Architectural modelmaking – Dunn Nick (KTE0072)

Architectural modelmaking – Dunn Nick

Contents

6 INTRODUCTION

6 Why we make models

14 A brief history

20 Modelmaking now

21 About this book

22 Getting started

26 Machines

28 MEDIA

30 Introduction

30 Abstraction

32 Size and scale

34 The selection and composition of media

36 Paper and cardboard

41 Step by step: Developing a design using paper models

48 Wood

55 Step by step: Woodworking

57 Styrofoam, acrylic and plastics

62 Case study: Using plastics and styrofoam

66 Step by step: Making an acrylic model

71 Resin, clay and cast materials

73 Step by step: Casting a plaster model from a silicone mould

78 Case study: Casting resin elements

79 Step by step: Using plasticine to develop form

80 Step by step: Casting a concrete model

81 Step by step: Casting concrete components from a silicone mould

82 Steel and other metalwork

83 Step by step: Modelling a geodesic dome

86 CAD/CAM

88 CNC

92 Step by step: Powder printing

93 Step by step: ABS Printing/Rapid prototyping

94 3D Printing: Amalgam Modelmaking

95 Step by step: CNC milling & routing

97 Finishing techniques

100 Photography and film

103 Step by step: Creating a realistic photomontage

105 Digital and camera technology

106 Case study: Model photography

107 Case study: Time lapse and lighting effects

108 TYPES

110 Introduction

111 Concept models

113 Case study: From concept to design proposal

114 Site/city models

119 Block/massing models

122 Design development models

126 Step by step: Making a wax model

128 Case study: Process models

129 Spatial models

133 Case study: Spatial models as design generator

134 Structural models

138 Case study: Structural models in the design process

140 Interior architecture models

144 Case study: Exploring light and shadow

146 Lighting models

148 Step by step: Light effects on an interior

152 Presentation/exhibition models

157 Step by step: Making a presentation model

158 Case study: Models for an exhibition

160 Full-sized prototypes

162 Case study: Prototype models

165 Case study: Material exploration through prototypes

166 Step by step: Making a cladding model

168 APPLICATION

170 Introduction

171 Descriptive models

174 Case study: Descriptive model as communication tool

178 Case study: Descriptive model as practice

182 Predictive models

184 Case study: Detail models

186 Case study: Predictive modelling as hybrid process

188 Case Study: Predictive modelling as technical study

189 Evaluative models

193 Case study: Evaluating material properties

194 Step by step: Evaluating the effects of a façade

196 Explorative models

202 Case study: Explorative model of urban flows

203 Case study: Prototyping through explorative models

204 Step by step: Exploring materials through models

205 Case study: Exploring new materials through models

206 Case study: Explorative models of spatial narratives

207 Case study: Taichung Metropolitan Opera House

208 Modelling the future

210 Case study: Integrated making and thinking

212 Glossary

213 Further reading

214 Index

215 Picture credits

216 Acknowledgements