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PHYSICAL MODELS
This is a collection of three physical models I made during my first year at the University of Bath.
The first one uses balsa strips and sheets. The project (Solus) asked for the design of a small retreat space intended for 4-5 hours stay. The main objective was to feel close to nature. With our given site being a riverbank, we (a group of 4 architecture and engineering students) decided to design a fishing hut.
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The second one was made during a lockdown and therefore uses improvised materials such as cardboard and grill sticks. It is a design for an exhibition space in Bristol dedicated to the removal of Edward Colston’s Plinth as a sign of protest against slavery.
The third and final one also uses cardboard, styrofoam, and this time - sugar! The brief was to design a retreat center. My decision to make Buddhism the main theme led me to the creation of three beautiful Zen gardens. Sugar is used to represent sand and to shape different shapes within the gardens. A thin wire is also used for the creation of a Buddha statue to sit in the middle of one of the courtyards.
