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Cardboard Chair Design Challenge

3/1/2022

 
OVERVIEW
Corrugated cardboard, made from a natural renewable resource, has one of the best environmental records. In 2002, more than 23 million tons of corrugated cardboard were recovered and recycled in the US – that is 74% of all cardboard produced in the same year. Cardboard has the best recycling rate of any packaging material used today. A hard look at every scrap of cardboard can lead the creative mind to see it as a valuable raw material. This is your opportunity to discover the potential of corrugated cardboard.

Design a chair! This activity asks you to design and build a full-sized chair from corrugated cardboard. The chair must support a pre-determined weight that is selected by the team for at least 5 minutes. The person seated will be in a “comfortable” position with his / her back leaning against the back of the chair. Students will get an opportunity to learn about paper and cardboard as a building material and the statics and dynamics of structures. This design challenge is designed to encourage and reward excellence in design that integrates function (does the chair work); aesthetics (is it pleasing to the eye); ergonomics (is it comfortable for the average person); details (are my drawings and actual construction accurate); and fun.
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Watch this video:
http://www.weston.org/schools/ms/ditc/designTasks/cChair/keyConcepts/index.html

Check out these designs:
Cardboard Chair | The Annual Children’s Review – RISD | Industrial Design
20 inspirational designs made from cardboard « Ponoko – Blog
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/phy03_vid_zchair/

Objective:
Create a fully functional cardboard chair that holds the weight of an adult without the use of adhesives of any kind.

Steps:
  1. Watch the videos and look up examples of chairs. 
  2. Start the brainstorming process of creating a unique chair with cardboard
  3. Understand the proper use of the materials
  4. Create three methods for attaching cardboard without glue
  5. Create a small model of the chair 
  6. Create the full size chair that supports the weight of a person
  7. Document the process of creating the chair in a video or slideshow

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Materials:
Cardboard
Ruler
Mat Knife

Cardboard Chair Lesson Presentation

Paper Sculpture Challenge

9/1/2021

 
For this challenge you will create a paper sculpture using only paper and no adhesives. 

​The sculpture must be:

-3 dimensional
-be able to be moved as one unit
-be made of only white paper

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 YOU + Architecture= ART

10/26/2020

 
Objective:
Create a photograph of yourself interacting with ARCHITECTURE

Steps: 
1. Research examples of portraiture and architecture. Observe how artists have incorporated the two. Ask yourself " How can  I create a unique and creative photograph of me interacting with architecture? What point of view, angles and perspective can I use to create a unique solution to this design problem?

2. Photograph interesting architectural spaces and places 
(preferably outside of school) that you see on a regular basis and some new places
Notice how light affects these spaces, how do you interact or react in them- how do you function in these spaces?

3. Grab a friend and get them to take multiple photographs of YOU in these spaces and places. They maybe interior and exterior photos. Photograph your house, buildings you visit inside and out. Go interesting places- visit Boston- find architecture that excites you!

4. Use a photo app to digitally alter the picture, crop, enhance and alter to create a photo that represents YOU and Architecture

5. Select your strongest image and place it in the google classroom. folder. Be prepared to show this image in class during class critique

Architecture Scavenger Hunt

9/24/2020

 
Objective:
Create a digital collage of the following Architecture Elements demonstrating your understanding of each one of the terms.

Instructions:
-Select a collage app that allows you to combine images and text
-Define each term
-Find or take 3-5 images of each term
-Create a collage of the terms and at least 3 images of each term
-Arrange vocabulary and terms in an artistic manner using the elements and principles of design

Evaluation:
1. Quality of photographs demonstrating the terms
2. Quality of the collage 
3. Ability to demonstrate understanding of terms in artistic and thoughtful manner

Terms:
Door
Window
Columns 
Roof
Arch
Truss

Buckminster Fuller

10/30/2019

 

Create a Marble Run

10/1/2019

 
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Your challenge today is to create a marble run using the supplies that you brought in and any other materials that you bring in from home.

You will create your own design and will need to review and apply "the design process steps" in order to create a successful marble run.

Details of the assignment can be found HERE


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I have high expectations that your marble run will be more sophisticated than this one...................


Architect Who Turns Cards Into Houses

9/18/2019

 
www.cbsnews.com/news/the-architect-who-builds-houses-out-of-cards/

Architecture Challenge #1

9/18/2019

 
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Challenge: Create the largest building or structure using playing cards 

Instructions:
  • Divide into groups of three or four
  • Grab a deck of cards and start building
  • Research card stacker Bryan Berg
  • Find various instructions on how to build a house of cards
  • Watch videos on how to best stack cards
  • Experiment
  • Bring in decks of cards from home
  • Practice building card house and prepare for challenge on Friday of building the largest card house
  • Document building of card house on Friday with photos and or video

Some More Inspiration- Paper Sculptures

9/16/2019

 
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http://inhabitat.com/paper-architecture-ingrid-siliakus-carves-architectural-wonders-into-simple-sheets-of-paper/

30 Story Building Built

9/16/2019

 
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