Material Modelling

Now we hit the second workshop completed for Arch 1142. Material modelling was interesting as we initiated by making cubes from different ways with the material been grey cardboard. After that we made a model of an object in a group of 2, then made ½ of our house from cardboard and the main aim was to swap our ½ made house with someone and make there from balsa wood but also with two formations done on it.

The challenge with making the cubes was getting each side exactly 8cm, thus a little maths was involved. Each face of the cube was made separately den clued together also with very little sanding done it to give the edges a smooth touch.

The second cube made was differently were each face was not made separately but it was made form a net. Making this cube was little more challenging and interesting to make. Net was drawn on paper then edges measured the proper drawing and cutting done.

Making ½ of our own house from cardboard was fun. It started by drawing a draft of my house then measuring everywhere. After that a proper drawing done to scale of 1:50 to make it easy as we had to make it from balsa wood too. The model was made at scale of 1:50; main focus was to show the thicknesses of the walls.

As the swap was made, I had a few thoughts in my head but wasn’t sure on what to do. I decided to make the transformations of elevation and subtraction. The painting done on the balsa wood is to give it a meaning that each room is unique and individual as the building is dorms for university students.

This was workshop 2 is ending here… coming up next is workshop 3. Enjoy.