Site and massing model for Marta’s final-year project

The project

We made an architectural model for Marta’s final-year project, bound for Barcelona. The work focused on representing the building’s siting and massing, addressing the complexity of the terrain and integrating its access routes.

The topography was the main challenge in making the model. At 1:500 scale, the terrain had to be translated into physical form while incorporating the building’s access routes and ramps. Archicercle’s contribution focused on modelling this relationship between terrain and architecture.

We used acrylic, Ecocarten, Pankaster and MDF to construct the model. Successive levels represent the terrain, with the architectural volumes arranged above them. White pieces and translucent elements stand apart from the topographic base.

The model brings the building’s form, the terrain and the access routes together in a single physical representation. Alongside the architectural massing, it also represents how the proposed building meets the ground.

An elongated white volume and a transverse element organise the composition above the topography.

Transparent elements and patterned planes introduce different degrees of transparency into the representation.

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