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I have to make a 3d model of a hotel it's famous for it's architecture- what materials should i use?

i need them to be realitively cheap, or things i can find around my house. it's for my final in class and if i don't pass it, i'll fail! :/ so please! HELLP MEE!! picture of hotel: http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Iowa/Park_Inn_Hotel/DSCN2184_Park_Inn_Hotel.JPG HERE'S THE OTHER SIDE VIEW: http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DPark%2BInn%2BHotel%26fr%3Dyfp-t-360%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8&w=600&h=450&imgurl=www.peterbeers.net%2Finterests%2Fflw_rt%2FIowa%2FPark_Inn_Hotel%2FDSCN2184_Park_Inn_Hotel.JPG&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peterbeers.net%2Finterests%2Fflw_rt%2FIowa%2FPark_Inn_Hotel%3FS%3DA&size=36.5kB&name=DSCN2184_Park_Inn_Hotel.JPG&p=Park%20Inn%20Hotel&type=JPG&oid=d2da4c1e71f8de56&no=12&tt=69293

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1. Bases on the color and that most of the surfaces are flat, I expect that ordinairy card board will work fine. Anything from corregated cardboard, to the inside surfaces of dry food containers should make great building material. For windows, you might be able to use clear kitchen wrap, or the little plastic windows from the envelopes that bills come in. Some brown shoe polish may be rubbed on to match the darker colored parts. The brick surface may have to be drawn on with pen or pencil. Some white glue to hold it all together and you are good to go.
2. Ok bare with me and I will get to the details you want, but first I will give you essential advice from a professional. To be aware of the background to any great piece of architecture is fundemental to being able to represent it as a model. This is because it should not just be a random piece barely worth placing by in a model railway - it should communicate the essence of the design. Looking at the model should be able to understand both its visual quality and more importantly as architecture, its spatial quality. It really doesn't matter if the materials look exactly like the original. Nor does it matter if you do not include all the elements such as the glass in the windows. Now the detail Park Hotel Inn was built by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright - respected as one of the greatest of modern architects. Wright had a keen sense of sculptural desgin so let the elements you do represent sing loud and clear. Look at those solid sexy slices of roof, those perfect planes of brick. Now check out the funky details which highlight how these two meet and at the same time mark out the space between where the life of the hotel occured. Now get hold of plans. Phone the Conservation Project if you have to - explain and ask them to fax / email them. Key features are: "a dining room with a sky-lit stained glass ceiling" The fist of the two pieces of glazing worth putting in - use a peice of clear plastic - hunt for the design of the stained glass in old photos or something similar of Wrights - draw onto the plastic using permanent marker colors. See the photos of their restauration here under the section "other recent": http://www.wrightonthepark.org/photos_recent.php "a mezzanine balcony between it and the front lobby. The balcony looked down into both the lobby and dining area" This arrangement is the heart of the hotel - make a model of this inside and make the view able to lift up the roof to see it. "A second floor ladies parlor opened through a loggia of stained-glass French doors onto a balcony that cantilevered over the sidewalk, with a wonderful view of Central Park across the street." Because of the view it is important. The cantilever is a hallmark of the architect. "The basement men’s lounge below the lobby was well lit by eight-foot plate glass windows below sidewalk level, protected from the sidewalk by concrete curbs and a brass rail." The second of the glazing features worth modeling. A clear piece of plastic with the frame pattern scratched in and brass wire for the railings is what is needed. Other notes: SCALE: the model must be to a scale and built in proportion. Do you have a set of drawings? Print them out to scale and build ontop of them. Then add something to represent people, trees, or vehicles to give scale. Spray them and the rest of the surroundings white so as not to distract from the model. MATERIALITY: what are the principal real materials used in the building? choose the minimum number of modelling materials to represent them. For example brown card for concrete and roofing, balsawood for brick and and white plastic for everything else. Or try just 3 tones of card. A local modelling (planes, trains) shop should have the three basic materials of modelling in sheets and the glues necessary: card, plastic and balsa. If that is too expensive, improvise. Finally here is a campaign to save this building and so you must to check out these sites first: http://www.wrightiniowa.com/ http://www.wrightonthepark.org/ Not to have read these and used the wealth of information and images there would be reason enough to fail you... They have great photos and also ask them who did the 3d computer images (BCA Architects?). Send photos when you're done!