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Introduction
Building material is any material which is used for a construction purpose. This project is designed as an introduction
to building materials that are commonly used in the local construction industry. Students are required to construct
their choice of shapes using the listed materials to explore and understand building making in relation to the
materials, design considerations of material according to their properties and to finally understand how to intrinsic
forms, limitations and boundaries of a material factor in a design process.
Objectives of Project
The task of this project is to design and build any basic shape of your choice in an imaginary volume of 12X12X12
space using solid and transparent materials.
The model may use fastening system (glue, nails, screw, rope etc.) at the students discretion.
The function of the model is to define a volume within a 300mm X 300mm X 300mm imaginary space by having at
least two (2) sides of the object extended to its imaginary boundary. The object does not have to engulf into the
volume entirely.
Issues to consider are:
Reviews
There will be a review for the model (mock-up) and the working analytic A2 board before submission of Project 1,
containing:
Plan 1:2.5
Section 1:2.5
Elevation 1:2.5
Draft Storyline (80 words)
Submission Requirement
1. Final 1:1 scale model exquisitely fabricated and an A2 analytic board containing:
Plan 1:2.5
Section 1:2.5
Elevation 1:2.5
Storyline (80 words)
Plan, section and elevation are to be manually drawn according to the scale given.
2. A CD marked with the project and student name and ID containing a .pdf of the boards and 3 High res.
cleaned up photos of the final cube and one photo of the process cube(s)
Assessment criteria
Quality of work shall be assessed on the following criteria:
20%
20%
20%
25%
15%
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