Our studio in Bebek has a long table by the windows over the Bosphorus that is never cleared. At any moment it holds a dozen white models at different scales, for projects at every stage.
A model can be picked up, turned in the hand and held up to a window at four in the afternoon. Clients understand it instantly, in a way they rarely understand a plan. Engineers argue with it. Children want to touch it.
“A render shows you a picture of a building. A model lets you walk around the idea.”
We make them white on purpose. Without colour or texture, a model shows only form, proportion and light. If a building is beautiful in white card, the materials will only make it better. If it isn’t, no amount of travertine will save it.
