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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

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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    

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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.