Architecture for Non-Majors | ||||||||
| This class showed me just how little artistic ability I had. When I signed up I thought architecture would involve, you know, drawing and stuff. Actually we spent the whole time designing and building things. Man, that's hard!
The first one was our only group project, we made ink blots and had to design a building with that cross-section. Among our entire group we spent upwards of 50 hours building a squid-like temple. In the cube project we built a 3-D representation of a collection of 2-D shapes. This was confusing at first, but actually was a lot of fun to imagine these shapes being pulled and stretched into volumes. Another project was the egg-drop. Using only paper and "fasteners" (like tape and glue), we had to transport an egg down one flight onto a target. Those who made it tried theirs on a five storey drop! Mine made a soft landing then overturned, the egg rolled out straight into a wall and cracked open! Eli did much better, his was the most accurate in the entire class landing an inch or two away from the target. The last project was a candle holder. I built an ugly looking lantern with a red screen. In the darkness it had a wonderful glow and a swinging handle improved the effect. However I should have tested it a bit more - the glue started fuming and the red plastic began to curl under the heat. | ||||||||
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