House with one wall

Christian Kerez, Zürich, Switzerland, 2007

Scale: 1:200
Materials: acrylic, basswood, cardboard, plaster, plywood, polyurethane
Type: sketch, volumetric
Detail: 2/7
Student: Dan Carlberg, FS24

A comparative sketch model suite at 1:200 depicting Christian Kerez's House with One Wall, exploring the building's stacked horizontal floor-plate composition and sloping site in multiple materials. Each iteration foregrounds a different aspect — structural floor-plate arrangement, topographic context, or overall massing — without resolving openings or surface detail. The ensemble reads as a form-finding and material-comparison exercise rather than a single resolved presentation model.

How it's made — RAPLAB

Laser cutter — tutorial ↗
PDF export for laser cutting — tutorial ↗
Digital Workshop ↗
Wood Workshop ↗
Sawing — tutorial ↗
Adhesives — tutorial ↗
Casting Workshop ↗
Casting plaster — tutorial ↗
Plaster — tutorial ↗
Simple moulds — tutorial ↗