3D Rotation Day 2

3D Rotation Day 2

Our second day started off with a very interesting brief, we had to design 5 bridges using paper and masking tape, the catch was that after our break we would be put into groups and had to use our designs as a starting point for an actual bridge built to a scale out of thirty bamboo sticks, 10 pieces of cardboard and parcel tape.

I decided to design 5 contemporary and elegant bridges. They had very minimalistic and simple designs which I like to place in my designs because I believe that simplicity is beauty.

I like these designs because as I said, they are simple and beautiful. However, I do believe that there are a few structural problems in a few of the bridges that I dis like. With a bit more time management I would have been able to make the designs more structurally sound, so I just need to work on my time management.

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After our break we were put into groups of 7, within my group we sat and decided which idea would be best and then we got to work. I really enjoyed working with the group and we worked well together producing a working bridge in which a remote control vehicle was able to drive over.

I really like the design of the final model because it is simple and elegant which consists of two bridge designs, a suspension and supported structure. It was easy to build and I like the fact that is was really asymmetrical. I do not like the fact that we had limited materials to work with but it made it more challenging which I enjoyed. 

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