Week 5 models Redone

In this blog post I detail my procedure for making various architectural models of my room at different scales and through different media through snapshots of the design process. Whilst initial models were made for this task, they seemed to be messy and inadequate as reflections of my skill, and so were remade as follows. The card model 1:20, the cardboard model 1:10 and the paper model 1:50, respectively have their construction shown below. Please take time to read the text and use the images as a flip book, a sort of timelapse detailing the construction.

Card Model

The first task allowed for the construction of a paper/card model, initially a paper model was made but it became flimsy for proper photography, hence a new one made of card was constructed. Due to isolation restrictions all materials used were recycled, with the main white card being old manilla folders, other materials included cling wrap and recycled advertising sheets. This model is made on a 1: 20 scale, 1:10 was recommended but was impractical due to the material limitations.

Cardboard Model

Similar to the card model, the carboard model was initially constructed badly and so was redone. This was made to the recommended 1:10 since it was stable and structurally sound, however this meant the material was less pliable and so thick tabs ruined opportunities for exterior perspectives, similarly the thick nature of the material preventing fine cutting, despite my sharp Stanley knife. The social isolation resulted in the model being made of completely recycled materials, including an old fridge box baking paper, cling wrap and some old advertisements. As a result the limited scope for folding techniques increased by modelling furniture.

Furniture design, detailed below provides a sense of purpose and scale to the space. Due to quarantine restrictions recycled materials were used including paper plates and old cereal boxes, which were wrapped in black paper to resemble objects within the modelled living area.

Imagined Paper Model

The final task incorporated aspects of design within our construction, asking us to imagine and design an ideal study space, For me this led to deep ruminations on the importance of silence, light, self-sufficiency, independence and location, hence I chose to model a small beach side studio space. Plain paper was selected as the medium, since it had not been used before and similarly but rather truthfully due to the structural limitations of the paper I chose to work at a 1:50 scale. The scale allowed me to focus on designing the key elements within my space, the big things windows, doors, shapes and floors. That being said, the small scale quickly became fiddly allowing me to display neatness but preventing me from folding much furniture. The addition of the second floor was especially perplexing as it meant that I had to draw on both sides of my faces and carefully consider the exterior and interior faces, along with their folding and cutting.