BENV7813 Contemporary Fabrication Techniques

The Fabrication -  THE BURROW/ WEASLEY HOUSE and The Flying Ford Anglia Scale: 1:45 Fabrication techniques Laser Cutter: 1.8mm, 1.1mm, 0.6mm boxboard Woodwork:  Main structural elements - Plywood 1.6mm (Base)  and Interior Structure (10mm steel rods and nuts) 3D printing: Flying Ford Anglia Car (Grey and White PLA filament) Electrical Wiring: Lighting (light globes, battery pack, wires) and Levitation Module The intention of making this model was to challenge the idea of contemporary fabrication techniques, an amalgamation of computer work and traditional model making skills to create an architectural model that seems to appear out from a storybook and narrates a story through its details and design. The burrow was chosen as the core of this project as it is a "magical" house with logical architectural elements to it, something that would be difficult to build in real life. With the aid of digital modelling programs such as rhino, helped to ensure tha...

THE BURROW/ WEASLEY HOUSE from HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Design by Stuart Craig Architectural Precedent 1 The Burrow/ Weasley House - Exterior a) Key Concept The concept behind the design is a wizard-built ramshackle multi-story dwelling that clearly needs magic to keep it from falling apart. The house is meant to have the idea of extra houses(or rooms)  stacked upon one another with a Tudor structure acting as the foundation - holding up the houses. This is due to the fact that the builder (Arthur Weasley) decided to build it upwards instead of laterally as his family expanded over the course of time. Furthermore,  due to his interest in “ Muggle ” (non-wizard/human) things , the house is built from architectural salvage or “ muggle salvage ” s uch as the roof being made of salvaged timber and is cladded with slates, tiles and wooden shingles- anything he could acquire. Despite the mad and magical concept behind the design, Stuart Craig d...