Faceted laser-cut architecture model

A concept model of a faceted building: diamond-lattice facades, open roof grids and frames laser cut from thin plywood, around a 3D printed red maze.

Service: Scale Models
Delivered: A concept model on a landscaped base
Fabrication time on an expedited job, after design approval: 1 week

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What we brought

What we can do
Fine lattice and frames cut clean at model scale
Every lattice screen, frame and roof beam was laser cut from thin plywood, so the pattern stays crisp throughout.
How we look after you
We check every part before it goes into the model
Every part was checked before assembly and again once fitted, and the building went up level by level.
What you get
Your design is clear from across the room
Open roof grids show the structure, the red maze stands out against raw plywood, and the base sets the scene.

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The finished piece
Through the roof grid to the maze.
Window frames along the courtyard, above the maze.
The 3D printed maze in the courtyard.
A raised wing and its strip of windows.
Door frames, bracing and roof grid in plywood.
Thin plywood frames, cut clean and square.
The rear facade, frame by frame.
The briefThe faceted wings and their lattice screens.
FabricationLaser-cut window frames glued up on the bench.
Build and assemblyLattice wings fitted, upper level still to come.
Gluing on the upper level around the courtyard.

The build

How we built it

4 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.

The brief

Step 1 of 4

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we built a concept architecture model of a faceted low-rise building: angular wings around a courtyard, with fine lattice and roof grids that had to stay crisp at model scale.

The finished model from the front left: plywood roofs and diamond-lattice screens on the faceted wings, with the open roof grid behind — The faceted wings and their lattice screens.

Fabrication

Step 2 of 4

Screens, window frames and roof beams were laser cut and scored from thin plywood, which kept the lattice even. The plywood was left raw. The red maze was 3D printed and checked before assembly.

Laser-cut plywood window and door frames laid out on the workbench with black strips glued along them, beside the part-built model — Laser-cut window frames glued up on the bench.

Build and assembly

Step 3 of 4

The building went together level by level on its base: the lower walls and lattice wings first, then the upper level glued on around the octagonal courtyard and its maze.

The partly built model: diamond-lattice screens and the plywood roof of one wing fitted, with the upper level still being added — Lattice wings fitted, upper level still to come.

Two of the team gluing plywood upper-level slabs and lattice rails onto the model, with the red maze in the octagonal courtyard below — Gluing on the upper level around the courtyard.

The final build

Step 4 of 4

The finished model shows the whole scheme at once: lattice wings at the front, an open roof grid over the glazed wing behind, and the red maze between them, on a base of lawns and a road.

Looking across the open roof grid into the courtyard, with the red maze ringed by a plywood rail — Through the roof grid to the maze.

The details

Laser cutting carries the model: window frames, diamond lattice and a roof grid you can see through. The red maze is the only 3D printed part.

Close-up of the upper level: plywood window frames along the courtyard side of the roof, above the red maze — Window frames along the courtyard, above the maze.

The red 3D printed maze in the courtyard, with a plywood rail around it and the open roof grid in the foreground — The 3D printed maze in the courtyard.

Close-up of a raised wing with a strip of plywood window frames, standing on black columns above the road — A raised wing and its strip of windows.

The glazed front of one wing: plywood door and window frames, cross bracing and the roof grid above — Door frames, bracing and roof grid in plywood.

Looking down over a plywood frame facade towards the courtyard, with the red maze behind — Thin plywood frames, cut clean and square.

Low view along the rear facade: a long run of plywood door and window frames on the black base — The rear facade, frame by frame.

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Faceted laser-cut architecture model

What we brought

Fine lattice and frames cut clean at model scale

We check every part before it goes into the model

Your design is clear from across the room

Gallery