30 Minute Study Model - Here’s How

The digital tools of architecture practice are always changing, but most architects will tell you that analog tools - sketching and model making - are an unchanged part of their design process. I find making things by hand - the craft of it - forces me to slow down, to think and to explore. It’s often a failed experiment that pushes the work in a new, unexpected direction. In this video, watch as I turn a conceptual sketch into a working study model which I’ll use as a presentation and design tool for an upcoming client meeting. **See all the tools materials I use here: #architecturemodelmaking #architecture #architecturelovers ▬▬▬▬▬ Resources ▬▬▬▬▬ ➕ Digital drawing templates: ➕ Specification Schedule templates: ➕ Architect’s Toolkit: ➕ Architect Entrepreneur Course: ➕ Notion template (free): ▬▬▬▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Intro 00:58 The Concept Sketch 01:50 Model Base 02:44 Modeling Materials 03:42 My First Year Cutting Accident 06:45 Cutting Mat Trick 08:12 Modeling Trick 10:45 Spatial Blocks 13:00 Modeling Glass 13:35 Modeling Doors 15:22 “Sketch” Decks 16:48 Framing Hack 18:06 Model Trees Vegetation 20:06 Modeling a Water Feature 21:03 Final Assembly 23:09 Finished Architectural Study Model 23:55 Tools materials for this build on ▬▬▬▬▬ GEAR I USE ▬▬▬▬▬