After successful completion of the course, students are able to produce a professional model of an architectural, artistic or industrial product design using analogue and digital production techniques. Students acquire practical craftsmanship as well as formal aesthetic skills (coping with questions of representation concerning scale, material, abstraction, etc.).
In contrast to the basic course Architectural Model Making 258.032, where process models for architectural design are produced, more elaborate presentation models are produced in this LVA. These represent students' own architectural designs, usually a diploma-design, and if the degree of complexity is appropriate, designs from the master's program.
Students who do not currently have a design that they would like to implement can implement a model from our special program. Currently, these are film architectures that we would like to show in an exhibition in the foreseeable future. For example, we are still missing the house from the movie "Zabriskie Point", which was an important protagonist in the movie and which explodes at the end.
In special cases, models of design and freer artistic sketches can also be created in this LVA. All materials that are commonly used in model making can be used: Plastics, metals, wood, cardboard, etc.
Registration is not necessary at the beginning of the semester. Registration takes place throughout the year if you submit plans of your own design as part of a registration interview. Special programs (e.g. for exhibitions) and cooperation projects with design institutes are also offered occasionally.
Within the framework of this LVA, models or parts of models can be produced with the aid of CNC-controlled machines (laser cutter, 3-axis portal milling machines). 3D printers and a spray room are also available. For the production of objects with CAM techniques (Computer Aided Manufacturing), the in-depth courses "Numerical Manufacturing Methods" (LVA 264.048 VO) and "Digital Model" (LVA 264.047 VU) are additionally recommended.
A photo studio offers the possibility of documenting the result photographically. Here we recommend the in-depth LVA 264.120 "Architectural Photography".
Workshop opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (during holidays the workshop is closed).