Interactive Models

An interactive model communicates so much more.
If you have a complex story to tell or a lot of information to convey, an interactive model is the most effective way to engage your audience and get your message across. The level of interactivity can range from a few buttons that light up key areas on the model to a full touch-screen interface that activates multiple lighting zones and displays on-screen information (such as the Cardiff City Masterplan model – see below).

If you look through our previous projects, you'll see that we can also make things pop up, light up, flash, float, pulsate or rotate, all with interactive speed or direction controls. Scroll down now and see what we can do. Make sure you also click on the links for more detailed information.

Cardiff City Masterplan Model – Scale 1:750 1:750 is an ideal scale for masterplan models showing an overview of large redevelopment areas. This 6.5m x 5.5m interactive model of the city of Cardiff took almost 5 months to design and build. The model has been designed for use in a permanent marketing suite to promote the city of Cardiff to national and international investors. It is a fully interactive model controlled via a large touchscreen which activates over 30 different lighting zones on the model and at the same time displays relevant information pages on the screen.


Interactive Sales Model for the Retirement Sector We had no sooner completed our first project for this major developer in the retirement sector than they immediately asked us to produce a second model for this much larger development. Both models had fully interactive lighting which allowed the sales agent to illuminate individual plots from a touch-screen tablet. We also incorporated filters for 1 bed, 2 bed, ground floor or first floor apartments.


GlaxoSmithKline Interactive Model – Scale 1:200 Originally built as a static model, GSK asked if we could add an interactive element to help convey a more detailed representation of their sustainable energy and waste treatment processes. Our solution was to add a touchscreen information panel linked to area specific illumination on the model. The main aim of this model was to demonstrate how the company harnesses biogases from their waste treatment process to fuel a newly installed Combined Heat & Power facility. View more photos on our Projects Archive.


London Apartments Interactive Model One of our existing clients recommended our services to Notting Hill Sales which lead to us producing this fully interactive sales model for one of their major developments in London. The interactive element allows touch-screen controlled illumination of individual apartments with floor plans visible on screen and various filter options such as number of beds, aspect, availability, etc.

CryoBattery Power Station – 1:150 scale Although this is very much a stylised representation of a CryoBattery power station the main purpose of the model was to illustrate the operating processes of the system which uses renewable sources to compress air in tanks which can later be used to generate power. To demonstrate this we've used interactive LED lighting effects combined with strong colours to indicate the different stages of the process. The LED illumination rises slowly upwards to the top of the vessels and then gradually drops down again to represent the “filling up” and “emptying” phases of the CryoBattery system.




Interactive models for Engineering Exhibition This group of four interactive models was commissioned by the Cardiff University School of Engineering for their stand at the Royal Academy of Engineering Summer Soiree. The models represent cut-away views of the earth's strata, using different coloured LEDs to illustrate the various processes happening in the layers of rock and sediments. See more images in our Projects Archive.


CLNR Interactive Model for Northern PowerGrid CLNR stands for Customer Led Network Revolution, a method of optimizing the power supply network based on immediate reaction to varying customer demands. The purpose of this model was to illustrate Northern Powergrid's strategies for maximizing the efficiency of their supplies to both domestic and commercial users. See more images in our Projects Archive.