Architecture Model Making Tutorial Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @30by40
    @30by40  2 года назад +8

    Better architectural drawings (5 tips you can use today): drawing.thirtybyforty.com/
    More model making content here: thirtybyforty.com/blog/model-build-outpost-project

  • @serbanstoica1910
    @serbanstoica1910 5 лет назад +1199

    There is not really a big internet comunity for arhitects and you doing these videos i think really are an inspiration for all of us begginers. Thank you!

    • @gilbertbio2662
      @gilbertbio2662 5 лет назад +4

      True

    • @matthewbonfield
      @matthewbonfield 5 лет назад +3

      agreed

    • @davecalucin6804
      @davecalucin6804 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah that's right

    • @davidhernandez9985
      @davidhernandez9985 5 лет назад +2

      Yes, indeed Mr.Storica & happy 2020 just a year later very inspirational!

    • @Stormer1633
      @Stormer1633 4 года назад +2

      Amen brother. I'm on board with modelling as a design tool too, awesome and thanks so much to opening the craft of architecture practitioners that in my experience has been considered part of the black art. Your openness I think really appeals to the many sole trader architects around the world

  • @eduardochavacano
    @eduardochavacano 5 лет назад +69

    an architect who can make models, is like a fashion designer who can actually draw or make illustrations. That means they really have great talent.

  • @davidkonevky7372
    @davidkonevky7372 4 года назад +51

    I want a bigger community for architects! They all seem so bright and hard-working but still enjoying themselves

  • @Mr1996lygin
    @Mr1996lygin 5 лет назад +287

    A physical model speaks more than a digital model.

    • @davidkonevky7372
      @davidkonevky7372 4 года назад +9

      True, but digital models can help sometimes, especially for groups projects

    • @xXSepZXx
      @xXSepZXx 4 года назад +4

      Nope

    • @Refik9
      @Refik9 4 года назад +4

      Yes but some professors require you to do a digital model, and is easier to do a digital model because you have more options.
      (Edited)
      Aspesely now with covid, doing a digital model in a group is easier. On my opinion.

    • @malaksameh9994
      @malaksameh9994 3 года назад +1

      I respect your opinion. I don’t have an opinion on this yet, so I’m curious as to why do you think so?

    • @9xnex134
      @9xnex134 3 года назад

      @@malaksameh9994 Well, I suppose a physical model provides ability for expansion when it comes to viewing and scale. It makes things easier to see, however I understand that digital models can also anticipate interception when you’re looking for handy-dandy portability.

  • @joserosa5342
    @joserosa5342 5 лет назад +87

    Right Now u are my architect to emulate, not to copy because your way of work makes me happy and gives me chills. That's a good sign to follow your projects, ideas, concepts. Plus I'm following your advice to takes photos about nature, architecture, textures, to make sketches. That advice is really helping me out to learn, to train more my hand for sketching and getting helpful knowledge. Thanks so much Prof. Eric

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +1

      Appreciate your support...cheers🤘🏻

  • @bobateacafe5792
    @bobateacafe5792 5 лет назад +50

    been watching you since i was 12, i'm now 16 and wanting to be an architecture. I really love your videos, these videos have an inspiration for me and a BIG help. Thank You

    • @lemonstrangler
      @lemonstrangler 2 года назад +1

      how did it go? did you become architecture yet ?

    • @bobateacafe5792
      @bobateacafe5792 2 года назад +1

      @@lemonstrangler nope, i am 19 now and i'm currently studying Computer Science and Data Sciences

    • @Owenmine40
      @Owenmine40 2 года назад

      @@bobateacafe5792 hello im in my first year of college for architecture! what made you switch to another major?

  • @rosamente
    @rosamente 3 года назад +5

    You are the single greatest architecture educator that I have ever met. I went through nearly 6 years of architecture school and I never learned as much as with the content in your channel. Thank you very much. Your videos have re inspired me to design and create with love.

  • @dawnmelanson
    @dawnmelanson 5 лет назад +363

    I always found model making relaxing, (except the 2am school ones) almost like playing with legos!

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +54

      100% agree...getting paid to "play" was always a dream of mine...

    • @the-first-liam
      @the-first-liam 4 года назад +14

      @@30by40 same, my first dream job was Lego set designer, but then I got hooked on architecture, and now I'm a junior in arch school

    • @KhoaNguyen-rk9dz
      @KhoaNguyen-rk9dz 2 года назад +2

      minus the superglue burns

  • @maltemichels
    @maltemichels 5 лет назад +179

    Models models models! Please show more of these methods and processes.

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +7

      Coming in part 2...

  • @ianbaker5566
    @ianbaker5566 3 года назад +1

    AutoCad draftsmen for the steel industry here. I love that statement that the computer “might force you to make a decision you aren’t ready to”. I feel that so much! Love the content

  • @JosephHuether
    @JosephHuether Год назад +1

    My old office had accumulated boxes ad boxes of various basswood and plexi shapes from decades of study model building.
    They were extremely helpful and fun to work with. Just print out a site plan / survey drawing, grab the box of shapes and go at it. It helps to squint while viewing your initial “work”. Need something unique or new, start cutting up a new shape on the band saw.
    Not “presentation model” but a great alternative to trying to manipulate something digital. A century ago most design architects had considerable skills with plastilina…sort of a lost art these days.
    Great video!

  • @aerozg
    @aerozg 4 года назад

    This is exactly the reason i make architectural models. I am not an architect though, i just do it as a hobby. I am a UX/UI designer working for a giant software company designing boring business software using data grids and web forms. The money is great, but there is little to no room for creativity in any way, shape or form. Model making is the design outlet i need to get away from the computer and do something with my hands. Working with your hands and building something tangible is almost medicinal for me. I like the digital stuff but i always felt the real world part is missing for me, and i get such kick out of making my mid-century modern house models. It never gets old. Great video and thank you so much for sharing. Subscribed and following.

  • @Seagirl441
    @Seagirl441 5 лет назад +5

    I fell in love with making models (even if they where volumetric or prototypes) when a teacher at my faculty asked me to present my project advances like that, I learned that thinking in three dimentions helped the development of my skills and the reach of my project, just like sketching by hand I believe that making models and playing with shapes is something that as students and architects shouldn't lose

  • @oleksiizolochevskyi1288
    @oleksiizolochevskyi1288 5 лет назад +2

    Hell, I’ve been studying for architecture for 2 years and now I found this awesome channel. I can surely say, that I’ve already found more information and tips here, then in my University. Good luck, Sir, you’re amazing!

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +2

      Glad you found it...lots to catch up on in the back catalogue

  • @DavidFerguson62
    @DavidFerguson62 5 лет назад +13

    I'm not much of a model maker but love watching you create your models. Thanks.

  • @keithspencersr.6806
    @keithspencersr.6806 5 лет назад +1

    Enjoying your video greatly, I’m a older gentleman that had the chance to go back to my first love of Architecture drafting due disability from the military, and the training was all computer CAD and 3D printing, know modeling, which I had the chance during High school, yep that old, and still love it. I have told my students in a technical college about your channel in hopes they will put up a chair and watch all so, keep up the great job, and from myself thank you for these videos

  • @garymikami1992
    @garymikami1992 Год назад

    I grew up making plastic kit models in the 70s, found Design in the 00s and got a communications design degree. Just found your posting, and Wow!!!! Total Mind Blown!!! Great and Fascinating work, thanks! And thanks for the legit tips, insights, and inspirations.

  • @zejulin6702
    @zejulin6702 2 года назад +1

    I tend to believe that model-making video really makes me calm and relaxed. I generally figured out that when I was trapped or overwhelmed by school work or projects, I will watch those videos to relax; it seems like those videos were some kind of "antidote" that helps me to digest and release some pressure; it's like meditation!

  • @barrysmith8193
    @barrysmith8193 Год назад +2

    I designed and built homes in the $5 mil and up price range. I’m left handed and 75% of my clients were left handed thereby very visual. A physical architectural model was imperative. It gave them inspiration to hand over large amounts of money to me. We built a model of every home and sold every client. I retired wealthy.

  • @velocityjet1884
    @velocityjet1884 3 года назад +1

    This is real Architecture, learning from the best OLD SCHOOL! I am inspired by people like you.

  • @coxbright
    @coxbright 5 лет назад +2

    I'm loving your videos, the music, the way they're shot and put together, the annotations, the way you describe your process and the details. I'm a Product Designer but it's fascinating learning about another world of design!

  • @chahanaraj5644
    @chahanaraj5644 4 года назад

    I am a first year architecture student , i had no idea about the process of making models and this really gave me an insight. thank you!

  • @RG-ls2db
    @RG-ls2db 5 лет назад

    Digging those forms and Material contrast.
    it does take time but it always seems to evoke joy and inspire anyone who sees the finished model.
    My fave trick it to use fine black wet and dry sandpaper to smooth end / corner joints and remove the fluff from balsa.
    It makes a model really pop and can erase certain mistakes made by a blade.
    It represents asphalt driveways really well too.

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад

      Nice...love it... thanks for sharing

  • @ItsThisGirl12
    @ItsThisGirl12 5 лет назад

    I find all your videos very therapeutic to me for some reason. I’m majoring in graphic design at the moment, but I love watching your videos still. Really loved this modeling video

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +1

      Thank you... really appreciate it...cross pollination between disciplins is so important... III actually watch graphic design vids quite often

  • @arikatect9237
    @arikatect9237 5 лет назад

    I had the pleasure working for mOrphosis in there model shop. We used a lot of different high-tech tools, but still maintained an intense level of craft and the powerful role models play within the design process. Awesome to see models are still an excellent tool in the practice of architecture. Awesome video!

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +1

      super jealous...would love a tour of their model shop

  • @saurabhsingh9272
    @saurabhsingh9272 5 лет назад +1

    When you know a lot about something, you can talk about it as much long as you want without any problem... I really want this much knowledge 😊

  • @visiblyboundless
    @visiblyboundless 2 года назад

    I’m starting architecture school this fall and was starting to feel a bit dreadful abt making these models but now I’m looking forward to it. Just bc it’s new to me i felt scared or anxious but this reminds me that i must’ve been accepted bc of my artistry and creativity so I’ve just got to have faith in myself :)

  • @johnli1269
    @johnli1269 11 месяцев назад

    You're a great guy, and very good at teaching/expressing. What a pleasure to watch!

  • @missosapir
    @missosapir 4 года назад

    I love the preciseness and detail you inject in your videos.since i knew you (on youtube)ive never stopped watching....im always excited to sew more....architecture is one great thing....i dont regret persuing it

  • @arijit276
    @arijit276 5 лет назад

    I absolutely agree with the problem of early decision making while working on computers, it results in a loss of flexibility. After 3 years I have realised that it isn't the best strategy while working on the concept. I am in the process of upgrading my sketching/ model making skills to make it appealing to my clients.

  • @katherandefy
    @katherandefy 4 года назад +1

    I’m with you. In art school my drawings tended to myopically move into detail without good overall composition. I absolutely loved sculptural modeling.

    • @petersdestiny3058
      @petersdestiny3058 Год назад

      hello kat can you help me out with some sculture modelling

  • @Gleefan134
    @Gleefan134 4 года назад +1

    I don’t even know if I want to get into this career, it sounds great and perfect for me. I used to like drawing and being creative when I was younger but today I’m not like that anymore. I don’t create painting or anything really. Sounds like a cool profession I might take courses

  • @PistolPat
    @PistolPat 5 лет назад

    This video wasn't exactly the type of thing I was looking for but it's hugely helpful and gave me lots of ideas about things like materials. I love it.

  • @basti1623
    @basti1623 5 лет назад

    I am currently working on my master thesis and I think my biggest mistake in 6 years of architecture school was building very few architectural models.
    Creating physical objects and experiencing them outside of your computer is very important and (at least for me) a more efficient and faster way for creating really deep concepts. Plus other people will understand your ideas and thoughts much better by explaining them on an object than on a piece of paper.
    By the way, I really like the materials you are using for this model. Most of the times, we just used simple cardboard in our school.

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад

      Thank you my friend...100% agree

  • @mirakarchitect7945
    @mirakarchitect7945 3 года назад

    Your got it right bro..
    Doing models like this helps you understand space from scratch.

  • @mrsa4824
    @mrsa4824 3 года назад

    Your videos help so much to bring me down to earth when I’m overwhelmed with school.

  • @Lotjxh
    @Lotjxh 5 лет назад +3

    I really love your Architecture Model videos. You are my role model.

  • @RikySongSu
    @RikySongSu 5 лет назад +18

    Awesome stuff, been looking forward to this series from you! I use Arckit, a modeling system similar to Lego but made for architects. Definitely over the next year I want to start combining it with traditional materials to add more detail and feel.

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +1

      Thank you my friend...I've seen the arckit used before...do you like it?

    • @RikySongSu
      @RikySongSu 5 лет назад

      @@30by40 I love it! I use it professionally to teach/design and it is a great rapid prototyping tool for quickly visualizing ideas. It definitely has its limitations but, overall it is a very simple and powerful modeling platform. Been recently combining it with 3D printed add ons and looking forward to using balsa for more textures and finishes.

  • @Can-fq2vc
    @Can-fq2vc 4 года назад

    your channel speaks more than what i got in my uni, well done!!!

  • @glynnL
    @glynnL 5 лет назад

    Can’t wait to hear your thoughts in the next part. Thanks for providing such high quality content, both in information and delivery. Though the quality has always been helpful and well done, you’ve definitely gotten better since I first started watching your videos. I think putting yourself in front of the camera was the biggest leap forward.

  • @thequickbrownfox7289
    @thequickbrownfox7289 2 года назад

    The irony of getting an ad placement for "Modumate" - computer design software for architects just as you are sharing how much you like to build your models is not lost on me.

    • @30by40
      @30by40  2 года назад

      This is better than "Modumate": thirtybyforty.com/blog/building-a-30-minute-study-model

  • @Oldhogleg
    @Oldhogleg 5 лет назад +1

    I've always been able to visualize three dimensionally from my two dimensional drawings. Sometimes I'll draw in perspective or in isometric to make it easier to follow the design concept. But there's Nothing like modeling to go that extra dimension to not only communicate the design concepts, but also to see the interactions between elements that never occurred to you; not to mention light and shadows!

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад

      100%...super important...thank you my friend...

  • @MANaboutTOOLS
    @MANaboutTOOLS 5 лет назад +1

    Well done! Yet again! That takes me back to model making in my vocational High School. I was lucky enough to have an Architecture class available along with other shop classes. There was little instruction for model building; here's the materials and some glue.

  • @vanjapuskaric9860
    @vanjapuskaric9860 9 месяцев назад

    Pure inspiration. Model looks like birdwatching structures. Love it

  • @rachelgivon8629
    @rachelgivon8629 5 лет назад

    A wonderful video - very generous in information and presented both professionally and warmly.
    I used to build models for a living, many years ago, and I would use UHU glue for walls and small elements, super glue for tiny elements, Super 77 to adhere planes to various covering materials and white glue for joining large planes, such as several layers of taskboard to get varying thicknesses of walls.

  • @truexenith8596
    @truexenith8596 4 года назад +1

    I’m starting to get into model architecture for the purpose of stop motion set design. This video was very informative and intriguing, thank you.

  • @starzy1509
    @starzy1509 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the tutorial, going in architecure for college, I never made a building model before. This helped out a lot!

  • @Anna-ci4yl
    @Anna-ci4yl 5 лет назад

    Thanks for providing such a great resource! I love that your channel provides an insight into the whole architectural process, it's so valuable for students.

  • @MrLeifyGreenz
    @MrLeifyGreenz 5 лет назад

    BML must be one of your biggest influences. Simple, organic, functional, cheap, local, and of course beautiful!

  • @tomaspavelka4623
    @tomaspavelka4623 5 лет назад

    Hey, Eric, great video, you look more relaxed in it, talking not so fast and urgent like in other videos, which I like very much actually... The way of walking and taking at once is great way to narrate more naturally. And of course the content of this video is great again, you make it feel very natural and likable. Thanks a lot! Tomas

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад

      Always trying to improve...thanks for watching and sticking with me...

  • @johnferraz6417
    @johnferraz6417 2 года назад

    The physical model is still one of the best ways to introduce both a student and client to the process of design. 'Real' wooden toy blocks are an excellent way to encourage thinking outside the screen. Offcuts always find a second life in my design workshops.

  • @prideandrade1667
    @prideandrade1667 5 лет назад +2

    you're amazing and I get very inspired whenever I see your videos

  • @eukaryon
    @eukaryon 5 лет назад

    The video composition is superb. Camera pans, depth of field effects, I don't know the jargon for all of it, but it was all extremely well done.

  • @samueljohannes3624
    @samueljohannes3624 3 года назад

    your work trully inspires me .....am a student architect in Nairobi Kenya Africa

  • @Landphoo
    @Landphoo 4 года назад +1

    Yes never give it up,,just keep going. We only have one life.

  • @manictiger
    @manictiger 5 лет назад +1

    1:10 That is EXACTLY why I hate drafting on the computer! Nailed it!

  • @derickmutugi8238
    @derickmutugi8238 2 года назад +3

    u have been my architecture school lecturer through out

  • @kgs42
    @kgs42 5 лет назад

    Excellent. I find model making gives more time to experience the idea and develop it as it is in progress .... a feedback system .... also to think through construction and identify problems .... and it is just a nice thing to do. Computers are limiting.

  • @benlee5039
    @benlee5039 5 лет назад

    I'm not an architect, but as someone who loves crafts, this is cool!

  • @totalwar1793
    @totalwar1793 4 дня назад

    Thank you so much! This helps me so much for making a model railroad.

  • @rvgytroblox634
    @rvgytroblox634 2 года назад

    It’s so fun to make models even if it’s not at your job or anything.. idk why it’s just so fun to create

  • @Civilarchitect
    @Civilarchitect 5 лет назад

    Nice video, you’ve talked exactly what I used to say in Arch school, make models, for inspiration. More ideas flow along the making of them, I never seen to get the ideas clear when making 3D models in the computer. I love making models and sketching!!

  • @curtismaize
    @curtismaize 5 лет назад

    Man doing models was my favourite part of studying architecture. When it came to working in it I never really got much of a chance or the time

  • @robs5252
    @robs5252 5 лет назад

    I haven't ventured back into model making, but I do use 3-D CAD when I feel like looking at a design outside of 2-D CAD to get a better understanding of how things will come together.

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +1

      I'm always back to my roots...

  • @erikleypoldt8275
    @erikleypoldt8275 5 лет назад +2

    Can you give us tips on making windows. Do you use tranparency film? Also steps. Im making it at 1:200 and the whole nth side is glass. Great idea on the cork. really prefer basswood over balsa wood, only got told this had no idea through uni

  • @THidalgoIsern
    @THidalgoIsern 4 года назад

    Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge. It's so inspirational and useful, I'm a garden designer and feel so connected with creating models for my project, even if it's something that we see very little in class. Thank you so much!!

  • @musicformypets
    @musicformypets 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your detailed approaches, not an architect but have a real interest in design and building

  • @jimmyhu4439
    @jimmyhu4439 4 года назад

    This is why I majored in architecture to make models I enjoy working on my hands learned from woodshop

  • @stateofmind9745
    @stateofmind9745 5 лет назад

    This is really nice. i like your channel cause theres not much like you on you tube. Thank you.

  • @joaoii1082
    @joaoii1082 5 лет назад +6

    my hero would have to be both Tadao Ando and Lebbeus Woods. Woods is so underrated

  • @ollymaxwell6825
    @ollymaxwell6825 5 лет назад

    Watching this with my phone on night shift added to the aesthetic of the video 🤘🏼

  • @THEMACINTOSH25
    @THEMACINTOSH25 5 лет назад

    Again, inspirational video. Good content on this channel. Architecture is a fundamentally daily life.

  • @C2Architect
    @C2Architect 5 лет назад

    Great instructional video! You have really presented great ideas that are both cost saving but give great results. Bring on more of these.

  • @easygii
    @easygii 5 лет назад +1

    this is so genius! thanks so much for sharing. When you used the freaking mat from home depot I died, its genius.

  • @hibasalem460
    @hibasalem460 5 лет назад

    Your channel is always a great source of inspiration to me! ❤

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад

      always great to hear...🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @asharora8785
    @asharora8785 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video! Unfortunately, many architectural firms (many, not all) simply cannot afford having someone make study models for clients. No digital technology or 3D modeling can replace the insight that you gain by building with your hands; move it, spin it, cut it, add it, and so on. It is a tactile experience unlike anything.

  • @tormundgray2558
    @tormundgray2558 5 лет назад

    Your videos are therapeutic

  • @BillyartGraphix
    @BillyartGraphix 3 года назад

    Wow ! such a great job, Man. you doing great with that stuff.
    I also a model maker.
    love your works!

  • @marcitecture
    @marcitecture 5 лет назад +7

    What scale is your model, and when do you start building it? Before or after sketching and or computer?

    • @30by40
      @30by40  5 лет назад +4

      I start small 1/16" move to 1/8" and build it after an initial sketch...

  • @HerreraNavarro
    @HerreraNavarro 4 года назад

    Great page for architects ,ok following You right now thanks you very much

  • @WesleyG8857
    @WesleyG8857 4 года назад

    I'm huge in to models, not just one model, I love modeling any and everything. I've always wanted to scale model my home that I grew up in as accurate as possible... I just gotta figure out how to scale it all down, now.

  • @krypt2k25
    @krypt2k25 5 лет назад

    I love model making...
    And i sure will do it throughout my Architectural life
    Love you concept about modelling its very effective actually..

  • @karadagabdussamed724
    @karadagabdussamed724 5 лет назад +16

    this is talent

  • @elizavillatoro6063
    @elizavillatoro6063 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I really enjoy watching this type of content.

  • @scarpien
    @scarpien 3 года назад

    Whenever I'm designing a structure and I'm having trouble visualizing a particular area of the structure, I sometimes make a model of that area. Like he said, sure you can draw sections of the area, however, nothing compares to touching/feeling the actual mock up.

  • @pilipdasamattanawin1058
    @pilipdasamattanawin1058 5 лет назад

    Perfect timing. Could you maybe do more videos on conceptual/working models during a design process? Love your videos, thank you so much !

  • @jan-weber
    @jan-weber 5 лет назад

    Incredible how much time it takes. But to the end it's worth. Thanks for showing us, how you do that✌

  • @DixonwongHK
    @DixonwongHK 5 лет назад

    Glad to have Wes Jones as my professor

  • @UptheArsenal
    @UptheArsenal 5 лет назад

    love seeing the models and learning.

  • @eberdelahoya2781
    @eberdelahoya2781 5 лет назад

    This man is really talented!

  • @easygii
    @easygii 5 лет назад +1

    Also would you mind doing a video for interior architecture models? Would they be partially open from a side (like the Sims house) ?

  • @tassioferreira1723
    @tassioferreira1723 5 лет назад

    Eric! Yours videos are the betters!

  • @diegovaldivia3834
    @diegovaldivia3834 5 лет назад

    me encanta aprender contigo, me inspiras a querer ser mejor, saludos desde Perú!

  • @birdboxvisuals6114
    @birdboxvisuals6114 2 года назад

    Great Work! Keep going.

  • @dabas32
    @dabas32 5 лет назад +2

    Amazing, really provided new insights into model making, thanks!

  • @moirai1161
    @moirai1161 2 года назад

    i love your channel so much

  • @TokyoChopSquad
    @TokyoChopSquad 5 лет назад

    Just in time! I’m getting ready to make my first one for my portfolio.

  • @Crystallclarkee
    @Crystallclarkee 5 лет назад

    Really enjoy watching your videos, they are so helpful. Thanks you

  • @birdboxvisuals6114
    @birdboxvisuals6114 2 года назад

    Looks amazing. 😊