Project 1: Form and Function

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Project statement

-         The main propose of this project was to see how in design the function of a structure affects the form the structure will take. In this project I took a form which was a bridge and modified it to fit a function which was an opening to allow boats through. To help create ideas I pick several prototypes of spans and movement then combined them to create solutions.

 

Span prototypes

http://www.abendblatt.de/img/hamburg/crop105380353/8738725922-ci3x2l-w620/149962v1.jpg
 

 


Cantilever

 

 

 

http://www.globalsalesgrowth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Lupu-Bridge.jpg
 


Arch

 

 

http://www.modernsteel.com/SteelInTheNews/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ireland-bridge.jpg
 


Cable Stay Cantilever

 

 

 

Movement Prototypes

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31YfM6Yk63L._SY300_.jpg
 

 


Sliding on a track

 

 

http://www.funlipstick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Maybelline-Lipstick-153.jpg
 

 

 


Twist Advance

 

 

 

 

 

http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_193198_1.jpgHinge and ball joint

 

 

 

3X3 Table

Inspiration

Cable Stay Cantilever and Hinge

 

 

 

 


Preliminary Designs

 

Final Design

 

 

 

Mechanism

Animations