Week 1 Knowledge map Things we are learning in constructing environment is how to design ideas get translated into built form Basic structural force
Tension force: Compression force:
1 strength (strong or weak)
Introduction of construction material
2 stiffness (stiff, flexible, stretchy or floppy) 3 shape (mono-dimensional: linear, bidimensional: planar, tridimensional: volumetric) 4 material behaviors (isotropic or anisotropic) 5 economy (value , distance, how efficient) 6 sustainability
On the tutorial, we decide to build it as a rectangular because we think it is stronger with narrow gaps.
We build like this is because the blocks which stand vertically can hold the horizontal blocks. Therefore, the horizontal blocks can be balanced enough to make a “bridge”. We forgot that when we was building the roof and that’s why we failed.
We trying to build a roof as this construction, but it doesn’t work. Because like the picture I draw left hand side, the weight force is act downward to the ground, and there is nothing to hold the weight. Thus, the roof fell apart.
After that we come up with a new structure which is much more stable. Every block in this structure is hold each other and balance each other, 2 blocks stand vertically both side are supporting the top and also balance the weight of the structure. 2 arrows represent the weights of these 2 blocks.
Comparison This group decided to make a circle as the base of tower, and they did quite successful. Their building is higher. But I don’t think it is very stable because the gaps between blocks are broad.