In the first of the Arch1142 workshops, students explored the reasoning behind and methods involved in making models.
In class tasks and take home assignments guided this exploration by prescribing very different types, scales and levels of intricacy in the models we created.
Process Models
The first of these tasks was in creating process models given different shapes to develop and combine.
These models were all created in a very limited time (about half to one hour each) and although quite rough, they are a useful way of exploring various forms in three dimensions.
The Barcelona Pavilion
The first of Arch1142's take home assignments was a 1:100 scale model of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion This gave students an opportunity to experiment with techniques and begin to solve some of the issues that arise in the use of balsa and glue.
In this model the furniture has also been included to show scale, and light scoring with a mechanical pencil gives some depth to the tiled surfaces.
The glass and water is represented by pieces of heavy-duty plastic sleeves.
No specific problems were encountered in the construction of the model.
Fisher House (window seat)
Here, even the trimmings inside the windows and armrests of the seat have been modelled to scale. The greatest challenge in creating this model was the rounded fireplace (more information below).
Another interesting quandary to be solved was how to represent trees, or whether to depict them at all. After a little research and tinkering, I decided that they were necessary and the most simple and effective method was to whittle trees and feather the ends into branches.
Here, all of the skills developed in the last four weeks of the Model-It! workshop are incorporated in a 1:50 scale model of Louis Kahn's Fisher House.
With some experience in this scale and design, this assignment was quite simple yet very time consuming in it's construction. As in the window seat model, precision and attention to detail were paramount.
Some of the methods I came to use were to make templates by scaling the plans correctly and using them to cut all the different components. Again, the greatest challenge was in the curved fireplace. It is pictured here during construction wrapped in masking tape (this was the second attempt, dampening it slightly prevented it from snapping again).
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The Barcelona Pavilion
The first of Arch1142's take home assignments was a 1:100 scale model of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion This gave students an opportunity to experiment with techniques and begin to solve some of the issues that arise in the use of balsa and glue.
In this model the furniture has also been included to show scale, and light scoring with a mechanical pencil gives some depth to the tiled surfaces.The glass and water is represented by pieces of heavy-duty plastic sleeves.
No specific problems were encountered in the construction of the model.
Fisher House (window seat)
This model of Louis Kahn's Fisher House was done in class at a scale of 1:50. At this scale the key to a successful model is precision and attention to detail.
Fisher House (site model)
A very different model to those previous, this one is focussed on the environment around Fisher House. It's construction presented challenges in reading a poorly photocopied topographic map in an imperial scale and translating them into a clean and defined form to be easily interperated by a viewer.
Fisher House (final model)
Here, all of the skills developed in the last four weeks of the Model-It! workshop are incorporated in a 1:50 scale model of Louis Kahn's Fisher House.
Some of the methods I came to use were to make templates by scaling the plans correctly and using them to cut all the different components. Again, the greatest challenge was in the curved fireplace. It is pictured here during construction wrapped in masking tape (this was the second attempt, dampening it slightly prevented it from snapping again).
hey, could u please tell me where u got all the measurements for the fisher house, i need to make it for uni but cant seen to find the heights of everything,- mainly the window seat with the fireplace. hope u can help, thanks.
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