The following semester I had to teach a bunch of architectural students on model making techniques. Again, please understand that the students are in a semi public college so our models are low in budget but again we strive with what is available to our disposal. I gave the students 7 weeks to complete a building model to accommodate 300 lecturers and they have the freedom to express their creativity.
The first thing that they have to do is to create a mock model out of cheap materials such as cardboard (for gradients and buildings). Tissue paper and wires was also use to make trees as part of the landscape.
For the gradient, I gave them a spot that is in Teluk Bahang (Penang) and ask them to make use of the Google earth to get the rough contour of the area.
The steps needed to get the contour:
1. Google earth , zoom location
2. Toggle terrain(Sketch up 8 get geolocation)
3. On hidden geometry
4. Draw a square below the terrain
5. Press control and click the square base
6. Enter intervals of height eg: 5m
7. Make copies eg: 50x
8. Highlight box make group
9. Intersect with model
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