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Posted on June 28, 2021 by mzfassm2

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Posted in Main News Feed | Tagged B1550, B15TV, casting, Concrete, concrete casting, David Umemoto, interviews, mouldmaking, Saul Parker-Backhouse, Sculpture

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@tasha.arch ‘’I began this project by theorising w

@tasha.arch ‘’I began this project by theorising ways to best honour Crewe’s existing heritage through design. I believe that architectural facades specially can tell stories - so this project was heavily focused around the design of my facade.

During my first visit to Crewe’s city centre I walked around and made note of all the fun, notable, and strange little motifs I could find in the existing buildings. I found that Crewe was rich with these ‘strange details’ (as John Lee likes to call them). So I knew I had to bring them into my facade design to tie my building to its surrounding context and tell the existing stories of Crewe.

I began my model making process by simplifying the forms of the motifs I found and casting them into 1:2 jesmonite tiles. Craft is a really important element of architecture to me and I wanted to bring that into my design through the creation of these tiles.

The final model that I made was the 1:25 model of the final iteration of my facade. The skeleton of this model is created from laser cut MDF. Again, I used jesmonite casting to create the tiled portions of my facade as well as the red bricks. Most of the bold red elements were 3D printed and then spray painted red.
Something that was very important for me to communicate through this model was the layering of the facade. The lower portion of the facade is made up of metal panels (represented by MDF painted grey) but these metal panels are three panels deep.
This tessellated grating pattern is also repeated in bright red along the base of each window, bringing a sense of continuity throughout the facade.’’
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One of this years B.15 Modelmaking Award Wild Card Sponsored by @og_architect
Project by @themsarch @msa_ateliercontinuity MArch Year 1 Student, Tasha Webb @tasha.arch
See it at the 2026 MSA Degree Show until June 19th.

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