Haití: a 1:200 scale model for Marta Saiz
Academic project
Education and research
Scale models
Cutting and fretwork, Engraving and marking
MDF, Solid board and paperboard
The project
We made the model for Marta Saiz’s final-year architecture project, presented as ‘Haití’. At 1:200 scale, it translates a proposal inspired by Japanese architecture into a physical object.
Archicercle’s contribution was to make the model using laser cutting and engraving. The commission was based on the architectural proposal developed for the final-year project; our documented role was to realise it at scale, rather than to design the building.
The model was made using 2.5 and 5 mm MDF, Daler card, Cartomat, Pancastar and Ecocarten. This combination of materials was chosen to represent the Japanese architectural language that informed the project.
The composition combines white volumes, projecting horizontal planes and dark bands of vertical slats. Gaps between the volumes and changes in level are part of the arrangement, alongside curved elements that contrast with the orthogonal pieces.
The detail extends to staircases, slender supports and façade divisions. The model brings together the overall arrangement of volumes and smaller-scale elements within a single architectural representation.
Vertical slats create a rhythm of dark lines against the white planes.
A central staircase connects the space between two of the model’s volumes.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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