Model It - Final Model - Fisher House

This is incomplete. I spend too much of my time making the external detailing. The exterior is completely finished, probably at a level of detail that is lost in the tiny scale. However, once I started with intricate detailing I left I needed to continue it through the whole building. As a result other elements are incomplete.

I hope that the select other finished sections successfully shown my skills in these other areas. I felt it was important to complete (to a high level of accuracy) the famous window and chimney – here I have used a curved surface and shown furniture (however it is some what limited). The second box appears to be completed. When you look through the windows you see walls. I have attached the roof as no all walls and stairs are complete only those visible from the external view. The basement shows an understanding for the use of varying bolsa thickness, as well as showing detailed small stairs.

I hope that I have made the right decision to complete one area of the model to extreme detail, while other areas that address different skills are limited in their extent. I am please with the final model. I feel that my detailing has dramatically improve (in the Church of Light exercise I left out window frames because they were too difficult – here I have a number of frames to demonstrate the real situation). My joining has also improve – I am minimising the gaps I have between spaces (however this can still be there involved). I feel that the way the model deconstruct to allow you to see inside the model is somewhat more sophisticated that the roof simply lifting off.

Model It - Second Week - Progress Models

What I learnt:
Gaps: The first model I bit was my folding once piece into this shape. It meant that i have huge gaps around the end pieces.
Importance of correct thicknesses: The theory was to use thicker bolsa to compensate for the gaps in the previous model. However, the thick bolsa doesn’t mean at the correct angles. To fix this I could try angle cuts but they are tricky.
Models as a design tool: This is a new way of thinking about designing for me. I quiet like it because it is easy to see where problems lie and to promptly address them.

Model It - Church of Light

What I learnt:
Window frames: I had real trouble cutting the window frames and the thin cross. The bolsa cracks and breaks! The only way i could resolve this was to have no window frames and to heavily sand back the cross cuts. It is not ideal. I need practice with detailing.
However, overall this was easier than I expected.

Model It - First Week

What I learnt:

Materials: I learnt that I prefer to work with bolsa over cardboard. It is harder to cut and not as accurate.
Error: I also made the error of putting the heavier material on top (the cardboard). I have to create a support to hold it up.
The support beam I put across the house has the grain running in the wrong direction. Supports should have the grain running along from end to end.
Constructed cuts: We practiced making cuts in the bolsa once it had already been constructed. It is hard to control the end point – but where the building interlock, the cut was neater than the bolsa window.