Tangier urban model at 1:2000 scale
Collaborative project
Architecture, construction and property
Scale models
Manufacturing
The project
We made this model of Tangier in collaboration with the facultad de Arquitectura de Valencia and the Instituto de Restauración del Patrimonio at ETSAV. It locates the buildings and surrounding areas selected for a programme of restoration proposals that students would develop over the following years.
The project called for a representation that almost resembles a two-dimensional graphic. Rather than reproducing the entire urban fabric in three dimensions, the model combines a city plan with raised elements highlighting specific intervention sites. The 1:2000 scale brings those locations together in a single representation.
Pieces in different colours are distributed across the neutral-toned urban plan. The contrast between the map and the highlighted elements establishes a visual hierarchy: the plan provides context, while the pieces identify the sites to be addressed in the proposals.
Our documented contribution was the making of the model within this university collaboration. Its purpose was to help locate and present the planned interventions on the selected buildings and their surroundings. Carrying out the restoration work was described as a later ambition for the projects, rather than an outcome already achieved.
The elongated yellow element brings together several raised modules, contrasting with the smaller pieces distributed across the plan.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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