Latapie House

Lacaton & Vassal, Floirac, France, 1993

Scale: 1:20
Materials: acrylic, cardboard, fabric, mdf, paint, paper, plywood, polystyrene, wood
Type: interior
Detail: 6/7
Student: Vivian Duo Xu and Yangyang Li, FS26

A 1:20 sectional study model of Lacaton & Vassal's Latapie House depicting the dual-volume organization: a conventional timber-lined habitable zone open to view on the left and a full-height polycarbonate/greenhouse extension on the right. The structural frame of the greenhouse is articulated with white-painted elements replicating the lightweight steel grid, while transparent corrugated sheet material (acrylic) reads the cladding. The inhabited interior is furnished down to the color-coded miniature stools and a bookshelf, foregrounding the spatial and material contrast between the conditioned domestic space and the unheated buffer volume.

How it's made — RAPLAB

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Styro cutter — tutorial ↗
Wood Workshop ↗
Sawing — tutorial ↗
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