Output details
16 - Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
De Montfort University
Laser Cut Book: The Farnese Gardens, Rome -
Description:
The work shows two architectural models shown in the context of the Farnese Gardens, Rome.
The work shows two architectural models shown in the context of the Farnese Gardens, Rome. The design and manufacture of the work combines digital design, digital fabrication and traditional book binding techniques. The architectural models are constructed from 564 flat architectural plans which are cut out of the pages of a book. As readers leaf through the pages of the book, they reveal new layers of the city, building the narrative and slowly constructing a 3 dimensional scaled model of Rome.
How the output was developed:
Construct detailed and precise 3-Dimensional architectural models from 2-dimensional architectural plans (Eliminating the Z axis).
A representational technique appropriate to storytelling and narrative based design.
A physical 3 dimensional object from pages of a book
A digitally crafted artefact, combining digital design and traditional book binding methods.
Laser-cut technique and fabrication in design process and construction
Paper as a creative medium, construction material and source of artistic inspiration
Book design and making
Critique of digital and analogue representation methods
Methods:
564 unique pages drawn in 2 Dimensional CAD as individual Architectural plans of the city
Pages prepared and cut individually by laser cut CAD/CAM technology
Pages/model layered manually and stitched into a leather bound book
Exhibition:
SLASH Paper Under the Knife: Museum of Art and Design (MAD) New York, October 2009
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London: Peer selected by Chris Wilkinson, June 2012
Publications:
Architects journal: Things that make you go OOH!, Merlin Fulcher July 2012
Architects Journal: Judges fall for model in a book, Merlin Fulcher, August 2012
SLASH paper under the knife, Museum of Art and Design, New York. October 2009 (ISBN: 978-8874395293)
Awards:
£10,000 AJ/Lend Lease, Grand Award for Architecture, The Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, London: Judged by Catherine Findley, Paul Finch and Christine Murray
