Tracing House

The tracing house is a single room building designed far the creation of large artworks. The building was created with the idea of "editable shadows" in mind-- the idea that the artists working inside could change the building skin so to cast different shadow patterns. Its assumed that the artwork being created inside is influenced by the form and placement of these shadows. 

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I aimed to create these customizable shadows through two main means. A series of movable blinds along the sides and roof of the cubic form in the back left corner of the building. Additionally, the building features two sliding platforms that serve as both shadow casting elements and viewing platforms.

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The model itself is created using a mixture of basswood and plaster: the main plaster elements being the floor and the white building shell.