Building Models

I found this incredibly useful pdf from here that features a useful guide to the elements to consider when building a model. Although really quite obvious it highlights the need to first consider the design within drawings and sketches. I will then need to consider the scale of the model in relation to the desired final size.

It then rather usefully touches on the materials needed and it would appear that one of the most popular materials to use is called Hi-impact Polystyrene. This potentially could prove to be quite costly so another route is to perhaps use some think card, another consideration is that I would like my scale model to feature scaled down graphics.

Architectural Model Making

This website here features a useful couple of paragraphs describing some of the techniques and building processes used to build architural models.

“Architectural Model Making

True architectural model making is mainly confined to 3 areas. Planning models, test and development models, sales models and occasionally exhibition models.

1/ The first come in several forms, the initial model can be made in block forms with very little detail, these are usually constructed in either a foam tooling board or in card box forms, or styrene as a substitute for card.

2/ From these come the more detailed models in laser cut styrene or acrylic sheet, showing windows elevation details and sometime the interior spaces depending on the type and scale of development. The construction of these models can also show the landscape of the site the roads, any walls or general site details. The construction used can be of many materials, but tend in modern methods, to be a combination of wooden board, low density tooling board and a variety of textured materials, such as sand paper, flock sprayed paper, laser cut surface detail patterning and texture.”

Model Making

These are a couple of videos I have watched that are show how scale models have been built. These models have been built for architecture and interior design purposes but are relevent to my work as I intend to build a scale model of the exhibition.

This is a sped up video of a couple of architecture students and the scale model they produced. It looks to be made of white card and thin wood to create the skeleton. The first video can be found here whilst the second is here.

This second video is much in the same vain and it would appear very popular for people to make a time lapse video of them building their models, this something I could consider doing when I build my model.

Exhibit Design

This video is found on youtube here. The video features an interview with the exhibition designer from the Toledo Art gallery. He talks of the need to create a flow and rythm for the viewer of the exhibition. He also explains his way of working and that it starts with a 3d scale model to get a sense of place, once this has been loosely agree upon he will then move onto the computer to make the final layout.

The use of a scale model is very interesting to me and something that I would like to produce with my project and something I need to investigate into further.

Paper Folded Booklet

I have found this useful site that features an imbedded youtube video of how to fold a piece of paper to create an 8 sided booklet. This folding technique enables you to print all of the graphics on one side and thus keeping cost down and increasing tactability. This is a technology I would like to harness for the exhibition leaflet I am to produce and also potentially the blog posters. The site can be found at http://www.pocketmod.com/

Book – Frost*

Vince Frost and his company have worked on some exhibition related projects which cover the identity for an exhibition to the design on interior spaces.

Book – Exhibition Design

Here are a collection of images taken from the book written by David Dernie
The various layouts and drawings of exhibition spaces are of particular interest and I would like to explore the use of the technical drawings, they are a very nice visual to help describe the exhibition. . .