1936. Along the way I additionally explain the history of concession era Shanghai, given that the history of each building or architectural precedent, can't be divorced from the craft of putting together a real life environment that is so rich in history.