{"id":46710,"date":"2024-08-28T02:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rjmodels.com.hk\/?p=46710"},"modified":"2025-01-09T02:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T02:28:23","slug":"best-architectural-model-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmodels.com.hk\/ko\/best-architectural-model-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Models is interviewed by Wall Street Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The best architectural model maker<\/a> creates intricate designs from its workshop in Shenzhen, China. <\/span><\/h3>\n

By Alyssa Abkowitz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Capable of crafting everything from pint-size people to expansive city replicas, the company is one of the leading model-makers in the world.<\/p>\n

RJ Models produces schematic and marketing models of airports<\/a>, offices<\/a>, resorts<\/a> and luxury residences<\/a> that often end up in real-estate showrooms and architectural offices.<\/p>\n

The firm has made architect Zaha Hadid<\/a>\u2019s new Tokyo National Stadium model for the 2020 Olympics.<\/p>\n

It constructed a $60,000 model of Frank Gehry\u2019s Opus Hong Kong. The 12-unit residential building that is among the most expensive square footage in the city.<\/p>\n

And it crafted exterior and interior models<\/a> costing $1.8 million for Omkar 1973 Worli. A project in Mumbai where condos sell for up to $16 million.<\/p>\n

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RJ Models and\u00a0 3DR Models Factory for model making service<\/strong><\/p>\n

These architectural models aren’t just four walls and a roof.<\/h3>\n

They include intricate wiring that allows tiny streetlights to turn on, water in pools to glisten and living rooms to glow like home\u2014adding.<\/p>\n

For example, a Picasso-esque picture on the wall and a coffee table with a bowl of bananas on top.<\/p>\n

As a result, many of its models can cost from $100,000 to more than $1 million, based on the scale and details involved.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes our interiors end up looking better than the renderings,”. Says Dani Bterrani, founder of 3DR Models, chief executive of the Hong Kong-based company.”<\/p>\n

On a recent visit, several hundred workers were constructing four models each costing about $100,000 for New Bondway, a mixed-used development in London.<\/p>\n

A two-tower residential and office complex for Foster + Partners in Singapore. And a model of the Bulgari Resort and Residences in Dubai, which will include a 50-berth marina, along with apartments and villas.<\/p>\n

RJ Models and 3DR Models ships two to three models each day.<\/p>\n

The average turnaround time for a project, regardless of its size, is four weeks, Mr. Bterrani says.<\/p>\n

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To make the intricate models, the company starts with architectural drawings<\/a> and has conversations with the client.\u2014typically the architect or the developer\u2014about the model\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n

Clients in Europe and the U.S. prefer understated mock-ups that may have bare rooms, to leave potential buyers imagining their own furnishings in the space.” Says Yeong Cham, Project Director of RJ Models.<\/p>\n

In Asia, some clients opt for more bling.<\/p>\n

Those models, typically made RJ Models and\u00a0 3DR Models Factory for model making service, can include tinsel spray-painted trees and flashing lights.<\/p>\n

In the Middle East, customers favor trees with a yellow tinge, to replicate sand that blows on shrubbery, and eschew women in bathing suits sitting around a pool.<\/p>\n

In China, there is a preference for classical furniture among well-heeled homeowners.<\/p>\n

\u201cMainland Chinese tell me when you do modern style, after 10 years it looks old,\u201d says Ray Cheung, co-founder, and director of RJ Models.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you do classical style, after 10 years it still feels classical.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The scale is important, of course, and many clients opt for a ratio of 1-to-100.<\/h3>\n

RJ Models builds from the ground up, starting with the footprint of the building, and then hides the wiring.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t uncommon for a 50-story building to have thousands of small LED lights woven between the model\u2019s walls, so that each apartment room can light up.<\/p>\n

Much of the material used is acrylic because it is pliable. It is available in a variety of thicknesses and can be painted to look like a marble floor or a glass balcony, says Mr. Cham.<\/p>\n

Once the wiring is done, model makers start on interiors. If the client wants such details\u2014and landscaping, which is often placed with tweezers.<\/p>\n

Trees are made of wire and painted materials while finishing touches like labels on wine bottles or book spines are hand-painted. The facade is the final element.<\/p>\n

Some models come with a touch-screen iPad, It allows architects and developers to turn on lights in each room and lift the roof to allow customers a look inside.<\/p>\n

The most challenging aspect of model making, the founders say, sometimes comes down to playing mediator.<\/p>\n

Often architects want clean, aesthetic replicas. Developers or clients using models for exhibition prefer more bling.<\/p>\n

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When RJ Models designed a model of Atrium City Towers, a mixed-use development in Dubai.<\/p>\n

The developer couldn\u2019t agree on a gold or silver facade for the looming towers, Mr. Bterrani says.<\/p>\n

The architects wanted silver, the realistic color, while the developer opted for gold, as the towers took on that hue during sunset.<\/p>\n

RJ Models ended up making one model in each. In the end, the developer\u2014who was footing the bill\u2014opted for the gold.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cheung started RJ Models with his friend and fellow model enthusiast Jeff Lam in 1995.<\/p>\n

They often worked with Mr. Bterrani, on large projects and the three men decided to merge their businesses in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were sick of competing with him,\u201d Mr. Cheung says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the ground floor of the workshop, the three founders recently analyzed the ocean on a model of a current Dubai project.<\/p>\n

After discovering a milky residue on part of the water, they told workers to redo it, making the ripples crystal clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat way, when you put a boat on the water,\u201d Mr. Bteranni says, \u201cyou\u2019ll see a realistic shadow underneath it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Introduction of the best Architectural Model Maker, RJ Models:<\/h3>\n

Founded in 1995, Hong Kong, RJ Models specializes in making architectural models<\/a> and has been servicing this industry for more than 29 years.<\/p>\n

We collaborate with top-class designers worldwide.<\/p>\n

We strive to be the best architectural model maker and build the highest quality architectural models with the highest efficiency.<\/p>\n

As the best\u00a0model maker<\/a>, RJ Models has attracted worldwide media coverage.<\/p>\n

RJ Models turns your concept into a masterpiece.<\/p>\n

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