30X40 Design Workshop
Why Make Architecture Models? Here's why you should be making physical models of your architecture. Even with so many digital tools that are faster and more accurate and easier to change, Eric still builds physical scale models of his architecture.
| Length | 05:15 |
| Price | Free of charge |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | English |
About the video
I treat building models as a form of three-dimensional sketching. The act of making and manipulating things with your hands has been scientifically shown to produce more efficient, more creative, and more insightful solutions to problems. Physical feedback from our physical environment benefits our creative performance.
Making models allows me to:
– Step away from the distractions of an all digital environment
– Sketch in three-dimensions
– Have a tangible product to engage with and show the client
– Unearth new ideas. Deliberate vs. unexpected or unplanned design revelations provide insights I can’t find any other way
– Models are teaching tools of real-world physics
– They allow for metacognition: thinking about how you’re thinking about a problem.
At its heart, architecture is about making and I hope this inspires you to go and make (great) things!
Meet the instructors
Eric Reinholdt is a founder of Thirty by Forty Design Workshop which was established in June 2013 in a home he designed overlooking Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. In 2016, he designed and constructed the Long Studio to complement the Longhouse and serve as a full-scale model of his design principles and the latest in building science; this is the home for 30X40.
“My work celebrates humble materials, subtle contrasts and finely-crafted details. I have a strong interest in modern regionalist design, local materials and familiar building forms juxtaposed against modern, open floor plans. I employ a minimalist, Shaker-like palette of details inspired by the site and natural surroundings.”
Video syllabus
Building things by hand