Viviendas para amigos: a model of Álvaro Morales’s project
Academic project
Education and research
Scale models
Technical production preparation, Cutting and fretwork, Assembly
The project
“Viviendas para amigos” is a project by Álvaro Morales, presented in the context of final-year architecture projects. Archicercle helped realise it as a physical model, representing the terrain and the housing volumes.
Our contribution focused on the component breakdown, laser cutting and assembly. This work translated Álvaro Morales’s architectural proposal into a set of parts for the physical model; the original housing design was not the work of our studio.
The base represents the topography through layers of stepped contours in brown tones. A white, curving composition sits above this relief, with the contrast distinguishing the building from the terrain.
Assembly details document small elements being positioned by hand on the base. Views of the model reveal how the white components are arranged around a central void, following a winding course across the topography.
Superimposed, stepped contours give the terrain its visible relief.
The white components define the building’s geometry above the brown base.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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