cardboard model
Stiff paper sculpture
A cardboard model is a three-dimensional representation made from cardboard, typically used in architecture, design, or crafts to visualize structures before building them at full scale.
Students and professionals make cardboard models to test ideas cheaply: We built a cardboard model of the proposed library.
The term also describes any rough prototype or mock-up.
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- mockupPreliminary design representation
- rough draftUnpolished first attempt
- dioramaEnclosed miniature scene display
- scaleMeasure of relative size
miniature · science fair · art project · cutout · template · glue · scissors · craft · architecture · fold · box · corrugated · cereal box · shoe box · paper · blueprint · construction · hobby
- prototypesprototype, mock-up, proof of concept, mockup, rough draft
- architectural modelsmaquette
cardboard modelfinished product
Completed manufactured good
final version · production model · final product · end product
card, board, cards, carding, carded, boards, boarding, boarded, boarder