LEGO ARCHITECTURE BIG BEN - A Word from the Artist

Thefi rststepincreatingthisLEGOmodelwastogather
graphic and textual material of the original building
This gave me a deeper understanding of the building
and its architecture and were later incorporated and
reinterpretedintotheLEGOdesign
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I then tried making diff erent versions of the model at
various scales where each model followed certain
diff erent principles of the original The LEGO Big Ben
underwent more than fi fty concept versions ranging
fromhumblethirty-piecemodeltoalargereplicawith
the heightofoverfortybricks Thisconcept work was
done primarily inLEGO Digital Designer withsome of
thedetailstestedinactualbricks
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Thefi nalLEGOmodelemphasizesthetripartitedivision
ofthetowerThebaseisrepresentedwithxbricks
in the corners of the tower the more delicate shaft
of the tower is made using x round bricks which
lead to the massive top housing the four big clocks
Theornatestoneworkofthewindowsofthetowerand
thepalaceisrecreatedinLEGOGrilleplatesusingthe
SNOTStudsNotOnToptechnique
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What I found most challenging in creating this model
was representing the richness of th century gothic
revival architecture in a scale usually more appropriate
for modern or contemporary architecture of smooth
surfaces and clean lines Nevertheless with a towers
widthofonlythreestudstheLEGOmodelstillcaptures
themaintraitsofthebuildingitsappearanceanditsspirit
RokKobe
AWordfromtheArtist
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