This week’s tutorial is interesting. I learnt many techniques to build a high and strong tower. First of all, our group members had to prepare more than 40 balsa woods before this activity. Also, we had to construct a frame of the tower. Actually, we conceive to build a prism tower because the triangle is the most stable shape to support the gravity of tower. Thus, we drawn the draft of this tower.
Hence, we began to built the triangular base as large as we possibly.
However, during the process of activity, the soft balsa woods brought many troubles because it couldn’t support the model of tower. When we used the glue to stuck the balsa woods, others would be cracked. The truth made us feel frustrate.
In fact, we knew the work was failed because we cut the balsa woods badly. So, I realized that good material was important for the construction. It is an overstatement to say that material can decide if the building was successful. On the other hand, we wasted many balsa woods in the tutorial. It could be said that we violated the rule of sustainability.