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Published in 3/2021 - Sacred Space

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Models Take and Make Space

Antti Auvinen, Thomas Miyauchi, Kristian Äijö

Juha Jääskeläinen, Juha Kaakko, Petri Rouhiainen, Matti Sanaksenaho and Jari Tirkkonen, Finnish Pavilion at the Seville Expo ’92. The model made of bread and butter was showcased in an exhibition on the pavilion in 1992. Photo Jari Jetsonen.

Although digitalisation has diminished the importance of scale of models in architectural design, they may provide more space for the imagination than other design tools.

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