Model your home: A 3-session Design Workshop

A hands-on workshop where homeowners build a scale model of their home to understand space, test ideas, and plan renovations with confidence

See your home differently — by building it yourself.

This hands-on workshop guides you through creating a physical scale model of your own home at 1:100 or 1:50, and teaches you how to use that model as a practical design tool.

Whether you’re planning a renovation or just want clarity, this process helps you understand space, proportion and possibilities in a way drawings alone can’t.

How the Workshop Works

Session 1 – Capture Your Home (Photogrammetry Basics)
Learn a simple, accessible method to digitally capture your home using photogrammetry.
You’ll submit your files after the session and before session 2.

Duration: 90 mins

Light refreshments and food provided

Between sessions:
Your model will be cleaned up, scaled accurately, and converted into printed floor plans and elevations, ready for model making.

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Session 2 – Build Your House (Model Making)
Using your printed drawings, you’ll cut, assemble and glue your house into a physical model — step by step, with guidance.

No prior model-making experience required.

Duration: 120 mins

Light refreshments and food provided

You'll have a take home model making kit to completed your model at home, if you need more time.

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Session 3 – Design With Your Model
Learn how to use your model the way architects do:

• testing changes
• understanding spatial relationships
• exploring renovations and additions
• identifying design opportunities and constraints

Duration: 90 mins

Light refreshments and food provided

This session is about thinking, not just making.

What’s included / Your Take-Home Model Kit

Your kit includes:

• Professionally printed floor plans & elevations on 250 GSM card (2 x copies)
• 2 x Scale figurines (to test proportion and occupancy)
• Scale ruler (1:100 / 1:50, matched to your chosen scale)
• Model-making glue
• Fine paintbrushes

Additional off-cuts and shared materials will be available during Session 2.

Who This Workshop Is For

• Homeowners considering renovations or extensions
• People who struggle to visualise plans and drawings
• Hands-on learners
• Curious non-designers
• Anyone wanting more confidence before making changes to their home

No prior design or model-making experience required.

Pricing (Per Participant)

Pricing is based on the number of rooms in your home.
Between Session 1 and Session 2, each home is individually processed and prepared.
Larger or more complex homes require additional preparation time, which is reflected in the pricing tiers.

Bathrooms, stairwells and separate WCs are counted as individual rooms.

Ticket Types:

• $80 – Detailed Design : 1:50 model of 1 room
• $280 – Small Homes: up to 5 rooms
• $350 – Medium Homes: up to 7 rooms
• $440 – Large Homes: up to 9 rooms
• $490 – Extra-Large Homes: up to 11 rooms

If your home exceeds the selected room tier, you may be asked to upgrade to the appropriate ticket prior to Session 2.

Important Notes

• Small group workshop with limited places
• All materials for the workshop and take-home kit are included
• This is a pilot workshop designed to test and refine the format