MF Interior Design Contest #1 - Schloss MuskauDer höchste Grad der landschaftlichen Gartenkunst ist nur da erreicht,
wo sie wieder freie Natur, jedoch in ihrer edelsten Form, zu sein scheint.
- Pückler-Muskau, Andeutungen über Landschaftsgärtnerei, 1834
Theme: Schloss Muskau (https://www.muskauer-park.de/)Recommended Resource Pack: none
Time: 1 month, 12:00 a.m. Tuesday June 22nd 2021- Wednesday July 21st 2021. (GMT)
The challenge
Welcome to a unique project contest that focuses on interior details, brought to you by DoraPan and the MineFriggs! This contest will test your decoration skills, attention to detail and ability to translate real live environments into MC worlds.
Special attention is given to the garden. It is much smaller than the Schloss Muskau Park. But it should keep the same spirit in garden design as developped by Fürst von Pückler. Challenge yourself and push the way you use commen blocks! At the end of the contest, the winning design will be uploaded to our Botany World, becoming the new home of our special villager Hermann von Pückler-Muskau and include further hints and challenges for our Botany Game.
How to participate?
To participate in this interior design contest, you need to download the Schloss Muskau Build here.
Feel free to join our Botany Server (IP: botany.aternos.me) in 1.16.1 and go to Apia Town where you will see the red castle Schloss Muskau from a distance, between the town and the floral diagramm.
Building Tips
- Treat it as your own castle. Be creative, and decorate with variety!
- Try using entities or decoration blocks to your advantage. Look up tutorials online for furniture and vegetation!
- Your interior doesn't have to be super realistic. Be creative with your decorations!
- Look up real-life interiors. Find inspiration at Pinterest here.
- Look up real-life landscape designs and remember that, even though it is a German park, the design is an English landscape garden. Find inspiration at the Muskauer Park https://www.muskauer-park.de/besuch/ and in Pinterest https://www.pinterest.es/candygwa/english-garden-ideas/
- You are allowed to use Custom Player Heads.
Rules
- Do not edit the exterior of the castle including windows or doorways. This rule also applies to the towers.
- Do not edit the water in front of the house cannot be edited.
- Do not edit below or above the template level. Do not extend the build area.
- All internal walls, floors and stairwais can be edited. Fireplaces can be added. Internal stairs can be edited/added. This rule also applies to the towers.
- Gardens must be landscaped. Existing trees/hedges can be edited, or removed. Small structures such as patios, gazebos or a barbecue can be constructed in the garden. Structures can not be large, or treated as "extensions" to the house exterior.
- One entry per person is allowed*judges are free to enter, but they cannot compete
Failure to comply with these rule will result in disqualification. Any arguments about a rule will also result in disqualification.
Judging:
Contestants will be judged on a scale of 0-20 based on three main points:
Reference: As the most importante point, we will evaluate how well you interprete and integrate different elements of Fürst von Pückler's design theory, which can be found in his book Andeutungen über Landschaftgärtnerei or the original UNESCO page.
This category is about how accurately your build matches the description and design elements.
"Muskauer Park/Park Mużakowski – an outstanding example of a European park, a crafted ideal landscape, and a new approach to designing greenery in urbanized spaces – was included in the world heritage list according to the convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage on July 2, 2004. Its inclusion in the list is a confirmation of outstanding interest of a cultural or natural site which needs to be preserved as a part of the world heritage of mankind as a whole". (UNESCO)
Artistic: How visually pleasing is the result, is there terrain, vegetation etc. What features does it have that make it look great. This category is the most also importante and will be a majority of what the judges focus will be on.
Originality: How unique is the build compared to others? This category is very important as the judges will be more drawn to unique builds, especially in a template based build, simple yet difficult as the a German Castle with Park. Note that the farther you stray from what the forts are, the more likely you are to get a bad score. Be unique, but be careful not to stray from the source material.
Additional Notes On Judging:
1. Each main point is a focus, not a scoring category, as there are no scoring categories for this build off, only one score per judge.
2. As a brief note about the template, none of the exterior of the castle may be changed. The garden might be modified at descrition, except the water in front of the castle..
Quick Recap on how to participate
Download the official starter Schloss Muskau. Choose one that suits your style. Each one is unique in features and scale. Complete the interior following the rules set out below. Very important, decorate/landscape the garden too.
Judge Panel:
