Task 4: Design a home

Make a model of a home for your avatar.

Be experimental in your choice of materials. Architects use a wide range of model making materials in the early stages of design work to allow them to express the different atmospheric ideas they have about a space.

• Scale and size of internal spaces • Social spaces for family and friends • Materials used for construction • Environmental needs such as light • How it might change over time

HINTS:

• The fabric from tights works well with toothpicks or wooden skewers to create tensile fabric canopies. • Clay or a mixture of flour and water can be moulded into organic flowing shapes and can mimic concrete. • Different thicknesses of paper such as watercolour paper or greaseproof paper can be easily folded into angular forms, or layered up to explore translucency and lighting.