For this assignment, our Building Materials and Construction class split into small groups and built structures large enough to hold an 8″ x 8″ x 14″ box, out of any materials, joined any way except welding or soldering, with no member thicker than half an inch. They also had to have flat tops, because [...]
This was a group project with Chantelle Hamilton and Maryam Aghajani. The point was to design a structure with 7m or more clear span, based on a natural structure. We chose lilypads, specifically the Victoria Amazonica, which is strong enough to hold up small children. We called our structure Lilivoltaiq because it is a [...]
For this project, we were asked to visit a place with a strong character and then make a moodbox (a sort of three-dimensional display) to convey what it was like. Maryam, Candace, and I visited the Bytowne Cinema, which has some interesting Modern details, especially on the facade and lobby. It also has a [...]
Posted: February 27, 2008 – 5:40 pm
Categorized: 1st year
Also tagged: model
In 2003 Chris Reed of BlueLightning Studios and I collaborated on a speculative business proposal to Solectron about why and how they needed to improve their callcenter intranet and knowledgebase (KB). Chris, having worked there between contracts, knew what condition the intranet was in. Working at HP had taught me that KBs have to [...]
