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Lego Capitol Building at Madison Children’s Museum
Art is Basic
BY MARCIA BECKETT
This 12,000 brick model of the Wisconsin State Capitol building was built by my husband Andrew. It was commissioned by the Madison Children’s Museum to help celebrate the 100th birthday of the building. Hear about this project in his own words.
1. How did this opportunity come about?
“I was contacted by the Children’s Museum after the staff found a picture online of a much smaller version of the Capitol that I had built. They were interested in commissioning a LEGO model of the Capitol as part of a larger celebration of the building’s 100th anniversary. The project was expected to be one of several replicas of the Capitol being built, with each being done in a different medium.”
The picture below is the microscale Lego capitol building that Andrew had made previously.
2. What was your process for designing/building?
Once I had the designs finalized, I needed to source all of the parts. The Capitol is made up of just under 13,000 bricks.
Visitors to the children’s museum on the opening day got this mini-Lego build of their own.
3. Have you always been creative and have you done other building or artistic projects in the past?
“Outside of about a 12 year period, I’ve pretty much been building my own designs with LEGO for most of my life. I’ve been publicly showing my LEGO builds for about five years, although the Capitol is the largest solo project I have done at this point. I have done some larger projects that were part of collaborative efforts with other adult members of my LEGO Users Group. Those include a large train layout that covers about 100 linear feet and a spaceport that was about 10 feet long.”
4. What projects are in the works next?
“I always have multiple projects in the works, which are usually tied to upcoming public events. Right now, I’m in the process of finishing some builds for LEGO-related conventions my group will be displaying at this summer. I’m also recreating a few buildings and other structures based on sites in Wisconsin’s Door County area, for an event we are doing in Sister Bay, WI in late July.”