Tuesday, March 03, 2015
A Few Amazing Architectural Scale Models
Tested: Designer (and friend of Tested) Nick Acosta clued me into the current home of the Panorama of the City of New York, a 10,000 sq ft model of the city that was made for the 1964 World's Fair. The Panorama, as World's Fair enthusiasts remember it, replicates New York's 900,000 buildings in 1:1200 scale (every inch represents 100 feet), of which some 35,000 were hand made from wood or foam and painted.
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I had a ton of respect for the people who create, build, and design architectural scale models. This is because, at least to me, they are so freaking hard to make. Just think about all the time and energy that goes into creating just a single inch of the world that the model that they are constructing, let alone in scale, is of. This also comes from me knowing that I do not have the patience to do build something as incredible as these are. The endeavor of building one of these models is also one that requires a lot of talent. These talents would include drafting, drawing, painting, sculpting and many other things. However, the two most important tools that you need to have are: (one) a really good team of friends because what isn’t better than working with a really good group of friends. And (second) have a really good eye for scale so that you know if things are proportionally accurate or not.
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