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University of East London (UEL) Architecture student designs model office made entirely of Lego

Thursday 7 June 2012

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A UEL student has designed a model office made entirely of Lego to highlight the issues surrounding space utilisation and sustainability in the work place.  The model, which is made up of 9,000 Lego bricks, was built in collaboration with Computer Aided Design Management –CADM- a software company based in the Knowledge Dock at UEL’s Docklands Campus.

First year student, Matt Fallowfield-Cooper, worked alongside the CADM team to create the 75” x 45” model, which is a scale replica of a floor in the Man Yee building in Hong Kong, over the course of five months.

The model was showcased at San Diego at the CoreNet Global Summit, which took place from 29 April to 1 May. Convention-goers were able to discuss Corporate Real Estate issues and see how a UK software company could fit “80 office staff into a single 15 foot booth”. Representatives from a variety of major US corporations were also keen to see the model including Pepsi, Coca Cola, Bank of America and FedEx.

The 80 miniature figures, were individually designed by CADM with many crafted to represent staff of the company, some of whom were equipped with full-size business cards to present to visitors.

CADM’s Managing Director, Alan Rose, said:

“We were delighted with the response to the model, which attracted a huge amount of attention. This was the perfect way for us to show our software, working on an office environment that is immediately to hand - albeit in miniature.” 

For the miniature office, business will resume as usual throughout the summer where the model will go on display at UEL’s Docklands Campus. The Lego office will then undergo further updates involving adding more sophisticated electronics. This will be undertaken by a UEL student before it is taken to further trade shows in the UK and the USA later this year.

Watch a video of how the model Lego office came to be constructed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPFIjmKz3Ko

Notes to Editors

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