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
