Rendering VS Reality: SM Seaside City Cebu

A rendering is a perspective drawing showing how a structure would look like once finished. Usually made available to the public during or even before construction, renderings are important because they basically present some essential information about the product and therefore ‘sell’ it even before it exists physically.

Although most completed structures look exactly like their original rendering, a few can look slightly (some even completely) different – visually and structurally – due to various reasons.

Here are 10 renderings of Cebu’s biggest mall — SM Seaside City Cebu. Did the completed structure match these renderings? Check out the photos below.



1. Food Court

RENDERING

REALITY


2. Mall Elevation

RENDERING

REALITY


3. Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod – 100 Walls

RENDERING

REALITY


4. Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod – Walls and Pocket Gardens

RENDERING

REALITY


5. Central Garden

RENDERING

REALITY


6. The Cube – Structure

RENDERING

REALITY


7. Mall Elevation – With the Tower

RENDERING

REALITY


8. Foyer Area

RENDERING

REALITY


9. The Tower

RENDERING

REALITY


10. The Cube – Design

RENDERING

REALITY

What do you think of the completed structure? How faithful was the completed structure to the renderings? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.


*Renderings from the official SM Seaside City Cebu Facebook Page and the SM Seaside City Cebu – SSC Forum Thread

Facebook Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *