Making a Brutalist Box

Measurements taken to be larger than the dimensions of the cutout templates, with a width inside large enough to fit the templates once they'd been constructed and glued. 

I laser cut the box using dimensions that would allow the templates to fit in even when they have been constructed so they're protected once they've been made, as the cost of this book is high £10-20 as stated on the brief, it makes sense to ensure these models will be safely stored as they're quite delicate, it's justified also making the box out of plywood with laser cut which will then be painted with a concrete mix like the samples shown resting on top of the box. I was told to come back in a week to paint the box as Fine Art was too busy so I'm currently waiting to complete the box. 

The Brutalist Leeds was laser cut using the Rasta function as I wanted to mimic plaques or engraved names on the side of Brutalist buildings. The box luckily fits together perfectly, this was initially a concern as the technician noted that often the machine especially with 6mm plywood wasn't always the most accurate. It took me a while to properly put the pieces together as although they look like perfect edges had about a mm difference I couldn't tell where but it meant it took some force to put them together. I like how the edge looks like brickwork, I thought at first I would remove the perforated edge but I feel it works well with the context of architecture. 

I was considering making a collage separately using the remaining parts of the plywood cut out of the wood as featured scattered around in the images above. For the inside of the box I'm either going to paint it a similar grey colour, or black to simulate a sense of the unknown as the templates themselves may be initially an ambiguous addition.