Constructing  Environments    

ENVS  10003    

Week  2    

Ben  Hayman    

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Week  2    The  tutorial  class  this  week  required  the  assembly  of  a  structure  made  entirely  of  balsa  wood  held  together  with  super  glue.  Though  the  glue  seemed  errant  of  all  super  powers  the  task  completed  in  groups  posed  other  challenges.  On  such  challenge  was  that  of  the  shape  of  the  base.  A  disagreement  stemming  from  whether  the  balsa  wood  should  be  conserved  for  height  (triangle),  in  lieu  of  a  sturdier  structure  (square).  The  end  result  was  a  square  base,  as  the  small  width  of  the  balsa  wood  would  not  allow  for  the  stinking  of  angles  for  the  triangle  structure  unless  overlapping  occurred.  We  stuck  the  Balsa  together  via  the  square  base  and  we  had  lift  off  whilst  cutting  and  consequently  using  what  was  not  need  from  the  square  base  for  support  at  loftier  heights.    

 The  weak  balsa  wood  meant  that  at  the  height  each  sat  at  that  at  any  moment  it  would  collapse.  This  was  remedied  through  the  use  of  the  crossbeams  show  in  the  pictures.  

     As  our  design  grew  taller  we  were  faced  with  impeding  doom  each  time  a  slight  breeze  grazed  our  structure.  We  decided  as  a  group  that  instead  of  letting  the  structure  rest  on  its  laurels  we  would  instead  make  the  building  of  decreasing  width.  Though  the  construct  was  not  structurally  sound  our  structure  did  reach  the  highest  heights  in  the  allotted  time.  Though  shoddiness  was  not  desired,  to  design  a  structure  that  was  comprehensively  sound  would  have  taken  to  long.  Thus  we  were  left  with  what  you  see  below.