Architectural Model Making for Beginners

Short course

In Nottingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    10 Weeks

There's something very special about little buildings - something both fascinating and beautiful.
This practical course will help you to understand how to scale down, read technical drawings and find solutions to some of the challenges of model making.

The skills learnt on this course are easily transferable to other disciplines and will help you understand design and visualise space.
To attend this course no previous experience is necessary, just plenty of enthusiasm.
It's ideal for anyone interested in model making such as hobbyists, students, graduates and architecture professionals as well as theatre set designers, photographers and artists who'll find the skills very useful in their own practice.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

On request

About this course

Upon completing this course you'll have a unique set of skills to enable you to continue model making with confidence.
The work you'll create will be ideal for building your portfolio as well as improving your architectural knowledge.
The facilities are amazing! I can’t believe the resources available.
CV
Brilliant course. A great introduction and knowledgeable tutor. SR

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Subjects

  • Model Making
  • Architectural
  • Cutting
  • Gluing
  • Sculpting
  • Vacuum
  • Spray painting
  • Measuring
  • Measuring and cutting
  • Architectural Model

Course programme

On this course you will:

  • learn classic model making tips and techniques such as skilful scalpel use, correct material choice, accurate measuring and cutting, gluing, sculpting, vacuum forming and spray painting
  • be given a directed project, drawings and all the equipment to build a simple 1:100 scale model, with its own baseboard
  • complete the project from original material to a professionally finished model, and photos of your finished work

Architectural Model Making for Beginners

Price on request