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Massing arrangement testing with wood & cardboard Data Centres as Urban Catalysts: A prototype for a presentation model for the Venice Biennale 2025. 1:500 scale 1:100 Residential Presentation model Haigh Hall Wigan 1:50 model made using paper and cardboard Chapel Road – 1:50 Model and material samples in our studio Huntingdon Estate Model tests Gasteig cast presentation model Huntingdon Estate Models 'Drum' design sketches Viaduct section site study model Water Tower Residential project - 1:100 section model Mixed-use corner development_Beith Scotland_1:200 proposal model with superimposed handrawn illustration with Lee Ivett Gasteig competition model Diagramatic Model ‘A Monastery in the City’, Harborne, Birmingham - Manresa House; 1:500 site model, 2021 458 Oxford Street 1:20 section detail model Kunstlank Mobiel Theatre - 1:100 Model Data Centres as Urban Catalysts: A prototype for a presentation model for the Venice Biennale 2025. 1:500 scale Thorpe Lodge Presentation Model Huntingdon Estate Corner Study Model Data Centres as Urban Catalysts: A prototype for a presentation model for the Venice Biennale 2025. 1:500 scale 3D printed Iterative lighting prototypes for a Global Non-Profit Foundation Meelpakhuis - 1:50 Model Taller Cubierta 1.50 Section Mode Meelpakhuis - 1:50 Model Interior 1:100 Battersea Power Station section model 458 Oxford Street 1:50 section detail model Valsier house, 1:50 Section Model, 2020 Arborea 1:200 Site Model - This model represents Arborea, a mixed-use development in San Bernardino, Paraguay, designed to interweave wellness, landscape, and community life. Constructed from hand-cut balsa and walnut woods, it expresses the project’s material sensitivity and structural lightness. Rooted in regional techniques and tactile traditions, the model reflects how architecture can cultivate a profound connection between environment, culture, and contemporary experience. Chapel Road – 1:50 Model, 2024 'Drum' Steamed plywood structural study model 1:500 Residential site model Paper sketch model designs for a theatre Valsier house, 1:50 Section Model, 2020 1:100 Battersea Power Station section model Set of 3 models presenting the history of Thorpe Lodge in Notting Hill, London. 1817. 1875 – 1890 and 1906 -1922 Grangetopia Co-Design workshop utilising modelmaking with the community. '3 Houses Martin’ at 1.100 scale Timber and Card Residential Scheme - 1:100 presentation model Haigh Hall Wigan 1:50 model made using paper and cardboard Kyle Gaffney, Co Founder and Senior Principal at SkB Architects Diagramatic Model ‘A Monastery in the City’, Harborne, Birmingham - Manresa House; 1:500 site model, 2021 Austin Post Office 1:00 presentation model Thorpe Lodge study development and presentation models. Design development models at WW+P 'Drum' Steamed plywood structural study model custom bending jigs Chapel Road – 1:50 Model, 2024 Kitchen Modelling Paper & Card Concept model 1:500 Scale Office iterations Paper sketch model designs for a theatre Haigh Hall Wigan 1:50 model made using paper and cardboard Palapa 1:50 Structural Model - A palapa is a traditional Mexican structure with Indigenous roots, defined by its wide thatched roof and open, breathable form suited to tropical climates. Developed in dialogue with renowned palapa expert Simón Vélez, this study explores its structural logic through a hand-crafted balsa wood model. The act of making becomes a form of knowing, revealing how Indigenous knowledge persists through material practice—offering sustainable responses to environmental conditions and inviting renewed attention to the climatic intelligence embedded in vernacular traditions.
Timber and Card Residential Scheme - 1:100 presentation model Kunstlank Mobiel Theatre - 1:100 Model 1:100 Battersea Power Station section model Kyle Gaffney, Co Founder and Senior Principal at SkB Architects Palapa 1:50 Structural Model - A palapa is a traditional Mexican structure with Indigenous roots, defined by its wide thatched roof and open, breathable form suited to tropical climates. Developed in dialogue with renowned palapa expert Simón Vélez, this study explores its structural logic through a hand-crafted balsa wood model. The act of making becomes a form of knowing, revealing how Indigenous knowledge persists through material practice—offering sustainable responses to environmental conditions and inviting renewed attention to the climatic intelligence embedded in vernacular traditions. Massing arrangement testing with wood & cardboard Austin Post Office 1:00 presentation model 458 Oxford Street 1:20 section detail model Diagramatic Model ‘A Monastery in the City’, Harborne, Birmingham - Manresa House; 1:500 site model, 2021 458 Oxford Street 1:50 section detail model Valsier house, 1:50 Section Model, 2020 Chapel Road – 1:50 Model, 2024 1:100 Residential Presentation model Taller Cubierta 1.50 Section Mode Data Centres as Urban Catalysts: A prototype for a presentation model for the Venice Biennale 2025. 1:500 scale Data Centres as Urban Catalysts: A prototype for a presentation model for the Venice Biennale 2025. 1:500 scale 'Drum' design sketches Chapel Road – 1:50 Model, 2024 Chapel Road – 1:50 Model and material samples in our studio Meelpakhuis - 1:50 Model Interior Meelpakhuis - 1:50 Model Viaduct section site study model Paper sketch model designs for a theatre Kitchen Modelling Haigh Hall Wigan 1:50 model made using paper and cardboard Mixed-use corner development_Beith Scotland_1:200 proposal model with superimposed handrawn illustration with Lee Ivett Gasteig cast presentation model Thorpe Lodge study development and presentation models. Arborea 1:200 Site Model - This model represents Arborea, a mixed-use development in San Bernardino, Paraguay, designed to interweave wellness, landscape, and community life. Constructed from hand-cut balsa and walnut woods, it expresses the project’s material sensitivity and structural lightness. Rooted in regional techniques and tactile traditions, the model reflects how architecture can cultivate a profound connection between environment, culture, and contemporary experience. Thorpe Lodge Presentation Model 3D printed Iterative lighting prototypes for a Global Non-Profit Foundation Paper sketch model designs for a theatre Data Centres as Urban Catalysts: A prototype for a presentation model for the Venice Biennale 2025. 1:500 scale Huntingdon Estate Models Valsier house, 1:50 Section Model, 2020 'Drum' Steamed plywood structural study model 1:100 Battersea Power Station section model 1:500 Residential site model Grangetopia Co-Design workshop utilising modelmaking with the community. Huntingdon Estate Corner Study Model Set of 3 models presenting the history of Thorpe Lodge in Notting Hill, London. 1817. 1875 – 1890 and 1906 -1922 Huntingdon Estate Model tests Haigh Hall Wigan 1:50 model made using paper and cardboard 'Drum' Steamed plywood structural study model custom bending jigs Haigh Hall Wigan 1:50 model made using paper and cardboard Water Tower Residential project - 1:100 section model 1:500 Scale Office iterations Design development models at WW+P '3 Houses Martin’ at 1.100 scale Diagramatic Model ‘A Monastery in the City’, Harborne, Birmingham - Manresa House; 1:500 site model, 2021 Gasteig competition model Paper & Card Concept model
Palazzo Bembo, Venice
10 May - 23 November 2025

Architects INDEX OF MODELMAKING

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Exhibitors

Atomik Architecture

London, United Kingdom

Claudio Molina Camacho – Architecture Atelier

Santiago, Chile

Grimshaw

London, United Kingdom & Global

HENN

Germany & Shanghai, China

MAKE

London, United Kingdom

Mistry Swire Architects

Stockport, United Kingdom

Morris + Company

London, United Kingdom

OMI

Manchester, United Kingdom

Other Peoples Dreams, Ecaterina Stefanescu

Preston, United Kingdom

Pilbrow & Partners

London, United Kingdom

Purcell

United Kingdom & Global

SkB Architects

Seattle, USA

Sordo Madaleno

Mexico City, Mexico & London, United Kingdom

Studio Akkerhuis

Paris, France

Studio MUTT

Liverpool, United Kingdom

WikinsonEyre

London, United Kingdom & Global

WW+P

London, United Kingdom & Global

Event

part of

Time Space Existence Architecture
Palazzo Bembo, Venice
10 May - 23 November 2025
Directions

Partners

B15 Modelmaking Workshop Manchester School of Architecture The University of Manchester Manchester Metropolitan University European Cultural Centre
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