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Architects Index of Modelmaking

Architect Benjamin Machin

Practice Statement

Benjamin Machin is a London-based architect whose practice works across housing and small public projects. Modelmaking is central to the way ideas are tested: a means to think through typologies, light, and material rather than a tool simply for presentation. The studio runs on a core-and-collaborators model, drawing in makers, engineers, and craftspeople as projects demand.

Models are made before, during and after a project is completed. We find form through model making and then we check ourselves through model making. Models shift scale readily, from site and typology down to the joinery detail, keeping the whole in view. Making slows the process: the time spent cutting and assembling is also time to reflect, to notice proportion and rhythm.

Contribution by Benjamin Machin, Director

Samples of Work

    1:50 Building model of Carlton Road. Grey board existing and proposed building model with a plywood base, sited on two steel plinths.
    1:50 Building model of Woodbine Place. Grey board existing and proposed building model with a plywood base, sited on two steel plinths.
    1:20 Building model of Woodbine Place. Birch plywood existing and Sapele and Maple wood proposed building model with a plaster base, sited on two steel plinths.
    1:100 Site model of the house in The High Weald. European Oak proposed building model with a Bulletwood base, sited on two steel plinths.
    1:50 Section model of South View Drive. Grey board existing and proposed building model, sited on two steel plinths.
    1:50 Outbuilding model of South Hill Park. Grey board existing and proposed building model with a plywood base.
    Family Portrait A selection of models used as design tools in the production of work for the studio.
    1:1000 Site model European Oak building model and base.
    1:200 Building model European Oak building model and carved landscape base.
    1:200 Building model of Mare Street Fumed European Oak model, sited on a window cill looking out to its site.
    1:50 Building model of Mare Street Grey board existing and proposed building model, sited on two steel plinths.
    Primary Image 1:25 Structure model for Rye Road Douglas Fir Timber posts and beams sited adjacent to a plaster figure of the existing outrigger, onto a plaster base.

Modelmaking Space and Resources

We all continuously make models.

Number of Modelmakers

We all make models.

Workshop Equipment

Craft Knife Cutting mat Hand tools SLR Camera

Practice Size

Small Architectural Practice (1-5)

Locations

London, United Kingdom
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