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The paper model houses of Peter Fritz (2013)(socks-studio.com)
42 points by NaOH 5 days ago | 7 comments
  • galfarragem3 days ago

    If this post was interesting to you check my architectural models blog[0]. It’s in zombie mode now but I posted regularly for a decade.

    [0] https://archimodels.tumblr.com/

  • tralarpa2 days ago

    Wow. That's really impressive. Here is more background:

    https://magazin.wienmuseum.at/die-387-haeuser-des-peter-frit...

    And the virtual exhibition of the museum:

    https://sammlung.wienmuseum.at/alben/edb7nhc3tyww8dncp-sonde...

    Some of the models contain a rail segment (Märklin etc.). Was he a model train enthousiast and the houses were part of a layout, or did he use the rails just as accessories? Strange that the articles don't say anything about the artist's motivation.

  • js82 days ago

    Czechs have a good tradition in paper models of architecture:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langweil%27s_Model_of_Prague

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vy%C5%A1kovsk%C3%BD (sadly the article doesn't really do justice to how prolific he was, partial list of models is https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_vyst%C5%99ihov%C3%A1nek...)

  • ofrzeta2 days ago

    Related: the artist Thomas Demand who builds paper models of all kinds of situations https://thomasdemand.net/selected-work

    • lharbya day ago |parent

      I only found out relatively recently his models are life size.

  • kleiba2 days ago

    I wish I, too, could do stuff like that while being unconscious.

  • kbrkbr2 days ago

    This post made my day. Beautiful.