HYTAC Context ETHZ
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Location: DARCH – ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Schedule: spring semester, 2 weekly lessons
Number of students: 350 per semester
Department: Professor Andrea Deplazes
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Three hundred and fifty students were involved in the creation of a 5m by 2.5m model. Each student built a virtual 3D model of a portion of the neighborhood, following a simple but very structured system, that you can learn here on 3D Jony.
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The construction of such a large model with traditional tools would have been a painstakingly long and expensive ordeal, and the result wouldn’t have justified the number of hours necessary for completing it. With such a great planning and design tool, the students then went on to design architecture projects in the empty plots of El Poblenou.
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I can’t wait to hear about your project, go ahead, its just 15min.