Model-It! Week 3

Task: to construct a 1:50 detail of the window seat in Louis Kahn's Fisher House

Photograph of corner to be constructedhttp://ecovidainternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Casa-Fisher-en-Hatboro-EU_Louis-I.-Kahn_Tec11-9.jpg

My model representation

North East corner. The seat is inserted into the 1:50 model of the complete model

Task: to construct the Fisher House on a 1:50 scale.

South-west facade

East facade

I chose to cute out the individuals panels for the windows to show the change in grain line, and also to show how some pieces have different thicknesses and recess slightly. This was quite time consuming, and I know that most other students just cut squares out of the wall for the windows, but I found that my method made the model look a lot better.

Detail of connection between cubes

Task: to compose a poster promoting an exhibition for Model Making

In the poster, I aimed to show the final models I had laboured over for the past few weeks.

Prior to this course, I had no experience in model making, and found the tasks quite interesting. As I studied Visual Arts in high school, I had had some experience with using a cutting knife and cutting boxboard type materials. From model-making, I have learnt how models provide an accurate representation of the shape, space and size of a building. The model can be viewed at different angles and also thus provide information on site orientation.

Model-It! Week 2 - Take home task

Task: to construct a 1:50 site model of the Fisher House (Louis Kahn)

 Fisher House  By showing the layers, I reveal the contours and the solidity of the earth. I chose to use boxboard for the earth and balsa wood for the house to show the difference in materiality.

http://a3.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/99/7715a2b85868cf1eda4e68039c7838da/l.jpg

Model-It! Week 2 - Studio

Task: to "sketch" through models.

 

To show the M peak, I started off with something simple. All the extra smaller components are off-cuts from the same square I cut the larger two pieces off.

  

From the front, the M peak can again be seen quite distinctly, however the pieces converge at the back. When photographing this model, I found that the lighting cast a geometric arrow shape.

Model-It! Week 1 - Take home task

Task: to construct a 1:100 model of the Barcelona Pavilion

I was quite pleased with this model as the tutors said that it looked like a "diagram".

I referred to the following diagram to aid me in construction

http://bryndakirk.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/section_cut-barcelona-pavilion.jpg

Model-It! Week 1 - Studio

Task: to construct two houses, one from balsa wood, the other from boxboard, with base dimensions approximately 80 x 80 mm
One side of the roof has yet to be placed. The other house was similarly made, however I made cuts for windows on the walls and the roof.



Task: to creatively combine the two 'houses' made in Week 1 Studio


I wanted to show the differences in materials used to make each house. At first I thought it would be interesting to place the heavier house made from boxboard above, but I couldn't make it stable, while giving it a sense of weightlessness.


From this angle, the gap between the houses emphasise materiality differences, yet the ladder connects the repetitive form.