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Case Studies; SLS 3D model for Zaha Hadid; Guggenheim Museum, Taichung, Taiwan

 

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Zaha Hadid is an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design.

We produced scale models of the Guggenheim Museum in Taichung, Taiwan, which were delivered as an architectural presentation to the office of the Mayor of Taichung, to promote the project.

Due to the complex organic forms of Zaha’s design and the need to show an accurately presented final design, an SLS 3d model was deemed the best solution for achieving and meeting their requirements.

Over 2m long, the resulting 3D model gave an incredible visual image of the proposed building when compared alongside the computer generated artist’s impression, allowing the Mayor’s office to see, touch and feel an actual tactile scale version of the proposal.

Dillon Lin, Project Architect for Zaha Hadid says:
"The SLS piece gave a very convincing presentation model that the mayor of Taichung is putting to good use in promoting the project. When accuracy is required with complex forms, SLS proves to be an economic process for producing models of these forms when compared to other, more expensive options, including making them by hand, which is extremely labour intensive."

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