Architectural Model Making - Material Selection - An Architect's Guide (Part 2)
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In the second video in our multi-part series on architectural model making we review my favorite model making materials and reasons you might choose one material over another. Stick around at the end for 12 quick material tips.
Material selection will be dependent - for the most part - on the model’s purpose as we discussed in part 1 and it’s the one factor that will most directly impact the finished cost of your model - in both real dollars and in time. More luxurious materials require more care to work with and are often less forgiving than inexpensive ones. For this reason, you’ll typically want to save the expensive materials for the more finished, presentation quality models or you may choose to use them strategically to highlight one particular portion of your model you want a client (or jury) to focus on.
I review in detail the following materials:
1) Cardstock (paper)
2) Kraft paper
3) Trace
4) Mylar
5) Corrugated cardboard
6) Chipboard
7) Foam
8) Foam core (and why I dislike it so!)
9) Clay
10) Museum board
11) Wood
12) Cork
13) Sheet plastics
I list a few unconventional materials too, things like: matchsticks, florist wire, guitar strings, sandpaper, zip ties, plaster, concrete, and wire screening.
At the end of the video I leave you with 12 quick material-based pro tips to motivate and inspire you.
What are your favorite materials? Have I left any out?
In the next video we'll take a tour of my studio and look at my model making toolkit. Please share if you found this information helpful...I invest a lot of time making each video and want to help as many as possible! Cheers...
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Your videos flow like water, so natural . . easy to learn from. Your script and narration are broadcast quality plus adding your personal experiences grounds your sincerity. Love
seeing people like you follow their passion to help others propel their skills. Great Job!
Quick tip, chipboard, cardboard, and other similar materials will change color is exposed to sunlight, even through a window. If only part of a sheet of chipboard or whatever is exposed it will leave a sort of tan line. Site models look terrible when each layer is a slightly different color. Store these materials somewhere dark, as even indirect light can be enough to damage the color.
I really like your videos. Very concise, down-to-earth content. Watching your videos inspires me a lot and actually helps a lot in my studio class.
And I'm in a career change right now.
Great series of videos, cant wait to see the next one !
Thank you for all of these advices.
Cheers from a first year architecture student in France.
I recently found your channel. I am a high school art teacher and former sculpture professor. I teach at a Tech high school in NY. I use ALL of your model making videos and insights on "sketching" as inspiration for my students during projects. I play your model making series in the background daily as a "stretch it" method for student engagement and as a means to apply real world applications for our tech students to conceptualize the design lessons learned in art classes. Thank you so much for producing these inspiring videos.
Very cool to hear! If you'd like some sketchbooks, I know a good source: thirtybyforty.com/blank
I'm making a model of Murph her room in the movie "Interstellar" for personal model making studies, and watching your videos have helped me a lot in my choices of material and techniques! I'm 16 and I just started studying architecture, and last year was very concrete. But thanks to your videos I can study at home with more insight and detail, credit to you for my school results!
cheers +Matthew Vandeviane ...glad I could help...! keep making things...
Wow! Your series of Model Making really helps for a first year architecture student like me. Because I don't know what materials should I use for models, I tend to spend a lot of money to the materials I didn't even use. This video saved me from spending lots of money plus I understand how the materials should be use. Thank youuuuu Sir. More power!
Just started Architecture and Environmental Engineering at University and I must say, with thanks to you, this is the best decision I have made. Your hours of free, in depth content has made me feel confident about my course decision and I am looking forward to the future and attempting to make a name for myself. Thank you sir for your inspiration.
I really appreciate the knowledge you're imparting onto us viewers!
I'm a first year architecture student and model making has been my least favorite activity, but these sure are making me excited to start making another one I have to pass for design class!
Another awesome video Eric. Love your work and your architectural style.
Your channel is a gold mine. Thank you!
Thanks fellow Architect about the material selection, high quality materials and quick tips knowledge in making of an architectural model.
I recently found your videos and as a beginning woodworker i want to design a form factor to install under my table saw to aid in collecting dust and to be able to funnel it towards the output port so my dust collection system can easily vacuum it up. Been struggling with how to design such a thing. It's an enclosed space and the actually top of collector needs to be bendable or shapeable ..... i need a sloping and very smooth material that will act as the funnel. Still not sure what material to use. But your videos have given me more clues. Thank you !
Broaden my mind as a sophomore year in architecture, thank you!
absolutely!
omg this is very informative. for sure, it will help me in final ID project. im ID student sem 2. just a beginer of interior architecture student. thanks I hv learn something new and bloody informative one. and yes!! i just can say more, more and more. I want more
This was very informative. I hope you'll soon upload your next video.
I began to study interior architecture and I feel like I'm gonna need an extra room for all of that stuff! Very helpful video.
I have also used white wax . You take a matte or glossy texture according to the mold you use. You can also change its color by adding color in the form of dust and if it's not mixed evenly it takes a marble- like look.
Hi Dude, water colour papers wrapping card gives a beautiful model. It serves a great way of discussing the porosity of materials.
I like to select materials that dodge the "doll house" look of models. The scaled material affords the opportunity to recognise the poetics a site or situation the architect is responding to. This is venturing into sculpture and art, but it adds a layer of complexity that just mass, colour contrast and form struggle with and render the model like the monochromatic model you indicated in referring to the Hadid relief model
Love your work. You're an inspiration
Excellent resource! Thank you for this.
thank you so much .. i used to always use foam core in first yr and wondered why my models always turnedout bad ! I will surely try the other materials next time
I never thought about incorporating the natural deterioration of materials into my models. I'll have to think about these in my future designs. Thinking about how the building will look in 10, 20, 30 years and using that deterioration as embellishment will upgrade the quality of my designs. Thank you.
Ive been doing a lot of architectural model for my project and i find that architectural model making even though its not very detail but the client appreciate and can see better picture between the building and surrounding compare to 3D images. The client seems to be so much interested when they can touch, turn from every angle and even give some good feedback for the design.
100% agree...this is exactly my experience too...and it's a form of 3d sketching for me...i love making models...
I like everything you present in your videos! The script, the information, the models. So perfect! I wish I learned this in my professor too. :D
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Tools + materials all linked up here: thirtybyforty.com/blog/architectural-model-making-tips
Dude, I love you... 12:29
I previously used lead for a model, it is cuttalble with a steady knife and has a beautiful architecturale look. also celstone is a soft stone that you can work with easely, it has a very characterific feeling (zumthor also used it before)thanks for your amazing video's!
Are you in New Orleans I just saw a model of the city and river ?
I am a builder Man ,but I love this channel ...
Great video. I am going to build a 1/48th scale free form model house and was going to use foam board but after watching this video decided to try 1/32 inch thick chipboard. I was also considering using extremely thin balsa wood but was concerned about cutting across the grain. Since many of the exterior walls are not vertical, much like a haul of a ship is not really vertical, I will have build the walls up like they were taking the form of a topographic map. I have decided on such a small scale that building the walls using a layering technique is more practical that than trying to build a framework and stretching material over it. If you have any suggestions, I am all ears.
Ive found your channel yesterdey and i cant stop watching your vídeos, there are awesome! Thank you! There re very helpful típs because im a disaster doing models!
Whats the material you use at 1:53?
Cheers from an architecture student in argentina!
How would you cut a 2mm sheet of ply? I've got some and would love to use it for my models, but it's too thick to cut well with my knife. Love your channel, very informative and inspiring, cheers.
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Nice material selection!
You're the first video I have to put on 0.75 instead of x2 speed. Which is a huge compliment!
too funny...we have the same viewing habits!
Love this. Its great to look into someone else's modelling workflow and preferred materials. I don't mind foam core but this is because it cuts well in the laser cutter without leaving burn/singe marks on the material.
If cutting foam core manually it is possible to get a tool to help (especially to make mitre joints). The best tools for i have seen (but not used) is the FoamWerks Tools. I want to get myself some in the future. - LJ
Its really expensive stuff in Australia especially starting out if you include the tools to but it properly.
Yes, couldn't agree more. I use it quite sparingly and as a student, I can only dream of some of the tools I have seen. Thankfully with the laser cutter, I can get away with not needing too many tools. Here on the Gold Coast we only have limited options of where to buy it as well. My preferred is Eckersley's, however, it tends to be on the expensive side and the temptation is strong to pick up more Copic Markers. - LJ 😄
i was looking for this kind of videos,thanks man new subscriber
welcome...thanks for the sub...
NO thank you for sharing these kind of videos that help us alot
Make more of these model making vdo please! This is amazing
I havent done any modeling but i like sculpting with tie wire, its got a little thickness, holds its shape, and doesnt seem too expensive, only downside i see is that it can make your hands greasy given enough time. Its the stuff they use to tie rebar together before pouring concrete.
Guess this was more a material than a tool though, i have used it before for measurements i suppose, or punching a small hole in something like foamcore.
And if you want you can make a tight coil or two shorter tight loops a distance apart and put a separate pece of wire through it and that wire will be free to rotate, if you care to include anything sortof mechanical. That also goes backwards too, the ring will slide along the other wire, might be usable for say a sliding door.
If you care to you can make linkages from it, though i find too many little separate pieces of wire and i lose track
cool tip...thanks...
You guys awesome! such a good references, thank you!
...thanks +Yusuf Hakim...glad you're enjoying the vids
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I personally like foamboard but I use it exclusively as a base for my models. Since it's very light and I work with light materials if I have an accident and the model falls it doesn't breaks apart as it falls down slowly. Though it is true that foamboard dulls blades quite fast so I don't work with it in any more aspects than building the terrain.
Yeah, u got a new sub..I've been wanting to build a 3D model but can't cauz I don't know what to use :) thank u :D
Should have encountered such awesome videos in my freshman year.
always a student my friend...always a student...
Architectural models fascinated me a long time ago when I was a kid and I will love to make my own ones to make Football/Soccer Stadiums for Subbuteo and Race tracks dioramas combining 3D printing and laser cutting if I could have a house with big space. Great work on this video, very helpful and useful! Keep up the good work and best regards from Portugal.
Cheers, thanks!
@@30by40 You're welcome, keep up the good work!
I have a question:
What kind of materials can help me to build an amorphous/round shape model?🤔
more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more thats all i can say
very helpful!
This is Grand!
Thank you for the information. Really like what you share. But its not easy to get all types of materials. I've been using sun board to make models. Its easy to cut. Its clean. And can get different thickness as well.
Thanks for this beautiful video. If you don't mind i would like to know about the red building at the very beginning of this video, just ten seconds after the beginning. Is it your design for a class? Is it extract from a website. If it exists, in really interested in this project. Thanks a lot.
U explained very honestly
im not an archetect but i like the idea of model making
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Great video, very informative ! What materials would you recommend to represent an ocean/river on a site model?
Cool video!
Most excellent and Mahalo! I am seriously wondering how to begin the land, site and topography upon which to build the home model.?
I just reviewed Pt 1 and 2 materials. I have a fixed site, with limited space more or less and the ocean to the front and rather steep fall always to each side of the site.
I have a doubt.
Where can you use Aluminum Sheets? or Food Foil, as some people call it. Would it be an interesting effect if I used transparent paper on top of it to create a crackled effect for a flooring for a Illusion Interior? Where can you specifically/ effectively use this Aluminum Sheets?
what glue should i use to keep cork from rolling back up in a contour setting?
i was looking for this! thank you so much for uploading this informative video, i'm wondering what would be the best materials for organic shaped building or fluidity design model especially the roof? its hard for me to find suitable materials....
+Jiah Rosli couple of ideas: tights (stockings), trace, Mylar, Saran Wrap , alum foil, fabrics, papers (rice, etc), thin acetate (score it to bend, heat to melt), model aircraft wing foil...good luck!
Hey sir. Now im looking for organic architecture model materials. So do you have any suggestion ? cuz my model design is quite many with used of curvy shape
Great, thanks a lot!
Hi, just wanted to ask how do you sand the material (specifically acetate or mylar), because I am not really sure how to do that.
Thank you
As a student you usually don't have funds to buy high end cutting tools such as laser cutter ,and others machines to cut wood. What would you suggest should we just stick to foam board and chip board for our final models ?Or we get it done in shops or stores outside ?
not sure where you're located, but here in the US most schools have a laser cutter on-site...however, all you really need is a blade and some chipboard (I really dislike foam core)...good luck!
My gf is an architecture student. Trust me it's a nightmare to find architectural supplies in India!
I'm not an architct but a beginner in model making. What are the best materials to start with for building a miniature cityscape?
THANKS!
I'm just a kid and I already make models. I'm still working on o e big one
Love it
thank you so so much!!!!. Really struggled with model making first semester but these videos are really helping :) I wish they just showed us this at the start.
edit: also, what's the model you show at 2:49 to 2:51?
cheers...glad you found it helpful...
the model at 2:49 is by Lebbeus Woods...inspiring chipboard models from his studio...
@@30by40 I was wondering if that was the case...He spent a week at my school a lonnnnggggg time ago. Very interesting man and a true visionary.
I've been wanting crafting model for architecture ever since I'm a little boy, but after twist and turns I ended up on urban and regional planning. 30x40, do you think it's still viable for me to use model for visualizing a plan. Also I've been (3/10) foot deep into GIS app for the last three years making maps, how to marry this two skill that would be useful for an planner?
I need some a critical advice. I designed an expo building for my design studio, but its form is too organic to model with cardboads etc... I think that i can use clay, but i have question marks all over my head. I cant find a proper example for an architectural model which made by clay. Why most of the people are not prefer clay? Is it too heavy? Is it gets cracked so easy? Or is there any material which is easy to use?
very helpful videos , please keep them coming !
and I was wondering what's the name of the project at 7:38 ?
You'll find all the project images on the Pinterest board linked up in the description. Cheers...
What adhesive do you recommend for translucent surfaces?
Aeroply is great for forming rigid curved surfaces.
i swear you need to make a discord channel, Its great if you're thinking to bring the community together. they can work together, ask questions and just have fun, it will be a great advantage for both you and the community in general.
My study project is Café and I only got foam board and foam core because of the lockdown. If u got any suggestions?? 😕
I am building not architectural models, but sci-fi spaceships, etc. But this architectural model making is pretty interesting as well, and I would like to build some. Also, I can always use buildings in my dioramas, heh.
I know I asked you this question in another video of yours, but perhaps this is more appropriate, since the question dealt with materials for curved walls. I have a home model that I built many years ago, but I somewhat stopped when I couldn't find a suitable material to create curved walls, that matched the other materials of my model, ... balsa, bass, and wood dowels. I hunted for years on end, but never found what I was looking for. I have an atrium that has an entire curved outside wall that I made out of cereal box type cardboard, but didn't want to use the same for a "sunroom" that was attached to the exterior semi-circle portion of the atrium, as well as some walls within close proximity. Just curious. I may have a nephew create a "professional" presentation of the model, ... so I'm starting to get "a little excited" about it again, ... as it has been sitting in my basement for years, ... just waiting for my imagination to complete it.
I thought about going to Ball State in Muncie, IN when I was in high school, ... but I am a multi-talented guy, who chose to go into IT instead, ... but occasionally get the feeling that my passion was/is architecture, and wish I had gone that route.
Your never to old to follow your passion...never. Maybe this will help, maybe not. As a woodworker, curves are an every day event for me. How do you make wood curve? One of the methods is to build a sub shape and then attach veneer with spray adhesive. I think, if you coupled that with Eric's idea of printing off textures from photos, you could create a curved wall sub structure and then spray adhesive the proper texture on the wall. As to building the sub structure: if it is a wall that bends...cut out a bottom and top "plate" that establishes the curved shape. Then cut what amounts to studs at the correct height. Glue all that together. Put a front and back on it and then apply the texture. Weather it up in the way that makes sense and you should get pretty close to what you are looking for. Hope that helps. (Seems like you could do that with chipboard for the sub structure, which Eric covers.)
I use bass wood for flooring in the models
Help!
When I was in college, I used sheet (polyurethane) to build my models. I recall using a liquid to bind the pieces together. I can't remember the name for the life of me. Do you happen to know what it's called? Thanks
I agree not to use Foam Core but try to experiment with different sources.
indeed, esp. given that there are so many better choices...
Where do you find your cement? Can not seem to find it anywhere online.
how about a fluid model? what type of material should we use?
Could you focus on materials that make great bases and how to set your model onto them?
I'm planning to do one on bases for sure...
What material can you suggetst in Curving structure=)??
I learned so much in the span of 16 min... This would have took an entire semester, maybe more depending on what school.
how can we test structure like steel beams and columns by using models?
Very informative 👍🏻
great...
What's the smallest gauge of chipboard recommended to practice model making?
The two gauges I prefer are roughly 1/32" (.030) and roughly 1/16" (.070)...but it's cheap enough ($0.60 - $1.79/sheet) that you can buy an assortment and test to see which you like best.
...1/8" looks beautiful, but it's a bear to cut even with a heavy utility knife like the Olfa L2
Thank you! Much appreciated!
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What materials is good for glass skyscrapers
Does Museum board have another name? I can't find the name for that material in Spanish. Anyone knows?
Nice - Have you ever tried vacuum forming for glasswork?
would be fun, but I lack the equipment...you?
I actually just got stuck into some last week with the FormBox. Mocked up some glass geodesics - came out really well.
What type of hand tool can cut a corkboard?
Hey hi! anybody knows the name used at 11.07 for the water?
Where do you buy the woods?
What material is the best for curved walls?
what glue varieties can I use
well, it is not a real "material" of sorts .... but... I simply 3D print panels, walls, and details... it does not work for everything and yes you do need a printer... but I find even the cr-10 (i have a range of 3d printers even like an ultimaker 3 extended) which is not that expensive ... will get you awesome results
and if you have done one or 2 productions ... well, the printer is paid off...hahahha
also nowadays you can find a lot of cool printing materials... like "wood" or "stone"...
Hi! Your videos are extremely helpful, I'm doing an assignment for school that requires us to research architectural model making. You covered a lot of useful and important points in the video, would you just be able to quickly help me reference your work in my assignment. I have to obviously reference all of my sources and state their reliability. If you wouldn't mind, would you be able to tell me your name, university degree and the amount of years you have been professionally making architectural models. Thank you so much!
check the bio and website links...cheers...
sorry, i have aquestion. what is trace in spanish ? im looking for that material
You can have the most beautiful mathematical formula and imply it there.
Still needed today due to software like 3dsmax.