Farnsworth House

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Plano, United States, 1951

Scale: 1:50
Materials: acrylic
Type: structural
Detail: 5/7
Student: Duru Uçar, FS24

A 1:50 study model of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House fabricated entirely from white-painted and clear acrylic sheet. The model captures the building's signature composition: a raised glass-enclosed living volume suspended between thin opaque slab planes, supported by eight slender I-section columns, with two offset terrace platforms stepped down by acrylic stair elements whose individual treads are legible. Clear acrylic panels stand in for the full-height glazing, allowing the interior floor plane and spatial depth to read through. The monochromatic palette and uniform white finish foreground structural and spatial relationships over material or tectonic detail.

How it's made — RAPLAB

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