My favorite part of architecture school was making models. So much so, it is now my profession.

I am also on the board of the Association of Professional Model Makers modelmakers.org, where I assist with the newsletter and communications.

From my five years at Payette, there are many models I have made with a varielty of materials. Unfortunately they are firm property and cannot be posted without permission.


Copyright Julie Chen 2009 All Rights Reserved.
proposed Bridgeport train station
Proposed Bridgeport Train Station, Bridgeport, CT,
Wallace Floyd Design Group, Boston, MA, May 2003
1/32" = 1'‐0" hand-glued basswood trusses.
proposed Bridgeport train station
Proposed Bridgeport Train Station, Bridgeport, CT,
Wallace Floyd Design Group, Boston, MA, May 2003
1/32" = 1'‐0" Other materials include paper, mat board, and acrylic. All hand cut and assembled. No laser‐cutting.
Mill Center for the Arts
Mill Center for the Arts, Hendersonville, NC
Brian Healy Architects, Boston, MA September 2005
Brian's team built the model base while I built and applied the exterior screens. With two assistants, the wavy basswood screens were fashioned by hand.
housing models
Norwalk Housing, Norwalk, CT
December 2004
Merge Architects, Boston, MA
Model making assistance
residence model
Private Residence, Western PA 2001
Cochran Associates, Pittsburgh, PA