Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Foamcore Architectural Model!

Every time Adam needs to wrap his head around the layout of a building, he makes a scale model of the structure as an exercise to better understand the space. One such building is the Fab House community maker space in Cleveland, for which Adam is on the advisory board. Using digital renders and blueprints as reference, Adam recreates the four floors of the Fab House in a 1/24 scale architectural model form using trusty foam board, a craft knife, tape, and hot glue!
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[@rioncitylife1917]

Hi Adam wait ive never thought about this but do you have a camera man? architeture is very cool my nephew likes that type of stuff me too

[@joec8079]

Thats literally 10 minutes from my house!

[@rioncitylife1917]

@@joec8079 whoa you live near Adam that is so cool

[@joec8079]

@@rioncitylife1917 That WOULD be cool, I live near Fab House in Cleveland.

[@rioncitylife1917]

@@joec8079 that is nice I live in the Mid West in Missouri

[@sensibleb]

"That's the house I grew up in." _[points to model of what appears to be The Palace at Versailles]_

[@JakeBiddlecome]

He talked about that on a previous video. His parents weren't wealthy by any means. Houses in that part of New York were just much cheaper back then. But yeah, definitely a nice house. I'd have to be a millionaire to afford just a one bedroom house in LA these days.

[@RoelfvanderMerwe]

Hahahahaha. I was almost rolling on the floor after reading this comment 🤣🤣

[@justinruthen532]

Beat me to it... lol

[@magoo983]

His parents both had kids from previous marriages as well so they needed the space. I think they had 6 kids all up.

[@aserta]

Prices for houses were much less back then. Now, it's become a business for scumbags to speculate and deal in housing, popping prices sky high. We live in a rampant world where some people don't mind screwing others and where those that are supposed to protect us, are in their pockets or worse.

[@torbar9603]

Do a 3" - 3d print of yourself and put it in the house!

[@brainlet8494]

Would love to see a 3D print of Grant Imahara. Would be a nice little tribute

[@PinkGoldPetch]

is it wrong that i've grown to prefer self-filming? there's so many micro zooms in and out, and so much wobble and so many more cuts away from the project for a stylized framing of Adam

[@TJDST4]

People seem to really like watching things filmed with a drunk camera operator. It seems be "what all the cool kids are doing "

[@chevytrucknick]

Absolutely 100% agree.

[@tomianrogneklungland7376]

I see you have a camera guy with you again. Even though the production value technically is better, I have to say I have loved the one day builds and videos you have done yourself during this pandemic, they're authentic and 'you' in a way that it never was before. That authenticity is also kinda lacking in this video, since you haven't done the filming yourself and you don't go as in depth and have your usual train of thought. Your one day builds is one of the things that, for me, really has been a highlight in this dark time. Sufficed to say, I really hope you continue to do some of the one day builds on your own.

[@stephen300o6]

The camera person's drunken lunges around the room does not help.

[@chrisleggatt3240]

I find there's an intimacy from self filming, which is desirable, whereas a camera person is ideally suited to a follow along at a comicon for example, the camera is viewing on the viewers behalf putting the viewer more and more within the scene, what with the HD tech hyper slow motions etc of recent. I believe the viewer presenter relationship is evolving slightly perhaps?

[@foolishjonny]

Anyone miss the continuous shots? Seemed more inviting when Adam is alone. We know he truly is just talking to the audience. I can't seemed to let go the fact the camera is moving with a body moving it and Adam is in fact talking to the camera operator.

[@Naf623]

"Keep all the bits you cut as you'll want them later" *flicks door cut out across the room*

[@alloll714]

He'll find it when he least expects it

[@ralph972]

@@alloll714 you mean when he needs it the most

[@ericg7044]

@@ralph972 More like just after he needs it most, after he already found something else to use instead. Or at least that's how it usually goes for me.

[@annwagner5779]

Or do his assistants pick them up?

[@CraftComputing]

I do this same thing whenever redesigning or moving into new spaces. I have my previous 3 houses, and all of my previous office spaces, mapped out in CAD. It helps with sizing considerations, workspace design, or even just 'where do I put the TV?'. I've never done it in foam core, but I think that might be a fun exercise for an upcoming expansion!

[@TheLordLogic]

Same here! Moving from a house to a new set of apartments in another state and I always find myself grabbing the iPad and mapping all the rooms out and their inanimate occupants...but I've always considered having a physical model and this may inspire me yet, as Adam is want to do

[@WillFuI]

Craft maybe a KZbin video out of it?

[@guitarchitectural]

Aw man, I much prefer the lockdown-style videos for these builds! No jumpy zooms, no floaty shots, no excessive editing... Just straight talking and building is all we need!

[@donniedarkestra7771]

There's different vibe to one day builds when Adam has somebody there to film. I've gotten used to Adam filming himself and talking retrospectively. Neither format is better or worse, but, it's something that I noticed while watching. That being said, all of his videos are inspiring and I'm sure he appreciates not having the burden of filming.

[@chevytrucknick]

Agree, I have gotten used to Adam filming by himself as well. Personally I enjoy Adam filming himself, it's a lot more intimate and it feels esier to get immersed in the project.

[@King_Timmy]

I'm already missing the covid year of Adam filming himself alone. Each one felt so much more personal. These have a more 'produced' look, but maybe I'm alone in this thought.

[@Trying2show]

No you’re not alone on that. I also do like the more personal in depth videos on the cell phone.

[@laurenfabry8566]

You are not alone- I miss the creaking of the tripod, the informal/casual way he spoke and the fact that the lighting/focus was more enjoyable. I’m so sick of the “mood lighting”, shaky hand cam with endless and needless zoom in/zoom outs. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I miss the Covid era videos!

[@King_Timmy]

@@laurenfabry8566 Yeah! You know exactly what I'm talking about! I'm trying not to be too critical of the person behind the camera, but it's so much more relatable and natural to have Adam just do his work while he thinks out loud to basically himself.

[@Cimone90]

Same thing happened with Jay lenos garage. The covid episodes were just better.

[@chrisleggatt3240]

We view these clips from our personal devices, and it feels fitting to view them from a personal device also, a continuity so to speak.

[@davidwaski]

Haha! I'm a former Art teacher in Cleveland (taught and lived one block from Glenville on Case campus) and have done a stay-cation Downtown! CLE is a gem...as is Tested!

[@victorwillhuber]

Ey Adam, I've been watching you since the first chapter of Mythbusters, and today, hoping that this message gets to you, I feel like saying thank you. Thanks man, thanks for Mythbusters, thanks for influencing the science and the good skepticism on me and many others. Victor from Argentina

[@orien2v2]

As a professional interior designer, being able to build physical models for a project is actually a luxury in terms of time and money. With those in mind, it's usually a must to use digital tools to complete projects within a given time and budget so I must say that if you're able to build physical models of a project, you are very fortunate! I've done over 400 projects throughout my career and 99% of them were done digitally. I still remember my first model I did back in college and I still feel super proud of it not because seeing my design come to life and being able to touch it, but because I built it with my hands, the ideas and information flowing from my brain to my fingers, the blade I cut and the glue I used to build my miniature walls and chairs, and I love them so dearly even if that was decades ago. Seeing you build really brings back some joy in me! Don't get me wrong I don't speak for anyone in the industry but myself. I have projects that involve physical models but it's usually outsourced by architectural firms to model firms. They're really helpful and really pushes any discussion to unexpected directions sometime. It's very different than working with projects stuck in the digital realm until they're actually constructed. It still takes much more time if a project has a tighter deadline, especially interior design due to the scale of the project as opposed to building a tower with a 10-year timeframe.

[@Trying2show]

Adam I hope every now and then you can give us 1 on 1 cell phone recording. Kinda miss that already. It felt more personal and educational.

[@chevytrucknick]

Filming and lighting seemed better in the last videos when Adam was by himself.

[@VonBlade]

100%. These dark, blurry, "zero shots of the actual doing" videos are so frustrating. How can one amateur on a phone produce better videos than dedicated camera people? It's hardly a new issue either. The work is what matters, not arty shots of Adams head or the ceiling.

[@danieltreherne5655]

I agree. Much prefer the personal filming on the phone. Seemed to be far superior picture quality.

[@StaplesandVine]

High contrast and shallow depth of field - not pleasant. Great project though.

[@klugkluk]

Agree. Also the handheld shots are super unsteady, making me motion sick. Not enjoyable at all.

[@Greendogblue]

its ok that youve done this on tested before, I love the foamcore stuff so please do more lol

[@casonspears7248]

“Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave, with a box of scraps!” See folks, keep your scraps!

[@sargentcolon2323]

Is this the return of the Cameraman? I will forever miss the *bandsaw noises*.

[@CrowArchLane]

Yep, you can tell by all the unnecessary camera wobble!

[@Aeidotronics]

You can get a matboard/foamcore cutter that holds the blade 90 degrees to the surface so you don't get miters. Logan makes a big chunky one.

[@leosklein575]

Always nice to hear when people get the full Cleveland experience.

[@maggierobertson2962]

Them more he says the word "foam core" the more it sounds like an aesthetic. As in "Cottagecore is so 2020, but Foamcore is the new Dark Academia."

[@conorfitzpatrickdesign9616]

Regretting googling Cottagecore XD. Another thing I just did not need to know existed thanks XD

[@maggierobertson2962]

@@conorfitzpatrickdesign9616 I got you bro.

[@annbrookens945]

@Maggie Robertson: it really does fit in with those titles!

[@ashen_dawn]

I love how you mention that models can be very useful for discussing an interior space - we did the same thing at my old job when trying to find a way to fit two extra desks into the same room. We made rough mockups with paper cutouts, and then verified our proposals would fit with a digital model based off accurate measurements. It was very helpful to be able to see it all like that.

[@NaughtyShepherd]

I love foam core, it’s so versatile.

[@jackoliver_]

ya def

[@Bad_Mattitude]

Man, every time I watch Adam build with foam core I kick myself for never having thought of using hot glue. We used Elmer's glue in design class and I hated it because it took so long to dry. This is so great!

[@ct92404]

My experience has been that hot glue is not durable at all. It just peels off and everything comes apart. I use wood glue for everything now. It even works great on paper and cardboard.

[@gregjarvis3288]

With you Adam. Been doing it all my adult life. I am lucky in that I can visualise stuff in my head but I like building 3d stuff. Now got my son and wife doing it. My wife's mum died a few years ago so my son and I gave her a starter kit of her mum's house as a Christmas gift. She completed it and did all the garden and interior. Helped her a lot to get over her loss😊😊

[@christopherwadeclark449]

The sound of handling foam core feels so genuine, soothing

[@aglaemaher1]

I’m an architect, and this brings me back to architecture school... Everything is done on computers now, we don’t get to play with physical models anymore...

[@wendymontie5660]

Same, Interior Design degree (long ago), after attempting an architectural program. I'm wanting to build our current house in a scale foam core thanks to Adam! :)

[@maegn]

I could watch you building scale model homes EVERY day!

[@TLZ]

Sweet. Another foamcore build. Everytime I work with this stuff, I just put on a tested foamcore build to watch while I do it!

[@tested]

That's awesome. When you work with foamcore, what are you making?

[@TLZ]

@@tested I tend to mock up complicated cosplay armor with it in a skeleton style construction, then pull patterns from it for EVA foam. For example, my DragonZord had some parts (like the head) that I needed to work out in physical space. If it's too much for my mental space to work out, it usually gets made with foamcore and posterboard.

[@chrismanning5232]

I like the daylight scenes (versus set lighting), reminds me of old Tested.

[@neobaggins3718]

That comment about a perfect set of blueprints is something I live by, and dictates how I design many of my projects. Especially with wood projects. I’m building a chicken coop based off of a full CAD model I did, and I’ve taken less than 10 measurements with a tape measure. Everywhere else I’ve used angles relationships, and directly transferring cut markings onto my boards. I imagine it takes longer to build than if I’d drawn up complete, dimensioned plans and precut and labeled everything, but I’m getting far tighter joints and better construction using this method than I ever have trying to rigorously stick to measurements. I keep a few master dimensions, then base everything else off of angles relating to those dimensions.

[@microbuilder]

I made one of these for my stepdad for fathers day, much smaller though, used 1.5mm plastic sheet for the walls/ceiling, then balsa sticks to frame the inside. Going to make another one, but much more detailed, it was a really fun project.

[@BobBob-qg4lo]

I absolutely love the foamcore houses, was so happy to see you made another one on the channel, and the fact it comes with such a great cause is the cherry ontop

[@_Gecko]

I’m moving off to college this fall and I can’t wait to use the school’s makerspace

[@hankgarvum7128]

If the space starts with a t, I might see you around!

[@greg-vj6qy]

I've been listening to this video while at work for some tips and I have to say, it really works as ASMR. The sound of the pencil, the tape, the razor through the foam core against the quiet muttering. It just works. Plus the help tips have helped for sure.

[@RoamGaming]

as the fab lab manager for a mobile fab lab in Salinas, CA (just down the road from you Adam) I talk to Sonya almost every week. She is indeed one of the good people out there. I am excited to talk to her on Friday and tell her I saw this video.

[@johnsykesiii1629]

Basement windows are usually 12 x 24". The are usually cast into the basement walls at the top of the masonry, so the 1st floor sill acts as the header for the windows. Add the first floor rim joist and the tops of the basement windows are about a foot below the floor level of the first floor. Interior doors are a standard 6'8" tall (80") by either 24 or 30" wide (or to architectural specifications). Exterior doors are usually 80" tall (sometimes taller) but are usually 30 or 36" wide. You can always order non-spec doors and windows, but be ready to wait a year to get them. Oh yes, windows are normally set so the tops of the windows are even with the tops of the doors (6'8" above the floor). The bottoms may be any height above the floor, except, by code, an egress window with a bottom no more than 24" above the floor must be present in bedrooms. I use 0.040" styrene for most of my HO scale buildings (which matches most model kits). Its thinner than scale, but easier to deal with since most components (doors, windows, etc.) are designed for the 0.040" thickness. However, I use 0.020" roofing, which is readily available in HO and sometimes have it overhanging the styrene roof sheathing around the edges.

[@MrMacgyver69]

I love foam core and dollar tree foam. Have been making RC airplanes and boat with the stuff for many years like the FliteTest crew!!!! Great vids as always

[@snehmistry8860]

As luck will have it, you can get a motorized glue gun that *will squeeze out hot glue at whatever speed you've set*. There's many out there for not too much money.

[@marioleon4102]

My spouse and I just purchased a new home and I'm definitely going to do this!

[@eo151]

As Joey (from Friends) says: "I'm gonna have to go into the map!"

[@johnyoung5820]

Architecture school was 35 years ago for me. Like an old football player watching a game feels his past glory days in his knees, this video made my fingers hurt.

[@jlondon1441]

Do you include the width of the foamcore when modeling? Or is that a detail too many for this? Would that explain the corner gap in his models?

[@johnyoung5820]

@@jlondon1441 It really depends on the scale and the purpose of the model. Foam core is good for quick and dirty, but we usually did detailed models in museum board (2- and 4-ply, cold-pressed) or basswood.

[@ewrekzz7360]

Thanks for your effusive praise of Cleveland. I have been away for 30 years, but still consider it my hometown. I've already started on building my current home model and will do the others. Such great pieces of memorabilia they could become.

[@googiegress7459]

I really preferred the solo camera work. Like, a LOT. This felt like there was a creeper watching you but you were okay with it. The camera is really wobbly and I just really preferred the homemade vibe.

[@janeblogs324]

The way he talked to himself was better too, impossible to put into words

[@paullatour7012]

You have inspired me to build a scale model of the Barndominium my wife and I just completed doing all of the work ourselves. I thing the grandkids would love seeing a model of our house.

[@mark22732]

Seems to be a lot of camera movement in this one. Was this shot by hand instead of using a tripod? Also some of the zooms were really abrupt. Felt it was a little distracting

[@KnapfordMaster98]

Building a space meant to help less fortunate people make things out of foam and hot glue. I think that's a really beautiful tribute.

[@danmar007]

I LOVE foamcore architectural models.

[@joshsmithartist]

I love watching (and making) architectural models. Thank you for the video and enthusiasm!

[@Jay68015]

its an amazing exercise, and I just love how your mind works Adam

[@alamadrid97]

Watching Adam and making my own wind tunnel at the same time gives me peace haha

[@ashleyhamman]

These types of models are so satisfying. I remember doing one at a summer camp when I was pretty young, and fully intend to give it another go once I've organized my current space in such a way that I can do maker things. (Hopefully pretty soon!)

[@imuneik]

Ahhh Adam…. I absolutely adore that little kid inside that shows up in your workshop 😊❤ Thank you for making videos like this for us… I’m sure I’m not alone in saying you are a guilty pleasure. 😘🥰

[@thisissoeasy]

You are so refreshingly honest... Cheers from Outback Australia (Mad Max country...).

[@klaidi6815]

I literally just finished the foam core video from 2 or 3 years ago,wonderful

[@relentlezz]

Architect here. After finally being able to relate to the topic and the low level of complexity shown in that build (because anything else on this channel is waaay over my patience and skill level and just leaves me admiring you guys), things took a few turns that were new to me: First one was using a saw on foamcore (we use cutters but with longer rulers and much bigger cutting mats). Same with hot glue or CA glue: We usually use regular, slow drying glue or just steel needles with tiny flat heads used for stiching up unsewn clothes. The latter ones have the advantage that you can remodel certain parts without ruining the bits you want to keep. Or recycle parts of your model although the foamcore doesn't age well under sunlight. Probably the biggest take away was your statement on the level of precision needed vs. the one usually put into these models. I try to keep that in mind for my next model. Keep up the good work, the sharing of knowledge, the storytelling and last but not least your overflowing, contagious positivity!

[@TREVONBACH]

How soon we forget how lovely a tripod is. LOL keep the content coming. Love your work Mr. Savage. My buddy used to call me ADAM (fellow red head, currently red beard) in the MB days. (RIP GI)

[@creedofthemachine9903]

The foamcore models are by far my favorite

[@sleepib]

The best hiding spot I've seen was in a house that had an addition, and there was a spot between the roof of the old house, and the interior wall of the new addition. The entrance to the space was about 3 feet high, but once you got in you could stand up, and it was about 20 feet deep. The floor was just 45 degree asphalt shingles.

[@googiegress7459]

Sounds better than what you can rent for $2k a month in LA. Does it come with a parking space?

[@diazjrroberto]

I like the idea of a controllable flow rate hot glue gun, it would probably work like a 3d printer with a stepper motor driving a gear that pushes the glue stick through, the trigger would simply be a button to turn on the motor, and then some sort of knob to control the rotation speed, probably even add retraction logic so that when you let go of the trigger it avoid additional oozing. Might be something fun to try and build.

[@arthurhoff8228]

When there's a cameraman the One day builds seem way more contemplative, as if we are observing Adam work. When he's the one filming the episodes have a more introspective feel, as if we are entering his thought stream.

[@mishagriffith5518]

I tried to get a job with an architecture firm making models. I got an interview and brought in a model of a television studio with a set of models I made for a music series. The studio was made of wood, but the set pieces were made of artboard and made so that the producers, directors, and TDs could move pieces around; they could experiment with camera, audience, and set placement. That was crucial to the design because it was a weekly series and the set pieces had to be flexible. The models were perfectly to scale and even detailed and painted. The architect was very negative about my work because of that flexibility. I never got the job, and it took me years of angst before I realized he could not conceive of anyone moving anything once it was designed, so my work was anathema to a professional architect, but perfect for the situation for which it was constructed.

[@adamsavage356]

Thanks for the love and support you've shown over the years! Feel free to message me directly here on my private Gmail. address! [e-mail] or you can also reach me on my personal Whatsapp Number [phone] Stay safe and stay healthy.

[@Bw899804]

I could watch this all day

[@wendymontie5660]

It's been forever since I last built a foam core model...seeing as I grad'd college in '90...that's a few days ago. ;) You have inspired me to build our current place. As ever, thank you for spurring on creativity.

[@adamsavage356]

Thanks for the love and support you've shown over the years! Feel free to message me directly here on my private Gmail. address! [e-mail] or you can also reach me on my personal Whatsapp Number [phone] Stay safe and stay healthy.

[@alice.lefthandedscissors]

Yay for Cleveland! To me as a maker, it makes a lot of sense that my city is beginning to have so many maker opportunities and resources like Fab House and the Think Box at Case. As Adam mentioned, the philosophy of making and the maker community embodies so much of what makes Cleveland itself - innovation and problem-solving in a constantly changing place with diverse communities.

[@thure1982]

I've done this in every place I've lived but in CAD so I can take measurements when rebuilding/renovating something.

[@emalinedickinson7492]

CAD is so freaking cool. Had a friend that was insanely good with it and we modeled all sorts of stuff just for fun. It's so incredibly useful.

[@Misack8]

Hello, fellow CADster. I do this sometimes when I need proper area and quantities of materials, but professionally I just draw plots and rural boundaries for land survey.

[@javierreyes786]

@@emalinedickinson7492 CAD is awesome and really easy to get decent at, it used to all look foreign but its as easy as drawing your room or house or things on your desk

[@erikgrant8464]

I think one of the more encouraging points: 'don't be too careful'.

[@dominique6195]

I love this man's excitement so much

[@bnbrinkman]

Hi Adam and the team. Thanks so much for everything you do. I don't think you can hear enough times how inspirational these videos are. Please could we have more on the Oculus platform too! It was great to watch the vacuum former video yesterday. Keep them coming. Thanks again.

[@dilihopa]

Excellent! Always enjoy watching Adam building things! I've recently started watching another amazing builder "The Crafsman SteadyCraftin".

[@bigbulldragon]

When touring with bands, Cleveland was my favorite stop. Great nightlife and what they have done along the river is beautiful. Best part was going into the RRHOF with said band and seeing the reactions of visitors to current and hopefully some future) honorees.

[@corinnavargas5479]

Love all the Cleveland love in this video 🤘🏽 I took for granted the amazing and creative culture that surrounded me growing up around Cleveland and going to college there. I left Cleveland 5 years ago for a job and living away in other cities made me realized how special my hometown really is. All I can think about lately is how much I want to go back. I miss the city, the people, the lake, the small businesses, the art, the music and the amazing culture and atmosphere. It’s a magical place 💛

[@adamsavage356]

Thanks for the love and support you've shown over the years! Feel free to message me directly here on my private Gmail. address! [e-mail] or you can also reach me on my personal Whatsapp Number [phone] Stay safe and stay healthy.

[@lufferov]

Honestly, I've got to say, the lighting and the filming was better when Adam was shooting by himself on his iPhone!

[@Trying2show]

I agree

[@shubinternet]

I disagree, the lighting is much better here, and while the camera is moving around a lot more, you don’t get the awful sound of the arms screeching as Adam grabs the camera to move it somewhere else. I could do without the quick mini-zooms and pop-ins/pop-outs happening so often.

[@jellegeybels3628]

I am an interior design student from Belgium, we learn to use woodglue for scale builds. It gives a stronger bond and there is no danger of melting the foamcore. (using a scaling ruler is also realy helpful)

[@CorwynGC]

For models like this, ramps as a stand-in for stairs usually works fine. Use lines to represent treads.

[@queenofdramatech]

Oh God! This takes me back! I took a set design class in college as part of my theater degree and my final was to create models for all of the sets in a play called Galileo. The whole thing had to be out of foam core and we had to make it a very specific scale. I got an a, but not without spending all night working on it.

[@edwardwalker9980]

Love your work and commentary.

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

I really like watching you do these builds. I am going to do one or two of these. Present house and future house.

[@XxW0LFEYxX]

I loved building models while I was in Architecture school. Have since moved to creating acurate digital 3D representations of homes, then popping on a VR headset to get a real feel for the spaces we design. @AdamSavage'sTested, if you'd like to see some amazing homes, swing by the office when you're in town for FanX in Salt Lake City!

[@diamondcreepah3210]

Fab House? Now that's a familiar name. Not too far from where I live there's Fablab, which is basically the same except smaller and located inside a pile of shipping containers and a stationary school bus. They got everything in there; a laser cutter, 3D printers, lasercut 3D printers, 3D printed 3D printers and dedicated programming PCs

[@matthewbock276]

It’s wild that I’ve grown to love pandemic Adam so much that I forgot what his camera man videos were like

[@SMTRodent]

I did catalogue art for a company in Nottingham whose business model was based on exactly this craft! They made houses for scale model battle tables, from different historical periods. This brought that all back. The whole workshop was about the same floor area as your desk.

[@itarry4]

Cool job! Or at least it sounds like a cool job. I know these things can often appear to be better than they are but still that definitely sounds fun. I love playing games with models like that doing almost like Special Forces clearing out a group of buildings but in the current world we're playing in. Mind you I alw make the models myself as that's part of the fun.

[@theflatdragon7114]

My favorite part of working with foam core is that moment after you've made your cuts and you just flick the piece just so to reveal the portal. Am I the only one that finds that immensely satisfying?

[@BennyBigIron]

Beautiful work as always Adam! I’m an Architectural Engineering student from Penn State and this video gives me PTSD from my first year studio.

[@bulletcatcher6661]

I'm watching this from downtown Cleveland lol love the shout outs, Adam!

[@AusSkiller]

I totally understand why Adam does this, when I was buying an apartment I did a similar thing but because I'm predominantly a digital maker I remade the apartment I was interested in as a 3D model that I then imported into a VR space so I could get a feel for what it would be like living there. I also made a heap of furniture that I could pick up and move around in VR so I could see how it would feel when it was furnished. It also helped with what renovations I wanted to do after I bought the place.

[@legofan987654321]

Hearing that Adam crawls around the house taking measurements makes me feel much better about some of the things I do for work 😅

[@Ferreri.Workshop]

Have you ever considered making these models with the ability to be taken apart sectionally? As an architecture student, we are often taught to design in both plan and section and I think you can learn a lot from models with that viewing capability.

[@scottr.hampton2474]

Multi level spaces... bbq skewers as alignment pins between the floors.

[@WilliamGreen]

Yesssss! FABHouse is a great idea.

[@CRWhiteside]

For foamcore building methods (joins and folds) the work they do at Flitetest is worth a look, they use foamcore and hot glue to make R/C model aircraft.

[@conorfitzpatrickdesign9616]

When my company moved office recently I built the new office space and workshop in Floorplanner to help us discuss our ideas for layout a lot like this.

[@danpowell2018]

"Crap, is that too big!? No, wait it's fine. wait! it is too big! Oh nevermind, I'm good... " ~ Adam. ~also me, every 2 min during a project. I'm not alone!! Haha

[@GrooveyGrubworm]

When I started learning CAD software in college we did a project in Autocad architecture where we had to draw the layout of where we lived in 2D, and later on we could make a 3D model digitally if we wanted to

[@scottr.hampton2474]

It's funny to me since I had to do this back in '76 in high school drafting class. Now I use foamboard like this to build model electric RC planes. Love it!

[@nickgulitti8480]

Adam is slowly becoming the Bob Ross of model making

[@wigglyboots2]

"You wanna make sure to keep all these scraps because you'll want them later." *Proceeds to flick every door and window cut-out across the room*

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.

[@MustangBobGT]

Thanks for all you do man sometime I get a lil down and out it the little things in life so thanks buddy