Experiencing and understanding skeletal construction is important as it is one of the most widely used structures for building support. As a designer we should know how skeletal structure works. Skeletal structure provides the load bearing resistance of the structure and supports the secondary elements.
The task involved building and designing a popsicle tower with the following criteria:
- The tower must be at least 30 cm tall; able to fit on an A5 base
- Must be built using 100 sticks or less
- Must be able to withstand at least 1.25kg
- Joining methods: Any kind of adhesives eg. glue and tape are not allowed. Instead, sewing thread, toothpicks and pins are permitted.
Learning outcomes assessed in this project include:
• Apply construction system in design.
• Recognize the implication of construction systems in design.
• Analyse the issues of strength, stiffness and stability of structures including modes of structural
systems, forces, stress and strain and laws of static.
Report A3 boards for the project:
Project 2A & B: Understanding Forces in Solid Structure and Surface Structure
Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to identify basic structural systems in construction
- Compare solid and surface construction systems
- Ability to differentiate solid and surface construction systems in terms of loads and forces acting on structural elements.
- Recognize and apply the implications of construction system in design.
- Ability to analyse the issues of strength, stiffness and stability of structures including modes of structural systems, forces, stress and strain and laws of static.
Model Making in Progress:
Final Model:
Individual work:
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