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Architectural Design Portfolio
Brandon Chow

Project 1: Form & Function
This project explores the relationship between form and function in architectural design.

Span Prototypes
Name: “Sydney Harbour Bridge”
Type: Arch Bridge
Location: Sydney, Australia



Name: "Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge"
Type: Cable Stay Bridge
Location: South Carolina (downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant)


Name: “Pont de Quebec Bridge”
Type: Cantilever Bridge
Location: Canada



Movement Analogies
We had to find 5 household items that had more than 1 joints and hinges in a mechanical sense and had to choose 3 of the items that we wanted to imply for our design in AutoCAD. The items that I chose was a wine opener, an ice cream scooper, and an eyelash curler. After we looked at each item we then designed, and 3-D modeled these items showing a diagram of how each item moves, understanding the mechanics and functions of each item before applying them into our prototype design.
Eye-lash Curler







Ice Cream Scooper



Wine Opener



Preliminary 3x3 Prototype Table
For my 3 Conceptual spans and 3 household items I made a 3X3 preliminary prototype table which shows the 9 solutions/combinations of the 3 Conceptual spans and the 3 household items.

Selected Prototype
"Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge"

The Prototype

Ice Cream Scooper

Prototype Process

Mechanism Movement


Perspectives
Detailing Views

Northwest View

North East View

South West View

South East View

3D view of Mechanism


3D view of bridge

3-D view of the pulley

Renderings



Final Design



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