Design Futures

Today in class we had time to take pictures and catch up on our blog. So far with our project we have made the hill on one side of the board, cut out and constructed the building and covered then in red cardboard. We are doing well so far and know what we are doing. We still need to do the roof of the buildings and finish the main one then the buildings will be done. Below are some pictures of our project so far.

This is our board with the hill. To make this we first had to make the wooden boarder around that part of the board. Too make the actual hill we put newspaper then covered it in chicken wire to get the shape. We then covered this in plaster.

This is the 3 buildings on the board. this picture shows the size scale of the hill with the 3 buildings. the buildings aren't  finished and need the traditional Japanese style roofs but this is what the layout with eventually look like.

This is the main building. Here you can see how we made it. we cut the certain size strips with a stanley knife out of cardboard then folded them and reinforced the corners with tape. We then with this will cover it in a red cardboard instead of painting as it will be quicker and look better.

This is one of the 2 small buildings that has been covered in cardboard. The red corrugated cardboard is what we are using for the roof, red here and gold for the main building. The roof here is not attached and just a draft idea for the size and shape we want the roof to be. To curve the corners up we may have to use a wire or other materials to shape the cardboard.

These are the two small buildings. both now need a roof. to stabilise the layers we had to cut the cardboard and fit a peice inside the squares for the next layer to rest on.

This is another picture of the board with the hill. Form this angle you can see the chicken wire that has beed used and the wooden boarder. The plaster will be painted in a green then we will use little trees of soem sort to create the japanese style theme.

Task twow hich is the written work on a famous architect and sustainability is due in one week. We have nearly done question 1 on the archtiect but still need to finish before it is due. I am happy with the project so far we are on time and doing well.