The B.15 Modelmaking Workshop at the University of Manchester caters for students from the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) – a shared school across the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.
The workshop offers facilities and consultation advice for the production of scale development and presentation models for use in student projects. It is equipped with a range of traditional tools and equipment alongside digital fabrication technology.
The workshop values broad skill sets and promotes the value of modelmaking in the education and practice of architects. There is a strong focus on equipping students with a good understanding of contemporary and traditional approaches to modelmaking in order to make well informed practical choices.
As well as the workshops main function toward MSA it also offers consultancy work and regularly gets involved in Architecture related projects across campus and externally.
Manchester School of Architecture is an innovative collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester currently placed 5th in the world in the QS 2026 Architecture rankings. We unite two schools with more than 100 years’ experience, over 100 experts in their architectural fields and more than 1000 students from over 80 countries producing creative, challenging and academically rigorous work and research in the heart of Manchester.
The University of Manchester is a centre of teaching excellence, world-class research, outstanding student experience, and social responsibility. Part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, it’s institutions like ours that have the greatest responsibility to act as the world faces big challenges. Together, we face this head on.
Founded in 1824 for the advancement of education, we’ve since been home to 26 Nobel Prize winners and worked across disciplinary and geographic boundaries to give the world new ideas, discoveries and innovations.
Inspired by and connected with our city – the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, home to an iconic arts, music and culture scene, and now the driving force of the Northern Powerhouse scheme – Manchester remains at the heart of everything we do.
We've been making an impact since day one; from creating the world’s first nuclear reaction, to building the modern computer, isolating graphene, pioneering development economics, and transforming cancer diagnosis and treatment across the world. And it doesn’t stop there – our teaching and learning approach creates life-changing student experiences, inspires lifelong learning and shapes exceptional graduate outcomes for global citizens of the future.
As we enter our third century, we’re not letting anything stand in our way as we continue to tackle the world’s biggest problems with unbreakable resolve.
Home to over 44,000 students, we are one of the UK’s largest and most popular universities, based in the heart of Manchester. Our campus offers state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching, combined with outstanding research and award-winning degree apprenticeships that help students thrive in their careers.
About the European Cultural Centre Italy (ECC Italy)
In Venice, the ECC operate within the fields of art, architecture, and design. The organisation strives to create dynamic exhibition spaces that foster the exchange of ideas across cultures. ECC Italy’s core activities include cultural projects, planning exhibitions, publications, videos, and educational programmes. In addition, we restore and care for historic venues, opening them to the public free of charge and sharing art, culture, and beauty with everyone. The contemporary architecture-focused Time Space Existence exhibition alternates each year with the art exhibition Personal Structures
Connect with architects, modelmakers, and students worldwide. Showcase your work, discover networking opportunities, and be part of the future of architectural innovation that appreciates and preserves the use of physical modelmaking in personal and professional architectural design process.
Join architects and modelmakers around the world.
You'll be taken to the next stage of the sign up process where you can provide more details about your practice.
