Project 1: FORM AND FUNCTION
Architectural Design II - ARC 257
for project 1 we were given the task of redesigning an existing bridge to allow a pass through a 30' x 40' opening, which required us to careful consider both the design's form and function.
SPAN PROTOTYPE
BRIDGE: Quebec Bridge
TYPE: Truss Bridge
LOCATION: Quebec City, Levis
BRIDGE: Chaotianmen Bridge
TYPE: Arch Bridge
LOCATION: Chongqing, China
BRIDGE: Queensferry Bridge
TYPE: Cable Stay Bridge
LOCATION: Edinburgh, Scottland
MOVEMENT ANALOGIES
Our next step was to find five items that have two or more hinges of the five we choose three of the items, to help develop our mechanism.
The three items that offered the most inspiration were vice grip pliers, an ice cream scoop and a car jack.
We then created individual 3-D models for each item with a corresponding diagramed of their function to help further our understanding of each items movement.
PRELIMINARY 3X3 PROTOTYPE TABLE
Taking my three Conceptual spans and three items and combining them into a 3x3 diagram containing 9 total prototypes.
SELECTED PROTOTYPE
MECHANISM MOVEMENT
INITAL VIEWS
DETAILING VIEWS
NORTH WEST VIEW
NORTH EAST VIEW
SOUTH WEST VIEW
SOUTH EAST VIEW
FINAL INITIAL DESIGN
FINAL RE-DESIGN MECHANISIM
FINAL VIEWS
DETAILING VIEWS
NORTH WEST VIEW
NORTH EAST VIEW
SOUTH WEST VIEW
SOUTH EAST VIEW
DESIGN PROCESS
DESIGN PROCESS
FINAL DESIGN
