With team Lister down to only two team members, me and Tom got straight to work at 9am, with a lot to complete in preparation for Friday’s presentation. We kick started the day by getting the fabric for the roof cut. This proved a little more tricky than first thought, as there are several ways in which we could have achieved it. In order to enhance the shape of our roof, we decided that the best way to do this would be to cut each individual corner segment, reducing any chances of sagging and instead creating a nice realistic effect. This did prove quite difficult and we underwent several cutting before even getting the size of each segment correct!
While Tom got underway with the cutting of the roofs fabric, I took some time in reviewing the year 12 students proposed poster layout and began working on powerpoint to achieve some sort of template to allow the evening aheads poster work to be slightly less time consuming. After roughing up a draft layout I then began to use what sketching skills I have to produce some instruction on the construction methods for our structure, as this is useful for both our poster and presentation. The sketches can be seen in the image below.
After completing the simple but effective sketches, I began to help Tom in finishing the quite fiddly piecing together of the remaining roof parts. After discussing how we would be able to show part of the layout inside the building we decided to leave two of the fabric panels out, allowing the model to look both complete and giving a view of how our designs interior works as well.
The next stage of the making was to extend the central mast so that we could imply the tension ropes to the structure. We decided that the best way to do this would be inserting a strong piece of wire into both masts and then using glue for extra support.
Using glue, I then went on to stick down the guide ropes to the structure. Having some troubles getting the glue to dry, I managed to find some stronger adhesive with a faster drying time, although still having to wait for each one to dry each time in order to achieve the desired tension of the rope.
With all parts of the model now complete, our last task was to stick on the walls and create some partitions to give an idea of the layout inside the structure. The image above shows a clear representation of how we achieved this. With all of these tasks now complete, we decided to create a bit of atmosphere and added some trees to our board, bringing the model to life and providing it with a finishing touch. Below shows our finished model to which me and Tom are incredibly happy and pleased with.
