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Section Model
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Definition
A physical model cut along a vertical section plane to reveal the interior spatial relationships, floor-to-floor heights, and structural elements of a building. Section models are especially useful for understanding the volumetric drama of staircases, atria, and double-height spaces in ways that plans cannot convey.
Example
Studio Libeskind's section models of the Jewish Museum in Berlin (2001) were widely exhibited and published — the jagged, crossed-line geometry of the sections revealed the conceptual logic of the building before it was built.