Discover how 3D printing revolutionized an architectural project from initial design to final construction. See time/cost savings and design benefits.

Architects are no strangers to crafting models by hand—a process that involves foam, card, pins, and glue. When wood comes into play, it gets even messier, noisier, and far more time-consuming. A single model can take months to complete!

While traditional model-making isn’t going away, 3D printing is transforming architects’ workflows, making the process faster and more efficient.

On a Saturday when our Projet team received an urgent call :

“Could you deliver a detailed 1m x 1m architectural model of the XX project within 6 days? I need to present it to the Minister next week.”

The voice on the line belonged to Dato, a prominent architect whose firm was racing against a government deadline. The stakes? A multi-million-dollar urban development project.

Traditional model-making was too slow:

Handcrafted scale models would take 3+ weeks—far too late.
Complex geometries in the design made manual fabrication error-prone.
Zero room for revisions—any last-minute client feedback would derail the timeline.

He discovered Projet through Google and reach us out immediately.

The Solution: Precision at Breakneck Speed

Within 12 hours of his call, our team:

Optimized CAD files for 3D printing
Selected a multi-material approach and technology.
Ran a 24-hour print with a large-format industrial 3D printer to maintain scale accuracy.

The Result:

Day 1: Quick short meeting to understand the requirements.

– Optimized his CAD files for 3D printing(fixing minor errors unnoticed before).

– Splitting a 3D model into multiple sections

Day 3: Overnight print of our first sample begins

– First test part came off the printer—perfect.

– Post-processed, such as removing supports and sanding.

Day 6: Delivered a 1:100 scale model

– Complete and shipped on time

Achieving 90% time and cost savings versus woodworking and other forms of traditional model making.The cost savings are enormous, with final models being 3D printable within a few days rather than a few months.