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For our Mark Evison project, we decided to build an architectural model of a house. As we both had never created a model before, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try something new where we could incorporate and further develop our creative skills.
Before beginning the practical aspect of our project, we brainstormed different ideas for how our house should look. This included creating sketches of different designs from different angles etc. After deciding on a certain style, we created a final floor plan to base our model off.
This taught us how important it is to plan appropriately before starting to build anything, as first we had to decide on how big we wanted our model to be in real life, and then translate that onto a floor plan with a precise scale. This meant that our planning ended up being largely mathematical, something that we had not initially expected within a creative project!
We began building our model by cutting out all the individual pieces that would make up our base and the house. We used finnboard to do this as it is a lightweight material that can be easily cut and glued.
To give our base more strength, we decided to create it out of three pieces of finnboard glued together. We cut these pieces in such a way that would show the elevation of the house, which helped add more character to our model. We also added a pond at the bottom to enrich the surrounding area of the house.
What ended up taking the most effort in this project was the small yet vital decorations present on the model. Naturally finnboard is a very plain material, therefore to enhance the house we decided to cut some lollipop sticks and stick them to one of the walls, mirroring the appearance of wood planks.
This also made the texture of our model a lot more interesting. We decided to change up the texture of our model more with the door, the border of the pond and the rocky path leading up to the house. The surrounding trees we added also helped to add a colourful contrast to the more neutral colours of the rest of the model.
Overall, this was a very fun project to carry out. Not only did it teach us the importance of planning well and collaborating, but we also developed our practical skills by using new materials and devices when cutting which ended up being very rewarding. We would really like to thank the Mark Evison Foundation for providing us the opportunity to complete this project!
