{"id":6313,"date":"2015-12-16T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2015-12-16T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:47:41","slug":"lego-launches-system-for-architects-review-by-ty-lad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/lego-launches-system-for-architects-review-by-ty-lad\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego launches system for architects [Review by TY lad]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Continuing the blog posts by Fionn Stephens (the in house TY student) this concluding post (forming the trilogy) shows a new architectural specific modelling system by toy leaders Lego.<\/p>\n
[Read the previous post on the FoamWerks V-cutter HERE<\/a> and the review of the Arckit system HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s what Fionn had to say:<\/p>\n “I am a huge fan of Lego, I have been since I was able able to throw one brick onto another one. But sadly I have come to an age where I told myself that I should stop playing with Lego. [Editor’s note: You’re never too old for Lego!]. For some people that age never comes, you can now buy Lego for adults: models of famous buildings such as Le Louvre, The White House and Big Ben. All of which you painstakingly put together over hours of “fun”, and leave on a mantle piece to never touch again.<\/em><\/p>\n The architectural range of Lego has a new product; the Lego Architectural Studio is designed for architects in mind, in the box all the pieces are white, getting rid of the bold primary colours Lego is famous for. There are no instructions, instead you get a 272 page manual which acts like a text book for an architectural course. There are also no mini-figures (the yellow men) inside the set, leaving you free to create to any scale you like. In the manual is says that a single block could be a bench, a house or a whole block of skyscrapers. The scale is in the eye of the maker.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I was never one to follow instructions, I usually threw them away and created what I wanted, so this set suits me well. In the box you get 1,200 brick of various sizes, including what you would expect from Lego and many others which you wouldn’t.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n