Architectural models of Sot de Chera

The project

The relationship between buildings and hillside is central to this group of Sot de Chera models built by Archicercle. The 1:300 representations are accompanied by a 1:400 model conceived to express how the proposed intervention integrates with the mountain.

The earliest posts place this work in the context of final-year architecture project submissions. In the 1:300 model presented in October, rectangular building volumes sit at different heights on stepped terrain. The buildings and their setting are brought together on a rectangular base.

The 1:400 model was built around a specific intention: to represent a proposal intended to blend into its natural setting. Archicercle chose a small scale that could encompass a broad area of the surroundings, making the terrain central to understanding the intervention.

Wood was used for the contour layers in this landscape model, with similarly coloured eco-cardboard for the intervention. The close colour match reflected the aim of integration: architecture and mountain share a continuous tonal palette, rather than using a strong contrast to highlight the proposal.

The December posts identify a 1:300 model as Leire’s final-year architecture project and document its construction by the studio. The representation combines stepped white forms with dark volumes on the hillside. Archicercle’s contribution was to turn the architectural proposal into a physical model, without claiming authorship of the architecture represented.

At 1:400, the wooden contour layers and eco-cardboard intervention share a similar tone to express integration with the landscape.

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