GROUP 3!
Day 1: MONDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2016
On the first day of this project I was really excited to learn about the variety of techniques and designs associated with making Bridges. We were placed in groups of three of Brighton’s own University students and three Hazelwick students but this week only involved two Uni students Chris and Chilli and three Hazelwick students including myself, Tracey and Lewis. There was a small presentation about different foot / cycle Bridges and how they are reinforced and the importance of reinforcements such as being cable-Stayed. As a group we exchanged contact details and talked about the task, the five of us later went out to take pictures of where this Bridge is going to be made and positioned. We discussed the requirements of having suitable access for everyone going to PB or the university buildings also considering the height requirements. Returning back to the drawing room, a lecture was held about different types of Bridges e.g. Truss Bridges for example; along with their mechanical properties and the need for forces to be balanced.
Day 2: WEDNESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2016
The Second day involved the groups working in the Design Studio. This is where we discussed out the plan of action for producing the model of the Bridge and surrounding buildings. We gathered card, dowel, foam board, blades and glue to use as we build our structure. We were in the studio all day, creating and recreating buildings that were out of scale from error or thick cardboard; but we worked as a team to try and get the model done. We all had chosen tasks for each other to do; for example Lewis traced footprints of the buildings whilst Tracey and I cut out the cardboard. Chris organised the poster for our presentation on Friday whilst Chilli helped the rest of us with measuring the heights for the models of the university buildings.
Day 3: FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2016
Before presentations, myself and the rest of the team where in the studio where we hot glued string onto the decking of our Bridge model which represents the supports. We also added the finish touches to the model and went back to the Drawing room. There we discussed the important aspects of our ideas that we needed to get across to the listeners before the presentations began at 11:00am. The presentation went exceptionally well, we finished more or less exactly on time using the full 10 minutes.
