Architectural Modelmaking/
Nick Dunn
- London : Laurence King, 2010.
- 192 p.. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.)
- Portfolio skills. Architecture .
Introduction -- Why we make models -- A brief history -- Modelmaking now -- Getting started -- Machines -- Media -- Introduction -- Abstraction -- Size and scale -- The selection and composition of media -- Paper and cardboard -- Developing a design using paper models -- Wood -- Naturally grown woods -- Wood-based sheets -- Woodworking -- Styrofoam and plastics -- Using plastics and styrofoam -- Making an acrylic model -- Resin, clay, and cast materials -- Casting a plaster model -- Using plasticine to develop form -- Casting a concrete model -- Steel and other metalwork -- Modeling a geodesic dome -- CAD/CAM -- Developing a model using CAD/CAM -- Photography and film -- Creating a realistic photomontage -- Digital and camera technology -- Types -- Concept models -- Site/city models -- Block/massing models -- Design-development models -- Making a wax model -- Case study: Process models -- Spatial models -- Structural models -- Interior architecture models -- Case study: Exploring light and shadow -- Lighting models -- Investigating light effects on an interior -- Presentation/exhibition models -- Making a presentation model -- Case study: Models for an exhibition -- Full-sized prototypes -- Case study: Prototypes models -- Making a cladding model -- Application -- Descriptive models -- Predictive models -- Case study: Detail models -- Evaluative models -- Case study: Evaluating a space -- Evaluating the effects of a façade -- Explorative models -- Exploring materials through models -- Case study: Evolving scars, Bernard Khoury -- Modeling the future.
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