Join us in person for an evening with Sam Jacob to learn about the research, design and making of the model of the most photographed barn in the world

Jacob gathered hundreds of photographs found on the internet. These photographs were processed by photogrammetry software that creates 3D form by extrapolating data from 2D photos.

The resulting models made for the Shaping Space exhibition in photopolymer resin 3D prints by Amalgam Modelmaking, show not only what the software ‘knows’ from the information that it was fed, but also reveal the gaps and glitches that are part of the process.

The project continues Jacob’s interest in the idea of architecture as a form of representation – in this case drawing on the self-declared significance of an otherwise unremarkable barn as the subject of photos. In this way these are models of the patchy, touristic, photographic records of the barn, and not the architectural form of the barn itself.

About Sam Jacob

Sam Jacob founded Sam Jacob Studio in 2014. He is Professor of Architecture at UIC and Visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture. He was co-curator of the British Pavilion in Venice (2014), is a columnist and critic for Dezeen and Art Review as well as Contributing Editor for Icon magazine. Previously, Sam was a founding director of FAT Architecture.

This event is part of the Shaping Space: Architectural Models Revealed programme, funded by the AHRC, led by the V&A and the Building Centre.