White Architecture Model
The white architectural model showcases a proposed design focused on concept and structure, overlooking material and finish. Used as a concept model, it reveals designers' ideas and serves as a starting point for architectural exploration.
In urban planning, the white model is widely used as a design tool for urban development. Clients often need models built alongside designs. White models are useful to present ideas before material choices are finalized.
Generally, the white architectural model has very limited entourage elements as the designers want the viewers to pay more attention to the design itself instead of other insignificant details.
3D printing is popular for white models due to its speed, low cost, and easy-to-work-with materials like PVC and acrylic.
Overall, clean and straightforward are two appropriate words that can describe the white architectural model.
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Beijing San Li Tun N8 White Architectural Model
RJ Models created a white architectural model in just two weeks for a proposed building in San Li Tun, Beijing, as requested by the client. Made primarily of 3D printed and laser-cut acrylic, the model illustrates the overall structure and architectural design concept.
Comprising four above-ground floors and one basement, this white monochromatic architectural model features both external framework and internal structures like stairs & ramps.
What sets this white model apart is its removable floors, enabling viewers to easily view each level's floor plan.
RJ's white model architecture makers built this white architectural model at a 1:50 scale, providing detailed representation while remaining easy to transport.
Jeddah Metro Station White Architecture Model by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners won an international competition to develop the "architectural vision" for Jeddah's citywide public transport plan.
"Metro development will bring new urban amenities to key Jeddah spots below elevated tracks," said Foster + Partners. The plan focuses on an underground, 4-level complex encompassing station design, trains, and branding, as shown in the white architectural model.
RJ Models simplifies the buildings and landscapes above the ground, using white blocks and white scale trees to represent them; for the up-ground roads, white architecture model makers in Saudi Arabia use mirrors originally.
Through the sectional display, viewers can clearly and intuitively understand the structure and function of this underground architecture.
1776 House Architecture Model by KPF
KPF, a world-leading architectural design company & RJ Models' regular client, commissioned a white architecture model to showcase their design concept.
Given the design concept's paramount role, facade materials and interior decoration are of lesser significance. Hence, a white model, omitting irrelevant details, serves as the most fitting display form.
Since the design concept is paramount, facade materials and interior decoration are less significant. Thus, a white model that omits irrelevant details is the most suitable display form.
In the subsequent design process, designers can use this model as the basis to sketch and directly reflect their design concept to clients.
K11 Haikou White Architecture Model by RTKL
The K11 shopping mall, a key project in Haikou's consumption transformation and upgrading, is designed by RTKL, which commissioned RJ Models to create a white architectural model.
Given that the design is still in the preliminary concept stage and will undergo adjustments, RTKL's team decided to create a white architectural model for easy reference and future modifications.
Most of the white architectural model is made from polyvinyl chloride materials, including the tensional skeleton at the main entrance.
Meanwhile, the white scale people and coconut trees are also made of white materials to match the entire model. Transparent acrylic plates represent the windows. However, installing these plates on the atrium's curvilinear surfaces presents a challenge for the white architectural model makers.
Office Building White Model in Shanghai by SOM
This is a white architectural model of a mall store. Unlike previous larger models, this smaller white architectural model focuses on detailed facade representation without displaying internal structures.
In the past, this client often commissioned RJ Models to make a large-scale architectural or urban planning model. This time, the client specifically commissioned RJ to create a white architectural model to highlight the mall's unique facade design..
The facade features rhythmic iron grilles, with minor adjustments made to each bracket's position to create varied horizontal rhythms.
To accurately replicate this design, the white architectural model makers used iron wire for the structure and sprayed it with white material after weaving to ensure consistency.
Section White Architectural Office Building Model
This is an internal model of an office building with the exterior walls removed and the viewers can see the interior arrangement of the two-story office very directly.
Responsible for the city planning of Jinan, Shandong, RMJM commissioned RJ Models to create a white city planning model to showcase their design ideas.
White model makers also reproduce the truss structure of the roof with white PVC rods and use 3D printing technology to fabricate the tensile structure under the truss structure.
This simple white architectural office building model plays an important and irreplaceable role in the designers’ subsequent design and shows their unrestrained creativity.
Jinan City Planning White Architectural Model by RMJM
Responsible for the city planning of Jinan, Shandong, RMJM commissioned RJ Models to create a white city planning model to showcase their design ideas.
After 12 days of dedicated work, several white model makers completed the white model successfully.
In this project, to show the futuristic designs and planning, a frosted acrylic sheet is adopted as the main material; the obscure and illusion of the material fully demonstrate the character of the design.
The center building features a vertical irregular streamlined shape, accurately made using 3D printing technology.
Blue LED lights beneath the center building capture viewers' attention at first glance.
Roof Structure of Hong Kong Airport T2 White Architectural Model
Hong Kong Airport T2 has a relatively complex roof structure.
The top of the white architectural airport model comprise multiple spatial surfaces and each surface controlled by curves, giving it a smooth, coherent shape. To elaborately and subtly demonstrate the design, the scale is defined as 1:10.
Concurrently, the roof structure, steel structure, and ceiling are very complicated, which requires extensive spatial positioning and shape finding work.
Therefore, before the white architectural model making process, white model makers carefully study the design drawings and keep every tiny detail in mind.
The final white model exhibits rigorous aesthetics, which earns high praise from clients and leaves a great impression on viewers.
Theater Section White Architectural Model
This is a white cross-sectional model of a theater. This sectional expression helps viewers intuitively understand the theater's internal structure. The arrangement of rows of seats provides a good frame of reference for perceiving the space's scale.
On the second floor, under the first-floor eaves, white model makers installed two types of white lights to enhance the space and create an elegant arc shape.
The designer uses transversely-arranged curved cylinders to weave an upwardly constricted conical shape ceiling. This ceiling not only meets the acoustic design requirements but also decorates the whole space.
The white model makers used hundreds of thin PVC columns, carefully positioning each groove to ensure accurate installation..
City Planning White Architectural Model
This white planning model is for Xujiahui district which is one of the four sub-centers of Shanghai.
After discussions, the client and RJ Models chose a white architectural model for its shorter production cycle and focus on planning without distractions.
On the one hand, the production cycle of the white model is shorter; on the other hand, it avoids unnecessary interference, so that the viewer can better focus on the planning itself.
The white office building model makers only use PVC board to outline the shape of each building without any additional craftsmanship, with smooth curves showcasing the model's elegancel.
As a regional planning model, it includes depictions of surrounding scenery, such as roads and street trees. However, instead of adding materials for detail, RJ Models employed a "subtraction" principle by engraving roads into an existing white pedestal, creating a subtle and low-key effect.
Kuwait Metro Station Section White Architectural Model by SOM
SOM won the Kuwait Metro Station Design Competition with distinctive concept and commissioned RJ Models to create a white architectural model for the project.
The model is nestled in a white box, resembling an excavation that reflects the underground metro station. The main part of the station is shown in sectional perspective, while ink lines outline the rest on the box's surface, creating a virtual-reality contrast.
Model makers in Kuwait arrange many black and white scale figures in the white model's hall, conveying the building's scale to viewers effectively.
RJ Models engraved project information and the SOM logo on the lower part of the box and installed lights inside, which emerge from hollowed-out areas, creating an elegant and noble atmosphere.
Nan Jing International Financial White Architectural Model by KPF
KPF, a renowned global architecture firm, leads Nanjing International Financial Center's design inspired by crystal clusters. The exterior, a colossal crystal column adorned with water droplet motifs, reflects varying lights as viewers shift positions.
Considering deadline and final effects, KPF and RJ Models choose the white architectural model, posing a challenge for model makers.
Using just one material to convey shading, detail, and cutting in the sophisticated design was no easy task.
White model makers fulfill the production task in a very limited time after days of restless hard work of shopping mall model.
Chuang's London Plaza White Architectural Model
This white architectural model, made entirely of flawless white PVC, is intended for the designer's subsequent work.
Due to the different interior design for model of each floor, the white model makers design a stackable pattern, and the two-layer model can be combined as an entire one but can also be separated for independent display.
Each floor features only fixed room layouts and transportation facilities, leaving the hall area open for designers’ future ideas.
On the front side of the white architectural model, in order to label some information that must be presented to the viewers, such as the name of the building, our model makers in London engrave them on the white wall and do not destroy the integrity of the model.
White Architectural Lobby Façade Model by KPF
The combination of transparent acrylic sheets and white PVC board in this lobby model effectively showcases the overall architectural structure.
The white architectural model helps reduce design limitations for merchants, allowing them to tailor store styles to their product characteristics.
Aside from the elevator and window display areas, the rest of the model is left open to encourage merchants' creative input. Model makers glazed the white PVC facade for shape conformity, using matte interior material, aligning with interior design practices.
The white model makers also thoughtfully omitted half of the roof, facilitating a clear view of the model while highlighting the building's main entrance shape..