The Isle of Portland is an experimental testing ground to explore a novel methodology of architectural design through the medium of the physical model and the digital vector toolpath. Portland is a landscape formed through the geological layering of organic matter, compressed into sedimentary Portland stone. Similarly, the deposition of material through the technique of 3D printing can be understood as a geological making process, elevated to a performative art practice through iterative feedback systems and reactive drawing practices.

The exploratory design process results in a taxonomy of novel making techniques spanning additive, subtractive, and reactive material processes, empirically tested through the fabrication of a 1:5,000 working model-landscape. The dynamic printer bed acts as a flux terrain that can shift seamlessly between scales, existing as a dualistic state spanning the geological landscape of Portland and the printed topography of the generative physical model.