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| As the journalist, I was responsible for conducting questions for the interviews. I learned a lot of information from these. From educational courses in structure building , people can become architects, engineers, contractors, and much more. |
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| Interview Questions: What shape would be best for our structure to hold at least 45 pounds? How do you account for excessive weight compounded on top? How do you make a tall strong structure? Should we layer the bottom of the structure? What different materials do you use? What courses did you take? How do you suggest making a 9 inch tall manila folder structure that will hold a lot of weight? Where should the structure be the most reinforced to hold the most weight? |
I first interviewed Bill Waller, a
contractor/builder, who works for Habitat for Humanity. His idea for
our structure was to make a cylinder and put smaller cylinders on
the inside to make it stronger. He said that the bottom should be
the most reinforced and to connect everything from the top to
bottom. He learned his information by taking architect classes,
math, and by just doing the jobs he learns. We used part of his idea
by putting smaller shapes inside of bigger shapes. Then, I interviewed Matt Melvin, a student trying to become an architect. His idea was to make a dome and support it with support beams. He suggested making the base larger so that it would hold more weight. He thought more layers and beams would make it a stronger structure. He also thought we should keep the top and bottom balanced. in our structure, we took some of his ideas by layering it and balancing the top and bottom. |
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| Reflections The design of our height was good because it was 11 and a half inches, going over the set 9 inches. The design of our weight could have been better. It held more than 45 pounds which was the set weight to beat. We had a lot of cylinders with corrugation to help make it sturdy. We put most of the cylinders on the sides to make the sides stronger. We put little shapes inside the main big shape. I don't think we put enough cylinders in the middle to support the weight in the center of our structure. I think the shape (triangle) of our structure was too small to hold the weights. I also think the top should have been more level because our cylinders were different heights and it wasn't balanced. We should put more cylinders in the center to reinforce the strength. We should also make the shape of our structure bigger so that it wouldn't be too small for the weights. We should even out the heights of out cylinders better. Maybe we could try a different shape instead of a big triangle like a square or circle. |
Bibliography Bill Waller: a contractor/builder that works foe Habitat for Humanity Matt Melvin: an architect student
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