Model IT! Week 3- Class Task

Fisher House Window Seat 

For our Week 3 in Class Task we were required to build a 1:50 scale model of the famous window seat in the Fisher house. 

This famous corner features a fireplace, a seat integrated into the window and intricate wood detailing broadcasting the simplicity as well as the complexity of the house. 

Making the model was more difficult than it looked, this corner of the house has many intricate details which need to be catered for. During our tutorial Sean discussed how the best way to create this model was to take individual pieces of balsa and join it together.

The curvature of the fireplace was also a design element of the section that i was stumped on. Although balsa did have some flexibility horizontally along the grain it was not sufficient enough for the fireplace. Sean then told us to wet the balsa and then flex it, By wetting the balsa I was able to create the curvature shape of the fireplace

Window Section of Fisher House 1:50