W01 - STUDIO REPORT COMPRESSION BUILDING EXCERCISE
This was my first studio for designing environments. Unfortunately I had to leave early, before the building exercise, thus my studio report will be slightly shorter for this week and may not cover all aspects of the class.
This week in the tutorial the group was tasked with creating a tower as high as possible using the smallest amount of materials.
THE QUIZ In this week’s quiz the first question was based around the occurrence of compression in construction. The correct answer was that compression occurs in mass construction, a term that was unfamiliar to our class. We then proceeded to look at mass construction further. Mass construction is construction based on the use of high mass materials such as concrete or brick.
The second question looked at how forces are defined. Forces are defined by line of action and magnitude only. The third question examined the use of scales. Scales are used to represent small objects at a larger scale and large ones at a smaller scale. Image courtesy of Runil Ganoo, 2014
The materials provided were small wooden blocks. To achieve the most efficient model for construction several different methods of block laying were used. The final result was quite impressive. In the centre blocks were able to be stood up with their thinnest face downwards. This allowed the structure to achieve greater height whilst using fewer materials. As it reached the top the tower had to be tapered inwards to prevent collapse.