A masterplan model shows a development in its urban context — how it relates to surrounding streets, buildings, and infrastructure — at a scale that lets a planning committee or investor read the whole scheme at a glance. Planning authorities frequently request a physical model as part of a submission for large or context-sensitive schemes, where a drawing set alone can't communicate scale and phasing as clearly.
We built a 1:500 urban masterplan model for a developer whose scheme spanned multiple city blocks — residential towers, commercial ground-floor retail, a central public plaza, and underground parking — shown in relationship to existing buildings, road infrastructure, and a waterfront edge, for a planning-committee submission.
Masterplan models are typically built at 1:500 to 1:1000 depending on site size, using CNC-machined base topography with laser-cut and 3D-printed building blocks, hand-finished for context accuracy against surrounding streets and structures.
1:500 is common for multi-block schemes; larger or smaller sites may call for a different scale — tell us your site size for a recommendation.
Yes — we've built masterplan models to the scale and context detail planning committees require; tell us your planning authority's requirements when you request a quote.