A 1:400 harbour model for Guillermo’s final-year project
Academic project
Education and research
Scale models
Product and structural design, Cutting and fretwork, Assembly
Solid board and paperboard, MDF, Acrylic
The project
Guillermo needed a model to accompany the presentation of his final-year architecture project: an urban proposal beside the harbour. Archicercle helped turn his proposal into a physical model, undertaking its design, component breakdown, laser cutting and assembly.
The architectural proposal introduces a structure that provides services to the harbour and links its modules and levels through a system of ramps. This continuous route, described as a Möbius strip, is one of the ideas the model was intended to represent, alongside the platforms and the basic network of connections.
The studio’s contribution focused on developing the model, rather than designing the architectural proposal. Model design and component breakdown defined the pieces for the 1:400 representation; the work also included laser cutting and assembling the model.
The model combines Pancaster, MDF and acrylic. It focuses on the modules and the relationships between ramps, platforms and levels, translating the network of connections in Guillermo’s proposal into a physical object for his academic presentation.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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