Urbanism
Environment
Design
Environment
Design
Full Scale Modelling
Walking round the full scale model houses Part 1 from 2Up 2Down on Vimeo.
This week the young people made full scale models of terraced houses of their own designs. Building plans at full scale in cardboard helped the young people to refine their designs, since we could make changes easily as we went along (unlike when building in bricks and mortar!). It also helped to gain a greater understanding of scale, and how someone actually inhabits the spaces they had been designing. Whilst some imagination was needed to see beyond the cardboard, it was possible to set up a study room complete with desk and chair, a computer and family photographs or set a kitchen table ready for dinner.
Walking around model houses part 2 from 2Up 2Down on Vimeo.
It was just after this session that it was confirmed that the Bakery on Oakfield Road would be the site for the project - with specific plans to be developed by Christmas!
