ArcViz 2.0 — The Photoreal Architect Program

SHEET A-01 / PROGRAM

Why This, Not YouTube

This Is Mentorship,
Not A Tutorial Playlist

Software is free to learn online. What you can't get from a video is someone correcting your lighting, your composition, and your architectural judgment, live, on your own project.

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Direct Access

Small cohort sizes mean your work gets looked at personally, not lost in a crowd of fifty.

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Real Pipeline

The exact Revit → 3ds Max → Corona workflow used on live Bolu Spaces projects, not a generic tutorial sequence.

03

AI Literacy

Where AI genuinely speeds up architectural work, where it falls short, and how to use it without losing your design voice.

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Portfolio Output

You leave with finished, presentable renders for your portfolio — not just notes and unfinished files.

SHEET A-02 / CURRICULUM

Full Programme Structure

Two Tracks.
One Cohort.

Both tracks run simultaneously over 4 weeks, 2 sessions per week, 2.5–3 hours per session. Pick the track that matches your level.

BEGINNER Revit + V-Ray Architectural modeling, documentation & photorealistic rendering

WEEK 01

Revit Foundations & Interface Mastery

DAY 1 — Fri Jul 252.5 hrs

Introduction to Revit & BIM Thinking

What is BIM and why architects use Revit over AutoCAD
Revit interface: ribbon, project browser, properties panel
Understanding families, views, levels and grids
Setting up a new architectural project from scratch
Navigating simultaneously in 3D, plan, section and elevation
Homework: Set up a project file and create 3 named levels with views

DAY 2 — Sun Jul 272.5 hrs

Walls, Floors, Doors & Windows

Drawing and editing walls: basic, curtain and stacked wall types
Creating and editing floor slabs with correct structural offsets
Adding doors and windows from the Revit family library
Editing wall types: layers, materials and thickness
Understanding constraints and avoiding common modeling errors
Homework: Model a single-room structure — 4 walls, floor, roof, door, window

WEEK 02

Developing the Building — Roofs, Stairs & Site

DAY 3 — Fri Aug 12.5 hrs

Roofs, Ceilings & Multi-Storey Buildings

Creating roof by footprint, by extrusion and by face
Pitched vs flat roofs: slope and overhang parameters
Adding ceiling plans and customising ceiling types per room
Copy and monitor floors for multi-storey construction
Managing levels and correct floor-to-floor heights
Homework: Add a second floor and sloped roof to your Week 1 model

DAY 4 — Sun Aug 32.5 hrs

Stairs, Railings, Site & Topography

Building stairs using the stair-by-component tool
Editing riser height, tread depth and landing configurations
Adding railings and guardrails with custom profiles
Creating a toposurface and placing the building on site
Parking bays, pathways and basic landscaping in Revit
Homework: Add a full staircase and site to your project

WEEK 03

Interior Detailing, Annotation & Documentation

DAY 5 — Fri Aug 82.5 hrs

Interior Fit-Out & Furniture Families

Loading and placing furniture, sanitary and kitchen families
Creating rooms and adding room tags with area schedules
Working with curtain walls, storefronts and mullion profiles
Adding dimensions, spot elevations and annotations
Section Boxes for interior perspective views in 3D
Homework: Fully furnish and annotate one complete floor

DAY 6 — Sun Aug 102.5 hrs

Sheets, Title Blocks & Drawing Set Production

Creating and customising a firm title block with your branding
Placing plan, section, elevation and 3D views onto sheets
Managing view scales and detail levels per sheet
Creating door, window and room finish schedules
Exporting to PDF for clients and DWG for consultants
Homework: Produce a 4-sheet drawing set: site, GF plan, section, elevation

WEEK 04

V-Ray for Revit — Photoreal Rendering

DAY 7 — Fri Aug 153 hrs

V-Ray Setup, Lighting & Material Application

Installing V-Ray and the Revit-to-V-Ray pipeline overview
V-Ray Asset Editor: materials, lights and render settings
HDRI environment lighting and V-Ray Sun and Sky system
Applying materials: concrete, glass, wood, metal from scratch
Rectangle lights, sphere lights and IES profile lights
Exterior vs interior setups, exposure and white balance
Homework: Set up lighting and apply materials to your full Revit model

DAY 8 — Sun Aug 173 hrs

Final Render, Post-Production & Portfolio Output

Selecting camera angles: exterior hero, interior and detail shots
Render output settings: resolution, passes and denoising
V-Ray Frame Buffer: colour correction, LUT and bloom
Photoshop post-production: sky replacement and entourage
Exporting renders for portfolio and client presentations
Live one-on-one critique of every student's final output
Certificate requirements and 30-day support handover

WEEK 05
Final Project, Graduation & CertificationGRADUATION WEEK — Aug 22 & 24 (Online)Full session
Final Project Review, Live Presentations & Online Graduation
Submit your final project: a complete visualisation set (3–5 renders)
Individual written and verbal feedback from the instructor on your project
Live cohort presentations: each student presents to the full group
Peer critique: composition, lighting, materials and visual storytelling
Online graduation ceremony via Google Meet — all enrolled students
Digital certificate of completion issued upon graduation
Alumni community access: R.C Projects and Resource alumni network

ADVANCED 3ds Max + Corona Renderer High-end architectural visualisation, lighting & photoreal production

WEEK 01

3ds Max Mastery & Architectural Modelling

DAY 1 — Fri Jul 252.5 hrs

Interface, Units & Modelling Workflow

3ds Max interface: viewports, command panel and scene explorer
Setting correct units (millimetres) for architectural work
Revit to 3ds Max: FBX export, file linking and geometry cleanup
Editable Poly vs Editable Mesh — when and why
Spline modelling for architectural profiles and mouldings
Modifier stack: Edit Poly, Shell, TurboSmooth, FFD, Bend
Homework: Import a Revit model via FBX, clean geometry and organise layers

DAY 2 — Sun Jul 272.5 hrs

High-Detail Architectural Geometry

Modelling parametric facade elements and cladding from scratch
Railings, columns and profiles using Loft, Sweep and ShapeMerge
Presentation-quality furniture: sofa, table and lounge chair
Managing heavy scenes with Proxies and Xref files
Layer management and naming conventions for large projects
Homework: Model a fully detailed interior room with three custom furniture pieces

WEEK 02

Corona Renderer — Materials & Lighting Masterclass

DAY 3 — Fri Aug 12.5 hrs

Corona Physical Material System

Corona Physical Material: diffuse, reflection, refraction, bump and displacement
PBR workflow: roughness maps, metalness and normal maps
Creating concrete, plaster, wood, marble, fabric and leather from scratch
UVW Mapping: Box mapping, Real World Scale and multi-sub materials
CoronaBitmap node for tiling, rotation and colour correction
Glass, water, translucency and SSS (subsurface scattering) setups
Homework: Build a complete material library for your room scene

DAY 4 — Sun Aug 33 hrs

Architectural Lighting — Natural, Artificial & Mixed

HDRI lighting: sourcing quality files, rotating and balancing intensity
Corona Sun and Sky for accurate daylight at any time of day
Interior lighting: IES lights, CoronaLight rectangle and light portals
Mixing daylight and artificial light for evening and dusk shots
Light Mix render element: adjusting colour and intensity post-render
Diagnosing blown highlights, dark corners and colour cast
Homework: Set up a full exterior and interior lighting rig for your scene

WEEK 03

Photoreal Production — Cameras, Vegetation & Scene Dressing

DAY 5 — Fri Aug 82.5 hrs

Camera Setup, Composition & Scene Dressing

Corona Physical Camera: focal length, DOF, exposure triangle, lens effects
Architectural photography rules applied to 3D framing and composition
Scatter and ForestPack for grass, ground cover, trees and shrubs at scale
Sourcing assets from Chaos Cosmos and free archviz libraries
People, cars and lifestyle objects: scale, placement and shadow rules
Scene optimisation: proxies, render regions and layer isolation
Homework: Fully dress your exterior with vegetation, people and environment detail

DAY 6 — Sun Aug 103 hrs

Render Passes, Denoising & Production Pipeline

Corona render elements: beauty, diffuse, reflection, shadow, mask passes
Multi-Pass EXR output for professional Photoshop compositing
Intel OIDN vs Corona denoiser: when and how to use each
Optimising render time on a single machine without quality loss
Output formats: EXR vs PNG vs TIFF for different delivery purposes
Batch rendering multiple camera angles overnight
Homework: Render 3 angles with full EXR render pass output

WEEK 04

Post-Production, AI Workflow & Portfolio Presentation

DAY 7 — Fri Aug 153 hrs

Photoshop Post-Production & AI Tools for Architects

Compositing render passes in Photoshop: blend modes and masking
Sky replacement, colour grading and atmospheric depth enhancement
Cutting out people and lifestyle entourage: shadow and light matching
Midjourney for architectural concept generation and mood boards
Adobe Firefly and Stable Diffusion for background generation
AI upscaling for print resolution: Topaz Gigapixel AI workflow
AI in interior design: mood boards without losing design authorship
Homework: Post-produce two renders and integrate one AI-generated element

DAY 8 — Sun Aug 173 hrs

Portfolio Build, Presentation Day & Career Positioning

Building an archviz portfolio that wins clients in the Nigerian market
Pricing freelance renders: 2026 market rates and how to negotiate
Pitching to architecture firms, developers and interior design studios
Guest Architect Session: live Q&A with a practicing architect
Final project presentations: every student presents for live critique
Group critique: composition, lighting, materials, storytelling
Certificate presentation and 30-day support handover

WEEK 05
Final Project, Graduation & CertificationGRADUATION WEEK — Aug 22 & 24 (Online)Full session
Final Project Review, Live Presentations & Online Graduation
Submit your final project: a complete visualisation set (3–5 renders)
Individual written and verbal feedback from the instructor on your project
Live cohort presentations: each student presents to the full group
Peer critique: composition, lighting, materials and visual storytelling
Online graduation ceremony via Google Meet — all enrolled students
Digital certificate of completion issued upon graduation
Alumni community access: R.C Projects and Resource alumni network

Full Lecture Plan

Download the complete daily curriculum PDF

All 16 sessions across both tracks — topics, objectives and homework.

Download Curriculum PDF ↓

SHEET A-03 / ENROLLMENT

Two Ways In

Choose Your Tier

All tiers include the full 5-week curriculum, free software setup on Onboarding Day, certificate and 30-day support.

5 Seats Only

Beginner — Physical · Ikeja, Lagos

₦150,000

^₦105,000

30% Off — First 3 Registrants

Regular price ₦150,000 from the 4th seat onward. Venue shared privately with accepted applicants.

In-person, 1-on-5 mentorship ratio
1-on-1 portfolio review
Guest Architects Day
Student kit + certificate
30-day post-class support

Beginner — Online · Live + Recordings

₦100,000

^₦70,000

30% Off — First 5 Registrants

Regular price ₦100,000 from the 6th registrant onward. Live on Google Meet — link shared before start.

Live weekly sessions + Q&A
Full session recordings
Portfolio feedback (group)
Certificate
30-day post-class support

SHEET A-04 / APPLICATION

Cohort 1 — Application

Apply For A Seat

This isn't a free class. Only apply if you can commit to all sessions and homework through July and into August.