Thomas Sopwith, a civil engineer and surveyor from the 19th century fabricated three-dimensional teaching models to represent the earth strata. The smooth, wooden models were pocket-sized, approximately 4”X 4” X 2”. Various tree species were used to capture the thicknesses of layering rock and mineral strata as well as the fractures occurring within layers. Each […]
Architecture models play a helpful role in communicating and expressing the designer’s vision, intentions, and implications. But outside of this profession, landscape modeling can be expressed very differently. I explored several artists’ takes of modeling or recreating the landscape at a miniature scale. Kim Keever creates miniature staged landscapes inside a 200-gallon fish tank (. […]
“The idea is simple: everyone is a planner. Everyone has a relationship to the city, and uses it in certain ways. It’s our job to get people’s ideas to the surface” What is the vision for our city? Taking notes from the Los Angeles artists, James Rojas has found a way to convey abstract planning […]
Unbeknownst to most visitors of New York City, the Queens Museum of Art holds the massive NYC Panorama. The attraction was commissioned by master builder and urban planner Robert Moses for display at the 1964 World’s Fair as a powerful representational tool and as a spectacle. The 1” = 100’ scale of the project […]
There is a wide-ranging difference in perceptions of terrain. Depending on education, experience and field of expertise the terrain can be an inspiring creative outlet. British artist Kane Cali has always used terrain to broaden his approach to art. Using some techniques that are similar to landscape architects and some that are not, he transforms […]