Portfolio / Walnut Site Model for Steven Holl

For their exhibition “City in a City: a Decade of Urban Thinking by Steven Holl Architects” at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House in Los Angeles, Steven Holl Architects asked us to fabricate a site model for one of the projects on display. The site model was for the Vanke Center/Horizontal Skyscraper located in Shenzhen, China. The site model was cut from a solid walnut panel on our CNC router. The walnut was a good choice for the miniature details of the intricate landscape, as the wood was able to maintain both a solid form and finish even when using the tiniest of router bits.