- Type of project: Architecture, Memorial, Museum, Research Center, Park
- Year: 2018
- Materials: Plaster, Red Pigment, Black Pigment, Pressboard
- Method Used: Casting plaster in a polystyrene mold, Cutting parts of the mold with a polystyrene cutting plotter and my usual polystyrene cutting machine
- Link to project: http://georgedimaarchitect.adima.one/diploma-project-conversion-and-extension-for-the-former-prison-ramnicu-sarat-memorial-and-centre-for-non-formal-education-ramnicu-sarat-romania/
This models were made in 2018 for my diploma project which was about the Conversion and Extension for The Former Prison Râmnicu Sărat – Memorial and Centre for Non-Formal Education, Romania, Râmnicu Sărat. The model was divided into two parts because of two reasosns:
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- It contained two sites: the first is on the left side and it is the site of the former prison and the second is on the right side and it is the place where an abstract memorial forest and educational centre was proposed.
- The dimensions and the weight of the whole model were big enough to make it hard to move it around.
For this project I did three models and the main method used for all of them was casting plaster in a polystyrene mold carefully thought before. For the model at the scale 1:100 cm visible in the left side and beneath I used red pigment to color the sectioned model in the part of the side were I had a landscape proposal. I did this in order to emphasize it.
I did the same thing, but with black pigment, to differentiate the existing building on the site (the former prison) from the proposal which was all in the underground level. The building remained white and the proposal in the underground was pigmented black.
In the image from the presentation of the project can be observed the smaller model which was one with the context. This model, made at scale 1:500 cm, was presenting how the site of the proposal was situated in the city and its relations with it. The method used was also casting plaster and the little houses were cast at the same time with the base. They were made separately at the model scale 1:200 cm in order to obtain a more accurate form and sharper edges.
For the model scale 1:100 (the one with the black pigment), I used a polystyrene cutting plotter to obtain certain details of the existing building which is a historical one and has great architectural value.
