PlanDrawings_MODELMAKING

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exhibitdesign

Making a Model

Plan and Elevation Drawings


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!Designs applied to the elevation

drawings for presentation.!!

(colored and merged in photoshop) --->


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Scotts House!


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Ingalls House!


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Step 1 :Attach your plan drawing to a sheet of foam core.!Step 2 :Attach your outer walls. In this case, the elevation drawings were completed. They were mounted to

the foam core with spray glue before cutting, The plan drawing tells us where to glue the walls onto the surface.!Step 3 :On your model, right on your walls, mark in a height indicator all the way up the walls, in 1 foot

increments- to help you visualize where your horizons are (remember 29

- 63

is the area for close up details).!


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Note : 1. Human Scale (a Person) for visualization, 2. Elevation Drawings on walls, 3. Floor tiles printed out and attached to floor (do this with your designs for the walls)

4. Corrugated cardboard for roof tiles, other materials to indicate 3-dimensional elements.!!


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Detail shots ! stairs are 1/2 width of foam core, door is cardboard with design drawn in

elevation drawings are applied to walls,and some 3D elements protrude out.

Fine detailing uses white card stock.!


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Using a Mass Model : Theme Park Space Planning:(indicatingmasses in your spatial design)

The model is used very early on in the development ofconcepts and ideas. It helps put depth to an otherwisetwo dimensional space.

Blocks of foam are cut into simple shapes and basic

masses to compose this model.

The important thing to realize about a mass model is thatit is a fluid object - nothing stays the same for long as theideas are developed. Masses get moved, pushed, pulled,

mirrored, squeezed and extended.

Because of this, little detail is put into these models. Evenan empty can of soda can be used as a mass if the scale a

shape belongs to your design.

Simple rule: make sure the size and the scale of the objects in the space are accurate.

Models are about determining proportion, scale, size, and shape

MAKING AMODEL FROM FOAM CORE!


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The key is to get a sense of the space with verylittle effort.

Before you begin, attach your plan drawing to the baseof your model using spray glue, to help you plot whereyour elements will go.

The models can be attached with minimal gluing so that

your elements can be moved, changed. Two parts becan held together with a single drop of glue, usingtoothpicks to skewer the foam core together, much like

a club sandwich until it dries.

Many times ordinary parts like cardboard, wood rodsand wire are used to compose a model like this.(Michaels carries wood rods, etc.)

The main material is foam core, but you may use other

materials to indicate a change in color or buildingmaterial (corrugated cardboard, etc.)

The materials needed to construct a model are :

Sheets of foam core, Elmer's (White) Glue, tooth picks,exacto blades, an architectural scale, and a straight

edge for cutting. Glue guns instead of glue are faster.

MAKING AMODEL FROM FOAM CORE!


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You can mount your preliminary elevations of structures,3D elements in your exhibit, etc, to the walls/sides

of structures, before cutting out in foam core.


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Keep in mind, when constructing your model,to account for the thickness of the foam core -

you can draw a line along the length of your cut

using a piece of foam core on its side.

Cut away the foam core to the outer paper laminate.

Your two corners should fit like a puzzle.

( tip: always cut on a cutting pad, and replace your blades often )


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You can play with the thickness and structure of foamcoreBy peeling away the outer paper laminate, you expose

the inner foam, which can then be sculpted.

( tip: moisten the foam core first )


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.. Or textured(in this case a brick pattern)


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the inner foam, which can then be sculpted

( tip: moisten the foam core first )


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwj8Bd4GPYcSketchup demo : fromsketchup for dummieson u-tube!

And many more!


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibz8mHKd_XkFoam core model process :!


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