Landmark Project Planning

Complete this planning before spending significant time modelling.

1. Choose and confirm a landmark

Select a real building, monument, structure, or locally significant place. Confirm the choice with your teacher. Choose something with a recognizable form that can be completed within three classes.

2. Collect useful references

Find at least three views from credible sources:

• a clear front or primary view;
• a side or angled view;
• a view showing important details, footprint, or scale.

Record the landmark’s name, location, purpose or significance, and the source of each image. References provide information; they are not models to copy.

3. Identify defining features

List the three features that make the landmark recognizable. Prioritize these over tiny decorative details.

Use Shape Decomposition Planning to identify boxes, cylinders, spheres, cones, wedges, solids, and holes.

4. Plan scale and proportion

Choose a reasonable maximum printed dimension. Use reference measurements or proportional comparison to decide how tall, wide, and deep the model should be.

Draw front, side, and top views. Label:

• overall dimensions in millimetres;
• the main component shapes;
• repeated features that can be duplicated;
• openings that should become holes;
• overhangs, thin areas, and fragile details that need simplification.

5. Decide what to simplify

You are creating a recognizable interpretation, not a perfect miniature. Identify:

• one detail you must preserve;
• one repeated feature you can simplify;
• one feature you may exaggerate slightly for recognition or printability.

6. Planning check

Use the Quick Design Check. Begin modelling when the landmark, defining features, scale, and first construction steps are clear.

Evidence for Notion

• Landmark, location, and significance
• Three referenced views with sources
• Three defining features
• Front, side, and top sketches
• Dimensions and component shapes
• Planned simplifications
• Peer feedback and your response

Curriculum connections

A1.1/A1.2: Apply technological concepts to a design problem.
A1.4: Communicate ideas using appropriate formats and terminology.
A1.5: Establish criteria for recognition, proportion, and printability.
A1.7: Gather and synthesize information from varied sources.
A2.1/A2.7: Plan the project and measure accurately.