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The Intervention Pavilion - Making a Model

Peter Levers
Nov 4, 2015
2 min read

After presenting our individual Intervention Pavilion proposals to the rest of the class we had to decide on the winning design that would be constructed so we put it to a vote. The winning design was a 'Wave' inspired Pavilion designed by Richard Meller.

For the next stage of the Intervention Pavilion project we were divided into groups of five and given a number of tasks to complete within these groups. My group consisted of myself, Tyonne, Michael, Sergei and Dammy. The task that I was allocated was to create a 1:50 scale model of Richard's winning proposal.

Meller, R., 2015. Intervention Pavilion Project. [pdf] Meller Studios [Accessed 04 November 2015].

The only experience I had of model building was making a Spitfire Airfix kit in my pre-teen years so, naturally, I approached this task with an air of trepidation. Before I could begin constructing the model I needed to decide what would be the best materials to use. As the main components in the design proposed by Richard were constructed with OSB and Accoustic Foam I felt the most appropriate materials to use to best represent the proposal were foam board and brown card. The only foam board that I was able to source was 5mm thick which meant I had to adjust the scale of the model from 1:50 to 1:20 otherwise the sizings would be off.

Levers, P., 2015. Pavilion Model 7. [photograph]

I decided that the best way to tackle this task was to cut out the Acoustic Foam layers first. This proved to be a very monotonous process as 23 individual layers had to be marked out and cut.

Levers, P., 2015. Pavilion Model 6. [photograph]

The next stage was to cut out the OSB layers that would sit on top of each Acoustic Foam layer. This proved to be more of a time consuming task than the previous stage as each layer had an undulating 'wave' detail sticking out the back of the Pavilion so more care was needed.

Levers, P., 2015. Pavilion Model 4. [photograph]

After all the individual layers were cut, next came the task of sticking each layer together in a staggered format to create a sweeping like motion that replecated the 'wave' effect that inspired this design.

Once this was completed the final task was to produce the timber roof for the Pavilion. I found the best way to replicate this in the model was to use foam board for the basic shape as it gave the required thickness needed, and then coat it with a brown card layer to give the impression that it is constructed out of wood/OSB.