How we assembled the architectural design

Hey. I work in a creative studio of architecture and advertising. We have officially been in the service market since 2008, since we have gained a lot of experience and would like to share some of the subtleties of our activities. Who cares how we built such a thing as in the photo, welcome under cat.

Our largest project to date is an architectural model of a residential complex of 440 hectares.

The layout was collected for the presentation of large-scale construction at the International Architecture Forum (MAF) 2013 in Sochi:
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Everything is going with the help of skillful hands, remarkable willpower, tweezers, glue and paper. A little electronics, solder, magic is added, everything mixes up and a layout is obtained. This is called a combined manual assembly.



I will explain in advance, warning all questions about 3D printing. In this project, paper structures assembled by hand turned out to be preferable according to the following criteria:

- cost price;
- picturesque - because paper texture gives a more natural visual effect;
- and, finally, the most important thing - speed, due to the high urgency of the task.

Source materials are ArchiCAD working drawings provided by customers.





From the drawings of each object, a two-dimensional sketch is created. Next, the paper is cut with a CNC laser and it turns out a "prefabricated" house.



In addition to houses, there are trees. Lots of trees.



We can make trees for any time of the year.





Then the house is going.



A lot of houses.



The finished house looks like this:





All elements are mounted on a beech and ash base.
Electronics and wiring are mounted a little earlier. Artem payay wiring:



Type of finished layout:

Some characteristics

The number of people who participated in the work	13
Lead time	2 months
Work schedule	12 hours a day without holidays
Out paper	27 sq. M. m
Laser cut	57 km.
LEDs	9,000 pieces
Touch control	10 blocks
Of trees	19,000 pieces
Houses almost	1500 pieces
Wire cable	15 km.
Total power consumption	1 kW
Layout weight	1400 kg
Layout area	4.5 x 6 m
Scale	1: 500

If you are in Krasnodar, you can see the layout on display at the Krasnaya Ploschad mega-center, and if you drive along West Bypass Street, you can compare the layout with actual construction.

It was a small excursion into the world of industrial modeling.

Thanks for attention!



PS If it was interesting, I will write an article on how to assemble the simplest model of the house.