Architectural Modelmaking by Dunn, Nick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Title Page Contents Introduction

Why we make models A brief history Modelmaking now About this book Getting started Machines

Media

Introduction

Abstraction

Size and scale The selection and composition of media Paper and cardboard

Step by step: Developing a design using paper models

Wood

Step by step: Woodworking

Styrofoam, acrylic and plastics

Case study: Using plastics and styrofoam Step by step: Making an acrylic model

Resin, clay and cast materials

Step by step: Casting a plaster model from a silicone mould Case study: Casting resin elements Step by step: Using plasticine to develop form Step by step: Casting a concrete model Step by step: Casting concrete components from a silicone mould

Steel and other metalwork

Step by step: Modelling a geodesic dome

CAD/CAM

CNC Step by step: Powder printing Step by step: ABS Printing/Rapid prototyping

3D Printing: Amalgam Modelmaking

Step by step: CNC milling & routing

Finishing techniques Photography and film

Step by step: Creating a realistic photomontage Digital and camera technology Case study: Model photography Case study: Time lapse and lighting effects

Types

Introduction Concept models

Case study: From concept to design proposal

Site/city models Block/massing models Design development models

Step by step: Making a wax model Case study: Process models

Spatial models

Case study: Spatial models as design generator

Structural models

Case study: Structural models in the design process

Interior architecture models

Case study: Exploring light and shadow

Lighting models

Step by step: Light effects on an interior

Presentation/exhibition models

Step by step: Making a presentation model Case study: Models for an exhibition

Full-sized prototypes

Case study: Prototype models Case study: Material exploration through prototypes Step by step: Making a cladding model

Application

Introduction Descriptive models

Case study: Descriptive model as communication tool Case study: Descriptive model as practice

Predictive models

Case study: Detail models Case study: Predictive modelling as hybrid process Case Study: Predictive modelling as technical study

Evaluative models

Case study: Evaluating material properties Step by step: Evaluating the effects of a façade

Explorative models

Case study: Explorative model of urban flows Case study: Prototyping through explorative models Step by step: Exploring materials through models Case study: Exploring new materials through models Case study: Explorative models of spatial narratives Case study: Taichung Metropolitan Opera House

Modelling the future

Case study: Integrated making and thinking

Glossary Further reading Index Picture credits Acknowledgements

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