Changing society requires us to do things differently, and we can only find out by experimenting. Happily, architects can do this with drawings and models. They don’t have to build 200 million dollar buildings that are disasters to test an idea. We can try ideas out on a different scale and medium.
Woods, Lebbeus and Lorrie Flom (Interviewer). "The Reality of Experimental Architecture: an Interview with Lebbeus Woods." in: Carnegie Online. July/August 2004.
[Image: 'Bondi Project Physical Model', Enter Architecture.]
Recently the Bondi Project was submitted for DA to the Waverly Council, and part of the submission requirements was a physical model of the scheme. Due to the complexity of the geometries and bevels at such a small scale (1:500) we chose to 3D print the building itself. After quite a rough ride making sure the computer model had no gaps and was 'watertight' it was sent to be 3D printed at Formero in Melbourne. They were able to have the thickness of some of the ribbons go down to 0.7 of a millimetre and we are ecstatic about the results.
Take a look for yourselves below with these amazing photographs by Byron Keane. Enjoy!
[Image: 'Bondi Project Physical Model', Enter Architecture.]
[Image: 'Bondi Project Physical Model', Enter Architecture.]
[Image: 'Bondi Project Physical Model', Enter Architecture.]
[Image: 'Bondi Project Physical Model', Enter Architecture.]
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