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  • “Anatomies of Architectural Form” event page goes live

    “Anatomies of Architectural Form” event page goes live

    The event page for the “Anatomies of Architectural Form” exhibition went live this week on the Glasgow School of Art web page. I’ve spent the last few months organising the exhibition along with Suzanne Dunscombe, Architectural Model maker at the Glasgow School of Art. The exhibition is a celebration of 25 years of the architectural…

  • Laying out the pieces for 1:2000 Site Context Model

    Drawing inspiration from how Plaza Mayor imposes itself onto the fabric of the medieval core of Madrid, I wanted to explore further how the architectural promenade would affect the western edge of the city. I decided on 1:2000 as it showed a good contrast between the density of the medieval city to the east and…

  • Chiselling through excess plaster

    Due to the buoyancy of the foam used for the formwork in the plaster the “lightwell” section had floated within the cast before setting. I had to use measurements from the computer model to make an educated guess about where the void lay before using a chisel to cut through the excess plaster to get…

  • Removing the plaster formwork

    Spent the afternoon removing the plaster cast from the moult and chiselling out the foam formwork. The plaster got between the separate pieces of the foam so it was tricky in places to separate excess plaster from model.

  • Plaster Casting Day

    Turning Ali’s kitchen into a plaster casting workshop to make a concept model for the atmospheres I wanted to create for promenade. There were around 6 separate casts, each about 6-10 litres and it took 2 days to complete entirely. Inside the formwork was made of different types of foam and cast within a 15mm…