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Journal Week 1 -‐ Compression
In this week’s studio, students were divided into groups to build a tower, as tall as possible basing on the concept of ‘compression’. WGBH EducaAon FoundaAon (2000) states that ‘compression is a force that squeezes a material together.
The sketch above shows the concept of compression when there is a load on a bridge.
A sketch of one of the blocks given to build
This sketch shows my group’s idea of stacking the blocks as the base. Spaces are le= in between each block to distribute the compression force even wider to improve stability of the building.
The planned base of my tower started off as an octagon shape. The ma
The base of the building.
In this picture it can be seen that a different arrangement of the blocks are used for a number of layers. The purpose of this change was to increase the stability of the building. The concept of ‘compression’ sAll applies
AJer achieving a certain height, we were asked to remove pieces of block from the boKom of the structure to be placed on top to increase its’ height, create a tunnel for a toy to fit in and also test the stability of it.
As the deconstrucAng process started, the building started slanAng. This is caused by the uneven distribuAon of forces. Hence, we had to deconstruct the building from another side of the structure.
The end product of the construcAon
The structure only collapsed when the block which ‘holds’ the more weight of the structure is removed.