Working model for Esperanza

The project

Esperanza commissioned Archicercle to make a model for exploring architectural ideas by hand. The brief had a clear requirement: use materials that could be cut easily, so the model could form part of the design exploration process.

We made the model as a working tool rather than a finished representation. The requested ease of cutting placed the ability to modify the model at the heart of the brief.

The composition sits on a brown rectangular base, with white and grey volumes of different heights. Low pieces contrast with a taller grey prism, giving physical form to the arrangement and differences in scale between the volumes.

The relationship between the low pieces and the taller volume shapes the composition.

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