MACOSA: a removable-part model for Begoña Molins

The project

Archicercle made the MACOSA model for Begoña Molins’s final-year architecture project. The model combines an overall view with the option to remove elements, revealing parts that would otherwise remain concealed when fully assembled.

The removable elements serve a specific way of explaining the architecture. As well as viewing the model from different positions, the observer can see different parts of the project by separating its components. Archicercle’s documented contribution was making the model, including its removable elements.

At 1:300 scale, the scheme takes the form of a low, elongated building on a rectangular base. White and brown tones, repeated linear elements across the roof and perimeter, and miniature planting articulate the representation of the building and its immediate surroundings.

The result allows the viewer to move between an overall reading of the volumes and a closer view of individual parts. Taking elements apart is therefore integral to the model’s role as a tool for architectural representation.

Removable elements reveal parts of the project that are concealed when the model is fully assembled.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.