Residential with terraces
Two light-wood volumes with rooftop terraces and red balconies.
Details of this model
Entrances and routesEntrance and red treeThe entrance, the stairs and the scale figures show how the building is walked through.
Portfolio
A selection of what we have made for each firm and institution: finished models and the workshop work behind them.
Fragments of the process
Stage 1 of 15
Project intake
We receive the drawings, the references and what the client wants to achieve.
Firms and institutions
CCA
Finished models, tests and workshop details made for CCA.
Gaeta Springall
Finished models, tests and workshop details made for Gaeta Springall.
F44
Finished models, tests and workshop details made for F44.
Benjamín Romano
Finished models, tests and workshop details made for Benjamín Romano.
A creative workshop that cares for the process as much as the result.
Maquetas MX is an architectural model workshop in Puebla. We combine traditional craft with modern fabrication techniques to turn ideas into physical pieces, for architects, firms, developers, institutions and universities.
We make models with clear, specific requirements, and we also accompany experimental, creative projects with a more open vision. Either way we deliver more than a piece: we deliver a process.
We think
We read the project before touching the material.
We experiment
We test materials, cuts and finishes on samples.
We solve
What does not work the first time is corrected and documented.
We care
Every detail is checked at scale, down to the last tree.
CCA
Residential with terraces Residential building with red balconies Gridded tower
Process and exploration
A selection of photographs of how we work in the workshop: tests, cuts, assemblies, painting, vegetation and details.
Residential building with red balconies
Seven storeys in light wood, red-railed balconies, a rooftop terrace and trees on a timber base.
Details of this model
Construction detailsBalconies and railingsCantilevered slabs with red railings that set the rhythm of the façade. Scale and vegetationTree and scale figuresA tree of fine branches and human figures give the scale of the building and its entrance.
Gridded tower
Timber structure with vertical louvres above a two-storey base.
Details of this model
Textures and materialsTimber louvresPrecisely cut vertical slats that form a skin that changes with the light.
Gaeta Springall
Clay volume with a timber slab Urban intervention Master plan White building with balconies
Process and exploration
A selection of photographs of how we work in the workshop: tests, cuts, assemblies, painting, vegetation and details.
Clay volume with a timber slab
A terracotta clay cylinder above stepped volumes, with a cantilevered light-wood slab.
Details of this model
Scale and vegetationDry vegetation and figuresDry branches and translucent figures give scale to the cylindrical volume and its entrance. Textures and materialsTextured clayClay surface with visible veining and small grains, and volumes fitted into one another.
Urban intervention
White urban fabric with the intervention areas picked out in colour.
Details of this model
Scale and vegetationPark and tree-lined blocksThe green park and the tree-lined blocks read clearly within the white fabric.
Master plan
Illuminated urban model: park, axes and towers picked out in warm light.
Details of this model
CompositionLight between the blocksWarm lighting runs through the project's blocks and picks out axes and gardens.
White building with balconies
White facade with balconies, trees and scale figures on an acrylic base.
Details of this model
Construction detailsAcrylic balconiesBalconies with transparent railings and openings of different proportions on a white façade. Scale and vegetationTranslucent screen and figuresA translucent screen filters the view from the street, with trees and scale people on the acrylic base.
F44
GAM Talleres Japón La Conchita
Process and exploration
A selection of photographs of how we work in the workshop: tests, cuts, assemblies, painting, vegetation and details.
GAM
Timber plaza with bare trees, white pavilions and timber blocks, with its information plaque on a white base.
Details of this model
Construction detailsTimber volumesTimber blocks with slanted cuts that give the complex its weight and form. Scale and vegetationWhite pavilions and treesThe white flat-roofed pavilions are surrounded by bare trees and sand courtyards.
Talleres
Complex on a timber base with white stairs and rows of trees.
Details of this model
Entrances and routesWhite staircaseWhite steps descending between timber volumes: the main route through the model. Scale and vegetationTrees in plantersRows of trees in planters next to scale timber volumes.
Japón
Light wood model with the plan engraved on the base, plywood volumes and pink-foliage trees grouped between the buildings.
Details of this model
Textures and materialsPlan engraved in woodThe site plan and the court are engraved in the plywood base, with notes and lines to scale. Construction detailsRoof and structureA flat-roofed building with its light structure and pink trees in front.
La Conchita
Model with a wooden surrounding and a data plaque: the site is resolved with white volumes, domes and circular pavilions among dry vegetation.
Details of this model
CompositionCircular pavilionsWhite circular pavilions and a perforated piece organize the plaza and garden area. Construction detailsPetal roofThe white petal roof of the main building, with dry trees around it.
Benjamín Romano
Benjamín Romano
Process and exploration
A selection of photographs of how we work in the workshop: tests, cuts, assemblies, painting, vegetation and details.
Benjamín Romano
Model with a layered-plywood topographic base, a white building of open slabs and a pleated façade, and ochre trees.
Details of this model
Construction detailsPleated façadeFolded white sheets that form the building's façade and roofs. Textures and materialsTerrain in plywood layersLaser-cut plywood layers that draw the topography, with a car and a figure to scale.