The DK&P studio has integrated 3D printing into our practice. In this Q&A with our communications intern Hannah Kosoff, Roland Stafford shares his experience crafting a giant study model of the neighborhood surrounding our office. Roland is an architecture student at the University of Miami and an intern at Dover, Kohl & Partners. He sheds light on the 3D printer’s implications when applied at the urban scale.
The South Miami model is a combination of projects, plans, and urban design ideas for downtown that have been curated since 1992. Leading the effort that resulted in the Hometown Plan and an innovative form-based code. That plan led to the narrowing of roadways Dorn Avenue and Sunset Drive, to reclaim space for walking and dining; these were among the first such “road diets” in Florida.
The 3D buildings are separately movable, so they can be rearranged on the metal blueprint base. This provides a quick way to understand the public spaces and the private developments that give form to those spaces.