I've always been fascinated of seeing scale models of cities. Some of the most impressive ones I've seen are the ones of Shanghai and Tokyo. They may show what the city look like either the past, present or the future.

How your city?

First here is some from the HK Infrastructure Experience

http://www.gakei.com/inf/inf09.jpg

http://www.gakei.com/inf/inf04.jpg

http://www.gakei.com/inf/inf10.jpg

http://www.gakei.com/inf/inf11.jpg

that's the model of Tokyo, presented in the Week of the Design in Milan, last week, by some japanese designer:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/112/p1010013ss1.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6749/p1010014tx0.jpg

wow... I've seen various models of Liverpool produced as part of a development project, but none for the pure artistic and urbanist merit like those two, that one of Tokyo is amazing!

Singapore's scale models @ URA Centre

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/raptorsuperb/IMGP5368.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/raptorsuperb/IMGP5415.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/raptorsuperb/IMGP5376.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6162.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6167.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6170.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6168.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6175.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6171.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6166.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20060826/IMG_1607.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20060826/IMG_1608.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20060826/IMG_1611.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20060826/IMG_1612.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20060826/IMG_1613.jpg

London model at the NLA offices:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/469054701_7ab3c4e83d_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/96492870_67e4c067ff_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/96493124_b38a569b38_o.jpg

I know they have a model some where in Chicago artitechture foundation but im too lazy to drive there =p

There used to be a big old model of Seattle - I think it might have been - at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago but I don't know for sure.

That Toronto model really looks weak when compared to the Tokyo and Kong. Regardless I could never do it.

alot of effort there:nuts:

There used to be a big old model of Seattle - I think it might have been - at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago but I don't know for sure.
http://www.globalphotos.org/chicago/20061107/IMG_2697.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/chicago/20061107/IMG_2698.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/chicago/20061107/IMG_2706.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/chicago/20061107/IMG_2707.jpg

Hi! WANCH

wow id love to see one of mumbai, they usually just have it as one building or a smalll area thart developers make

See now that Seattle model is crazy. I guess there's a difference between those that are used for an artsy purposes and those used for planning; the artsy ones being more aesthetically sound and the planning ones being more accurate with regards to buildings and roads and such.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6753/cbdmodelyl0.jpg


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Wow! Cool models.

Here's the northwestern part of the city center of Beijing:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f68/Nemo02/China/Peking15.jpg
Picture by me

Some nice scale models...the sydney is my favorite so far:)

Found this side with some scale models:
http://tinselman.typepad.com/tinselman/2006/09/catalog_of_scal.html

Amazing!! I´d love to work on one of these

This unique model of Prague's Old Town was made in 1830's by one man - Antonín Langweil - in 1:480 scale, includes details of facades, gardens and even inner courtyards. Nowadays it is part of City of Prague Museum's collections and it's 3D digital model will be available on internet soon.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Langweiluv_model_Prahy_1.JPG.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Langweiluv_model_Prahy_2.JPG.
http://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/mira/sh/images/0_01_01_13-MS--Langweiluv_model_03.jpg.
http://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/mira/sh/images/0_01_01_17-MS--Langweiluv_model_02.jpg.
http://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/mira/sh/images/0_01_01_13-MS--Langweiluv_model_00.jpg.
http://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/mira/sh/images/0_01_01_18-MS--Langweiluv_model_01.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail01.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail02.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail03.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail04.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail05.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail08.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail06.jpg.
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/grafika/langweil/langwail07.jpg

Some nice scale models...the sydney is my favorite so far:)

^^ Are you serious?!

The scale-model for Tokyo is way more detailed and impressive than Sydney's. It's probably the most detailed scale-model ever made.

Shanghai's and Beijing's are runner-ups.

Sydney would probably come fourth.

Yeah I was serious...but now it's Prague:)
Very impressive if you consider how old the model is...but it's a strange scale he used:)

No winners they were all very well made

BERLIN - 3 differents scale models, in the same hall in Berlin, Am Köllnischen Park

http://m1.freeshare.us/142fs864995.jpg

http://m1.freeshare.us/142fs865219.jpg

http://m1.freeshare.us/142fs865771.jpg

http://m1.freeshare.us/142fs865436.jpg

http://m1.freeshare.us/142fs86486.jpg

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In the first Berlin model there are some high-rises around the TV tower...they aren't there in real time are they? :dunno:

^ no they aren't, of what i know, they are still projected

here one closer view... find the intruder...

http://m1.freeshare.us/143fs681582.jpg

i have a question how could you get a job help do all that

Here is a model of Curitiba, in Paraná state, Brazil. It doesn't compete with the ones shown here, but it's still worth posting.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/482/imgp4742tt4.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7929/imgp4743bk6.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/909/imgp4744jk5.jpg

one of Birmingham UK

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/476960584_2bed998ebf_b.jpg

have they done 1 of dubai in the future

That model of Seattle looks cheap. Here is much better model of Seattle. I took the pictures of it at Sales Center on Westlake and Denny. That model isn't show ALL downtown Seattle area. Only focus on redevelopment areas.


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/Picture229.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/Picture232.jpg

^ no they aren't, of what i know, they are still projected

here one closer view... find the intruder...

http://m1.freeshare.us/143fs681582.jpg
Is the big santa just pro or already approved
:nuts:

my city - martin/slovakia :)

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7880/img1406fi9.jpg

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http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2091/img1411so9.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/707/img1418ye9.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2656/img1423sa9.jpg

That model of Seattle looks cheap. Here is much better model of Seattle. I took the pictures of it at Sales Center on Westlake and Denny. That model isn't show ALL downtown Seattle area. Only focus on redevelopment areas.


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/Picture229.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/Picture232.jpg
OMG I think I see Bond.

that's the model of Tokyo, presented in the Week of the Design in Milan, last week, by some japanese designer:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/112/p1010013ss1.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6749/p1010014tx0.jpg

This is BY FAR the best city model I have ever seen !! If I could see it in real life, I could easily spend 5 straight days admiring it.

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Well deffinately not as big or detailed as the other models, but here is Europes youngest capital Cardiff

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s243/sandraanstiss/P2060149.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s243/sandraanstiss/P2060150.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/6glx7ja.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/6as2jps.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/52qag5g.jpg

^^ That would be very interesting to see everything get built. I don't think we can find many cites around the world that has long rows of skyscrapers along the freeways like planned for Dubai.

it will look like that in about year 2016

See now that Seattle model is crazy. I guess there's a difference between those that are used for an artsy purposes and those used for planning; the artsy ones being more aesthetically sound and the planning ones being more accurate with regards to buildings and roads and such.
That's the BNSF exhibit at the MofS&I in Chicago. It wasn't meant to be a down-to-the-block accurate model of either Chicago or Seattle, but was done more to represent where BNSF's railroad operates. They have maintained the model railroad there since the late 1940s or early 1950s when it was first built in 'O' scale by the former Santa Fe (ATSF). Successor company BNSF replaced it with an HO-scale model a few years ago. How tall would the Sears Tower have to be to be accurate in HO (1:87) scale?

OTOH, I can recall from high-school trips to there that they had a visionary scale model of Chicago elsewhere in the museum. I have no idea if it is even still in existence as I have not been in the building since about 1980. (I *MUST* go back there one of these days...) (I *MUST* go back there one of these days...)

Mike

finnaly I can see how much building there will be in Dubai it looks amazng at how much will get built there.

I need to say (I know people will hate me by saying it) Dubai don't look that good with only skyscraper with no shot building, I like city with all type of building: shot, tall, old and new (like HK and NYC), Dubai look like an over price over maintenance lady, very untouchable.

This is BY FAR the best city model I have ever seen !! If I could see it in real life, I could easily spend 5 straight days admiring it.

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I believe the trains actually run. :)

How tall would the Sears Tower have to be to be accurate in HO (1:87) scale?




The Sears Tower is 1,483 feet.

1,483 divided by 87.1 = 17 feet.

^^ wrong, that's the height of the Petronia towers. the sears tower is
1,450ft

finnaly I can see how much building there will be in Dubai it looks amazng at how much will get built there.
more then any country in the world

Here's a scale model of Manhattan found in the Queens Museum

http://www.queensmuseum.org/panorama/img/views/downtown.jpg

And another scale model of Manhattan

http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/new_york_panorama/panorama_1.jpg

http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/new_york_panorama/panorama_2.jpg

http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/new_york_panorama/panorama_3.jpg

http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/new_york_panorama/panorama_4.jpg

NY one is simply amazing

Chongqing


Chongqing Planning Exhibition Center

http://static.flickr.com/71/208135244_b0d3c47be0_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/81/208133188_3c3cec3c61_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/95/208135243_ce95734e46_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/57/208133183_742fbabcff_o.jpg

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http://static.flickr.com/77/208133187_6af4238c31_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/73/208135240_648eb53f5b_o.jpg


Masterplanning

Yuzhong Peninsula
http://static.flickr.com/79/208146009_e5335b8518_o.jpg

Models (old)
http://static.flickr.com/87/208146010_adedc4dbbf_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/64/208146011_f563ee5657_o.jpg


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TIANJIN


Posted by Kc3000~China:

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^^ WOW!!!!!!!!! It looks like sooo HUGE CITY! How many people live in that city?

I realize I've brought this thread back from the brink of oblivion, but it's a great thread that I thought people might enjoy.

I realize I've brought this thread back from the brink of oblivion, but it's a great thread that I thought people might enjoy.

yeah, thanks, i just saw the whole thread, simply amazing.

Yes, it is a very impressive thread.

The Tokyo, Prague, and Chonqqing models were very memorable!
C :

that's the model of Tokyo, presented in the Week of the Design in Milan, last week, by some japanese designer:

This is how Frankfurt looked like in the past, when it was beautiful:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Treuners_Altstadtmodell_Westseite_03012008.JPG

I'm sure Frankfurt is still beautiful, but different.

Wow the new york one is by far the best, followed by Tokyio.

I love London's model. Not much in the way of height, but good uniformity throughout, nicely proportioned buildings, and prominent buildings for miles in every direction.

Tokyo's and Chongqing's are astounding. I love the lighting in Chongqing's.

The Chongqing one is pretty awesome and so is Shanghai's. It seems like China, HK and Singapore are the only ones with urban planning exhibition centres.

Manhattan best hands down i reckon. The detail was astounding, the colours of the buildings were accurate and it was just so detailed.

But the rest are still absolutely stunning, how long would one such as Chongqing take to make? how many people to make etc etc?

Here are some shots of the scale model of Singapore city.
Theyre located at the URA Centre for public viewing:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/mdl1.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/mdl5.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/mod8.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/mod11.jpg

Shanghai, 1000sq feet of scale model:

www.imageshack.us
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/6035/rojamin6.jpg

http://i.pbase.com
http://i.pbase.com/v3/05/524905/2/46386833.shanghaiIMG_3306.jpg

www.flickr.com
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/442801297_768cc2dea2.jpg?v=0

www.flickr.com
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The new Pudong side
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http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6997/rojameg4.jpg

Here are some shots of the scale model of Singapore city.
Theyre located at the URA Centre for public viewing:


Yo thank for posting these. I like the way how the existing buildings are well detailed.

:omg: Shangai just amazing :drool:

:omg: Shangai just amazing :drool:

Its much cool you see it live! I went there last X-Mas and I spent hours staring at it.

I need to see it, before I die and the real city too. They should add Shangai Center it's stunning. :drool:

I need to see it, before I die and the real city too. They should add Shangai Center it's stunning. :drool:

They will do that soon. But most likely when the building is finish