The Swinging Carnaby - The Model

Model making its been a lot of fun.
Bought tools and materials myself, from foam boards, mount boards, blanc paper, modelling tools, plywood layers, super glue, and more, model figures 1:300, fake trees, green material lawn-like.


I started tracing the shape of buildings out of a DIGIMAP map, than cut them with mount board and finally stiked all the pieces together to create the buildings.

add building shapes on the foam board and then sticked the model figures 1:300 with super glue.

         

          

Next step was to start sticking the buildings on the foam board, carefully without touching the fragile figures. After that, an elevator was to be made through acetate paper to make it look real, with one of the people placed inside with tape.

       

Following is placing more buildings + the structures made out of wires that resemble the tensile cables for climbers. Afterwards the spiral staircases had to be made and placed on the two ends of the site

       

     

 

Another process was to start creating the spaces themselves. 

The Wavy Walls, made out cutting off foam board and giving the right curvy shape

 Created the different areas along the site, like part of the Spyral Welcome Plaza


         

 The area with the Dreamy Gardens, including a concrete pergola 100% shaded, made with toothpicks, foam board and glue.

  Adding than, all the gardens, always through the use of softwood, foam board pieces, mount board, and materials shrubs-like

This is what, after 3 days of work, came out!!!!!

 Aerial view through the concrete pergola, to the dreamy gardens, the water feature walls, the wavy walls and the wild foresta on the other side.







The area where is possible see the Hidden Garden structure, made out of white mount board cut in different levels to create the steps, with pergola on top. Then beside, a concrete staircase made with softwood and connected to the spot where the green wall is.
Also visible is the little Green Pavilion.

Sight of the Prison Garden, the more quiet area in the project, with plantings inside. Connected with a concrete bridge to the ample open area called Major Lawn where to relax, sitting on the ground or playing around

Another very cool view of the Wavy Walls which gives a perfect understanding of the wavy, curvy effect of the hedges! 

 View of the Wild Foresta right next to the Belvedere Temples and the Tropical Greenwhouse. The formal shapes and order of the Boulevard and the greenhouse next to an informal place like the forest. An artifice of juxtaposition.

More views of the model from different perspectives:

 

 

Had so much fun, model making its fun other than being really useful!!

the swinging carnaby

not just a place to show visitors the beauty, not just the thrill of being close to fantastic water features & the immediate excitement of the fragrances of a garden or the fantastic views of a spectacular city. but the visitor will probably experience something that goes beyond: a design based on NATURE, MOVEMENT, ARTIFICE & ARCHITECTURE with zig zag & spyral shapes (formal & informal) reflecting people movement walking from one shop to another when doing shopping

influenced by the landscape architect allain provost, the design is financially supported by the carnaby street trading association which will provide to carve out shop names on the benches installed along the site. it will attract not only local residents, but also distant people to come and visit this paradise bridge also involving various suggestive conceptual roof gardens

concept

ground level plan

plan

sequential sketches

sections

 

planting & materiality

3D model pictures coming soon..