3DD Week - Day 2

The Outcomes.

TASK 1

On day 2 we were faced with the task of creating 5 bridges. 

We started off this task by drawing two straight lines on a piece of paper relatively far apart, we had to be creative in our designs and think of how the bridges would actually work in real life, all 5 of my bridges made it across the "water" and were made from different structures.

Bridge one: was simple and looked like a bridge that would be possible to carry things and people across the water.

Bridge two:  was literally a scrunched up piece of paper stretched out to make a bridge, I personally do not think this bridge would be able to work in real life, however it was one of the most aesthetically pleasing bridges. 

Bridge three: was an origami crane, this would not work properly as a bridge in the real world due to its shape, and how unstable it would actually be.

Bridge four: was a paper chain, i chose to experiment with this shape as i felt like it would be able to become a bridge, but after several attempts of trying to turn certain parts on their side i found out that it was not possible to turn this structure into anything close to a bridge.

Bridge five: was made up from small scrunched up pieces of paper, and out of all the bridges i created, this one was my favourite, as it was not just ONE piece of scrunched up paper, i was able to mould the shape to what i wanted, and i was able to make it into a shape that was both aesthetically pleasing and practical. 

TASK 2 

Once we had made our five bridges, we were placed into groups of 6 to create a bridge that was to carry across a remote controlled car, only touch the floor at two points and still be able to push a table underneath the bridge. 

before we started to build the bridge we decided to have the bridge circular and to touch the floor two times by creating a platform which a pyramid of bamboo shapes will be attached to to hold the bridge in two places, building the skeleton was the hardest part, everything had to be done separately and then placed together using a lot of parcel tape and rubber bands.

The next step once the skeleton was built was to place the solid structure on top of the skeleton which was to hold the car in place, we did this by taping four pieces of cardboard together and scoring the sides to create a barrier to stop the car from falling off the bridge, once we did this we placed the ramps on the side and the bridge was done, the bridge was luck enough to carry the weight of the car from start to finish and because of the barriers the car did not fall off, however if i were personally to approach this task again, i would make sure that the bridge was not only practical but was also aesthetically pleasing.