Rehabilitation of Vapor Cortès

Harquitectes, Barcelona, Spain, 2024

Scale: 1:20
Materials: cardboard, paper, plaster, wood
Type: study
Detail: 5/7
Student: Tinka de Leeuw, HS25

A 1:20 study model of Harquitectes' Vapor Cortès rehabilitation depicts a cluster of industrial shed volumes arranged around a courtyard passage, with a prominent gabled central block connected by a decorative lattice bridge bearing the 'EL VAPOR' inscription. Walls are rendered in a textured plaster, roofs are clad in fine wood-strip planking, and perforated brick-coloured paper panels articulate the ground-floor bays. A white figure occupies the courtyard, foregrounding the phenomenological scale and spatial sequence of the through-passage.

How it's made — RAPLAB

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