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Project 1
Form and Function
ARCITECTURAL DESING II
This project emphasizes the importance of balancing appearance and practicality in creating functional structures. The class was given the task of redesigning an existing bridge to let water traffic pass through a 30' x 40' opening, which required consideration of both form and function.
span prototype
NAME: HOWRAH BRIDGE
TYPE: CANTILEVER/TRUSS
LOCATION: KOLKATA, INDIA
NAME: SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
TYPE: ARCH
LOCATION: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
NAME: NEW RIVER GORGE BRIDGE
TYPE: ARCH
LOCATION: WEST VIRGINIA, USA
MOVEMENT ANALOGIES
We had to find three household items that have two or more hinges in a mechanical sense and choose three of the items that we want to use for the bridge opening. The three items that I want to use are eyelash curler, Melon baller and a wine bottle opener. We then took each item and 3-D modeled them and diagramed the functions of each item for a better understanding of their mechanics before incorporating them into our prototypes
WINE BOTTLE OPENER
MELON BALLER
EYELASH CURLER
Preliminary 3x3 Prototype Table
Taking my three Conceptual spans and three household items and combining them into a 3x3 diagram containing 9 total prototypes.
SELECTED PROTOTYPE
3D Bridge Process
Mechanism Movement
VIEWS
DETAILING VIEWS
NE VIEW
SE VIEW
NW VIEW
SW VIEW
BRIDGE VIEWS
FINAL DESIGN
mechanism VIEWS
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