Building Contest 2013: 12 - Steampunk Structures

[samoht04]

Building Contests 2013: 12 - Steampunk Structures

The Task:
The task is simple, design a structure that scream steampunk! It's time to see some industrial sci-fi architecture and design! Steampunk is wacky, it's dirty but it's the work of genius. What will you build? Will it even look like a house?

Entry Specifications:

• Lot Type: Residential
• Lot Size: 20x30 or 30x30
• Budget: $80,000
• Content Restrictions: No Patch 1.55 Content. No Island Paradise Content.
• Number of Bed Spaces: Minimum of 1
• Other Specifications:
  • Steampunk
  • Wacky Style
  • Industrial Appearance
• Optional Specifications:
  • Observation Deck
  • Logic/Inventing Areas

Contest Start Date: Sunday, 16 June - 12:00am
Contest End Date: Saturday, 29 June - 11:59pm

For instructions on how to enter the Contests follow this link.

Only post in this thread if you are posting an entry or you are asking a question, we would prefer however if questions were PMed to us. If you have any questions please PM the Contest Team: samoht04, Lilygirl and Ausette. Ensure all receive your question to ensure it gets answered as quickly as possible.

[Jaaaaks]

I'm confused by the wording of this post. Does the task include interior decor? Or are we simply building a 'shell'?

[Ausette]

I'm confused by the wording of this post. Does the task include interior decor? Or are we simply building a 'shell'?

Sorry about the confusion, Jaaaaks. Yes, the contest requires interior décor. You should have at least one bed space and maybe an inventing room or two. 

[Jaaaaks]

Sorry about the confusion, Jaaaaks. Yes, the contest requires interior décor. You should have at least one bed space and maybe an inventing room or two. 

Awesome, thanks!

[ratchie]

Don't punk with my heart.

Lot size:20 by 30
Price furnished:48.793
Ep and Sp used:Base game,ambitions,showtime,university.
Double bedroom one bath home.

Ratchie real estates was very confused when she saw the steampunk brief and after a long look at google was even more confused so just went at it and hoped for the best.


The property viewed from the front.

The entrance hall and living area both located on the ground floor.


The kitchen/dinning room located on the ground floor.

The large double bedroom located on the first floor.

The inventing room found on the first floor. There is a shower located in this room incase of emergencies.

Study area located on the second floor.

The observatory area.

The bathroom which is found on the first floor.

Rachel

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[Jaaaaks]

Warped! - by Jaks

Lot Size: 30x30
Lot Value: $77,908
Content Used: Ambitions, Supernatural, Seasons, Pets, UL, Generations, LN (no Stuff Packs or Custom Content/Store Content used.)
Number of Bed Spaces: 2 (1 bedroom)
Description: "This charmingly distorted house embraces its steampunk roots. With lots of crazy wheels, gears, and quirkiness, this house is perfect for the inventive and logical sim. Not ideal for family living, however."

Steampunk is both modern and surprisingly, very Victorian, so I tried to capture both in the process of making this house.
The house itself is small, compact, yet still spacious in its own regard. To keep with the cluttered feel of Steampunk, more walls were added to give the feel of a very stuffy, mechanical house.

You go enter the house through the first floor - rather, it's not much and doesn't contain anything save a staircase into the main house, and a door to the untouched backyard to be filled with whatever you may need.

Anyways head up the stairs...

As soon as you get up you will see the kitchen, off to the side. Also, you will notice the dining table and small bar to your right and left respectively.



More to the left is the small living space, with a gramaphone, and, obscured by the wall to there, is a computer space. (it's off to the left.)



Beyond that wall is another staircase going up to the next floor.
This is more of the entertaining area. There is a TV (it's cut off by the screen shot, again to the left), some nice, comfy couches, a chess set, and off to the right, the inventing room.



The inventing room comes with a shower, so you don't continually get singed.



Finally, up that staircase is the bedroom. Here, there is a double bed, the washroom, a dressing area, a train set, and a telescope to look out of.




And that is all. Here's the floor plan.
First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor


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[samoht04]

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[Gulliver the cat!]

Inventor's Retreat
Size of Lot: 30 x 30
2 bed spaces, 1 bathroom
Lot Value: $55,343
Expansions Used: Ambitions, Pets, Supernatural, Showtime, University, Seasons, World Adventures, Generations
 
This eccentric little home is perfect for inventors with a Steampunk taste.

[betabee]

The Iron Maiden



Lot size: 20x30
Price furnished: $79,354
Content used: World adventures, fast lane stuff, pets, supernatural, generations, ambitions, outdoor living stuff, seasons, showtime,
3 bedrooms, one bathroom
Description:Welcome to the Iron Maiden, an airship like no other! Currently docked in Bridgeport, this state-of-the-art ship was owned by famous merchant adventurer Virginia Melroy, but has recently been put up for sale on her retirement. Hydrogen balloon not included (due to a rather large puncture sustained on her latest adventure. . .)

Good day, aspiring adventurer! My name is Virginia Melroy, and this here is my (in)famous airship the Iron Maiden. Shall I give you a tour?



Firstly, you will be delighted to note that the engine room is fully equipped with the alchemical equipment needed to power a state-of-the-art airship. It also doubles as a workshop- you can see me here mending the neutron-flow polariser, which was on the blink a few days ago. (it got a jelly baby stuck in it somehow. hmm?)



The observation deck has seating for whenever I have guests over (which I often do). All deck furniture is bolted down securely, though I advise hanging onto the cushions whenever the ship is maneuvering. They have a tendency to escape. The observation deck also houses the navigational scryer, essential for avoiding lightning storms and other air hazards.



The lounge is on the upper floor from the observation deck, allowing the passengers a cosy area in which to socialise.
The lounge is conveniently located near the bridge, where the large windows allow easier navigation. The ship can be piloted solo (I've been doing so for years), though the original manual recommends two or more pilots. (I disagree with the manual a lot though. I think I 'lost' it in a sky shark swarm . . .)



Shall we go below decks? My cabin and the bathroom are located on the same floor as the observation deck and the engine (So I can get there quickly in emergencies). My cabin is quite small, but cosy and warm.



The guest bedrooms are identical, and located directly below my cabin and the bathroom. I've left books there, which countless of my passengers have enjoyed. You might enjoy them too.



The gangway between the guest bedrooms and the galley is mainly so we have extra room for cargo. I hope you aren't afraid of heights! (though considering you're in the market for an airship, you shouldn't be).



The galley itself is quite spacious. There are also machines here for removing oil stains from clothes. All cupboards have locks to stop them opening during maneuvering.



Last but not least, the storage bay is at the hull of the ship, allowing for easier access. It is a bit cluttered, but the junk can easily be removed. I personally quite like it, it gives the room character.



So there you have it. A complete airship, waiting for a new captain. Why am I retiring, you ask? Well, I've been in the air for the last 35 years. My bones are getting creaky and I'm just not as able to go adventuring around the globe as I used to. I hope that if you do buy the Maiden, you take her on as many wonderful adventures as I took her on.
Oh, one last thing I forgot to mention. You'll need to get a new hydrogen balloon for the ship. The last one got punctured by sky pirates.

[ladybug53]

Geared Up
by ladybug53

Lot Size : 30x30
Cost Furnished : 62,551
Cost Unfurnished : 39,029

Expansions Used : Showtime - World Adventure - Ambitions - Pets - Supernatural - Generations - Seasons .
Stuff Packs Used : Outdoor Living - Fast Lane - 70s,80s & 90s .
No CCs or Mods were used .

Steampunk with a Sci-fi twist . Most of the materials used to build this structure were found in junk piles and at the recycle depot . It took a while to scrounge enough metal but now it's finally finished and ready to enjoy .

Click to enlarge image and use arrow key to move through the screenshots .



Link to Download : Geared Up

[Neashaleigh]

The Industrialist

Steam. Industry. Hydraulics, Grit and Grunge. This small 1 bedroom home has it all. Perfect for a single Sim on a mission to transform the world into steel and iron!

Lot Size: 30x30
Cost furnished: §75,145
Packs: Supernatural, Pets, Late Night, World Adventures, Seasons, Generations, Showtime, University Life, Ambitions





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[Swirl-Girl]

Geared Up

Gear up for the best gear shaped house you've seen in a fortnight! Stylishly cluttered, but not cramped. You've really got yourself some elbow room! (Raise your hand if you watched school house rock)

So, here's your standard overview of the premises. Promising. Yes?



Let me introduce myself. Formally. I am Princely, of the famed (Or not) Yequesu line. Behind me you can see a nice, welcoming foyer.



Here you can see a great deal of the hallway of sorts. This is where the most of the "Collection" is. Very "Tastefully" decorated.



And here is the studies room. With Chemistry and Science, an emergency shower is required. Which so happens to be located within a few meters of myself.



Here is the bathing room. They've chosen to keep it quite simple, really. Just a tub, and some towels.



And here's the other half of the bathroom. Across the house.



This is the bedroom. Quite nice. Isn't it?



Here's the living room. A little overwhelming, I think.



The dining room. An interesting design of the portraits on the wall.



A nice cozy kitchen. Features the essentials, and it works pretty *decently. with a nifty science poster on the wall.



*Do not fear. The kitchen and the rest of the home are in perfect working order.

Lot Size: 30x30
Cost When Furnished: 42,606
EPs/SPs: Supernatural, Pets, Showtime, University, Generations, Seasons, 70's 80's 90's Stuff (You could probably get away without this one)
Patterns: These Three and Industrial Grade By sunsetsorbet

[intl_incident]

THE GILDED LILY: A STEAMPUNK COTTAGE
Cost furnished: 78,477
Cost unfurnished: 36,179
EPs used: All
SPs used: OLS (telescope only), FLS (deco only: rims on wall and large tool chest)
Free store item used: Paris Wall Clock

Number of bed spaces: 3 (two in the double bed and one in the useable sleeping bag in the adventure office)
Number of bathrooms: 1

I know the description for this contest said that steampunk style is "dirty," and I do love that part of the look, but I'm a fan of the elegant, cleaner side of steampunk as well, so I aimed for a cottage that could serve as a home base for a scientist and adventurer when he's not adventuring -- when he's had a chance to wash the dust from Al Simhara off his boots, to settle back into a more comfortable lifestyle and to get back to tinkering with his inventions.

Clocks, gears, pipes and an overabundance of brass trimwork cover the exterior of his small cottage, hinting at the technology inside.  Upstairs there is a utiliarian inventor's loft that also has a chemistry set, a gem cutter and a newfangled brain augmentation device cobbled together from spare parts.  A telescope and time machine are on the veranda, and there's an excavator in the front yard.  A double bed and small bathroom round out the upper level.

The lower level hints at the adventurous life of the owner, with an office for adventure planning and a dining room with an airship chandelier over the table.  There are also a a TV and chess lounge, a sitting room with a stereo and a kitchen with a bar for entertaining his colleagues from the science facility.  (All of the appliances and electronics have been "steamified" to look as though they function using Victorian-era technology.)

Front view:


Side view with observation deck and time machine:


Sitting room with steamified stereo:


And view into adventure planning room:


Parlor with steamified TV and chess set:



Dining room with airship "chandelier":


Kitchen and bar:


Upstairs science loft with workbench, chemistry set, gem cutter and brain augmentation machine:


Upstairs layout, showing bedroom and bathroom:


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[Snufflesxx]

Building Contest 2013: 12 - CLINK!

Lot Size: 20 x 30
Value Furnished: 40,673
Value Unfurnished: 20,467
EPS used: Ambitions, Supernatural, Generations, Seasons, Late Night, Pets
Stuff Packs used: None
Store Content: Free Riverview objects
Perfect World: Twinbrook - designed for 582 Bayou Gulch Drive (you'll need to bulldoze the previous house)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? If you think this looks like a bird (or a plane, for that matter), you're gonna need your eyes tested, my friend! This is CLINK!, the super house for the greatest of inventors! Step right into this wondrous world of metals and shiny things! SHINY!!!

This house is perfect for the (lonely) inventor and it has no place for company! Who needs friends when you're surrounded by the magical worlds of gadgets and robots? 

So come and purchase this fantastic 'house' for the inventor inside you. Let him (or her) out and release your genius upon the world. DO IT NOW!!!





Note from Creator:

I didn't really know much about steampunk before this contest but after checking out pictures online and looking at the other entries, I eventually came up with my CLINK! house. I used a lot of metal patterns which I mostly don't touch but I like the effects they gave. I also enjoyed experimenting with a lot of the décor items that I'd never used before and for some of them I didn't even realise they existed.  So, based on my learning, I think I have gotten more out of this contest than any other. Huge thanks to the building contest team for creating such a fun challenge 

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[samoht04]

Voting is now up!