Beinecke Library

Gordon Bunshaft, Connecticut, USA, 1963

Scale: 1:20
Materials: cardboard, plaster, wax
Type: facade
Detail: 6/7
Student: Maria Vieira Cruz, HS25

A 1:20 study model of Gordon Bunshaft's Beinecke Rare Book Library, depicting two elevations of the iconic granite-framed, translucent-panel façade, lifted off its base. The white structural grid is cast in plaster — carrying individually modeled square infill panels (paraffin wax) with grey veining suggesting the building's Vermont marble, while slender metal rods stand in for the supporting columns below. A scale figure placed beneath the colonnade communicates the building's considerable height and the transparency of the ground-floor loggia.

How it's made — RAPLAB

Laser cutter — tutorial ↗
PDF export for laser cutting — tutorial ↗
Digital Workshop ↗
Casting Workshop ↗
Casting plaster — tutorial ↗
Plaster — tutorial ↗