"Overcoming" by Lautaro Vogel 

I've always been fascinated by Brazilian architecture and its use of rough materials and monumental scales. The architecture in this scene belongs to the Paulistano Athletic Club building by architect Mendes Da Rocha, but I took the liberty of tweaking the scale a bit to enhance the feeling of monumentality.
We are used to seeing this kind of huge spaces full of lights, colours and people, but for this project I wanted to achieve a more emotion-evoking image by using a monochromatic(ish) colour-palette, enhancing the contrast in scales by having just one character, and playing with sunlight to guide the viewer's attention.
This image tries to fight trends in arch-viz and show a different way of describing the essence of buildings and materials.
The story in this image follows the same path: a boxer going against the tide to achieve his goals and training when everyone else is still asleep.