Fox Fridays Basics: Physical Model Making

Explore a variety of materials and methods of building architectural physical models. The workshop is geared toward first-year and second-year undergraduate students, but anyone is welcome to join. The workshop will feature three parts: presentation of materials and precedents; introduction of materials and fabrication workshop; and demonstration of model making and practices.

Takeaways: Students will take home a physical model.

Cross-disciplinary Connections: Physical model making as a process of visualizing spaces and improving design that were started in the drawings.

Instructors: Yuwei Yang is a fourth-year undergraduate architecture student. Allen LIang is a fourth-year undergraduate architecture student and a lab monitor for the digital fabrication shop.

Continued Resources After the workshop, participants can learn more on YouTube and by enrolling in digital fabrication lab courses in the Sam Fox School. They can also get in touch with Allen Llang or Matthew Branham, the instructional technician who manages the Caleres Fabrication Studio.