Architectural concept model of The Great Wall of WA (Western Australia) featuring seven apartments with community spaces, trees and details to replicate Luigi Rosselli Architect’s Concept sketches.

1st Model

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

80s Game Manual Art Made Three-Dimensional

Full model composition featuring: treasure chest, helmet, shield, crown, mushroom and rupees

objects from inside the chest. crown, mushroom and rupees

Wearable Samus helmet

A multi material composition of fantasy objects, based on the cartoon art style featured in Nintendo's early game manuals. I included objects that I would have the most fun making and interacting with. I have modelled the helmet to fit my head and many of the items are scaled as I believe they would exist if they were in reality.

2nd Model

Exhibition & Display

Three-Dimensional Map to Aid Walkers on Scarfell Pike

Scafell pike 3d map top down view

Scafell pike map left corner view

electronics access drawer

A topographical cut out of Scarfell Pike, with button-activated lighting to aid walkers before they ascend. The main form is fiberglass, moulded from a 3d print derived from real world point cloud data. Featuring a ply-wood housing with access drawer to store the Arduino and electronics.

3rd Model

Other Architecture & Structure

Architectural Concept Model Featuring Organic Forms in Plywood with Wire Representing Pen Lines

top down view of Great Wall of WA concept model with lighting

right hand view of Great Wall of WA concept model featuring the stairs and round community area

overall view showcasing full layout

I started by mapping out the space in CAD. To make the main forms, I laser cut sections of the buildings in acrylic to allow lighting. The main body of the model was cut from plywood, and sanded to make the shallow curve of the hill in-between, which is a digitally modelled staircase left white to match the drawing. for the details, fine wood dust was used to make the dry grass, and I used black wire to simulate the details drawn with single pen lines in the reference material, such as the trees and the tower in the background. I used vacuum formed styrene for the roofs, and copper tape for the cladding. Light passes into the acrylic blocks through holes in the base, that could also be modified to house LEDs.

Gallery

chest lid process image

plan model render/ digital sketch model

scafell pike digital plan

cross section of digital map data

Architectural concept model of The Great Wall of WA (Western Australia) featuring seven apartments with community spaces, trees and details to replicate Luigi Rosselli Architect’s Concept sketches.

Louis Buchanan

Arts University Bournemouth

BA (Hons) Modelmaking

Stand: 46
Graduation: 2026

I like to make a wide variety of models, specialising in creative making. I use digital modelling software and enjoy 3d printing. I am confident in physical making, and have skills in construction as well as moulding as casting. I have experience working in film as part of the plaster department where I was working on a set featuring New York street exteriors.

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Architectural concept model of The Great Wall of WA (Western Australia) featuring seven apartments with community spaces, trees and details to replicate Luigi Rosselli Architect’s Concept sketches.

Full model composition featuring: treasure chest, helmet, shield, crown, mushroom and rupees

objects from inside the chest. crown, mushroom and rupees

Wearable Samus helmet

Scafell pike 3d map top down view

Scafell pike map left corner view

electronics access drawer

top down view of Great Wall of WA concept model with lighting

right hand view of Great Wall of WA concept model featuring the stairs and round community area

overall view showcasing full layout

chest lid process image

plan model render/ digital sketch model

scafell pike digital plan

cross section of digital map data

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