Volumetric model of Benimaclet market
Education and research
Scale models
Product and structural design
The project
This model of Benimaclet market formed part of Alejandro’s final-year architecture project. Archicercle’s contribution focused on the model design and component breakdown, with one decision defining the outcome: omitting the building’s outer skins to create an essentially volumetric representation.
The approach to the model evolved during development. Designing the model and working out its constituent parts helped establish an understanding of the project and identify which elements were essential to its representation at 1:300 scale. The initial idea of the finished model was adjusted as decisions were made about what to retain and what to leave out.
Rather than reproducing every detail at a smaller size, the aim was to distil the architectural concept. Removing the outer skins left the model almost ‘bare’, placing the volumes at the centre of the representation. This intervention concerned the design of the model, rather than authorship of the architectural project.
The composition combines circular and cylindrical forms that appear transparent with brown prismatic volumes, arranged on a patterned base. This visual contrast accompanies the reduction in detail and places the proposal alongside the surrounding masses.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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