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Suspension Bridge Against Sky

Project 1: Form & Function

This project explores the relationship between form and function in architectural design.

Bridge at Night

Span Prototypes

Name: “Sydney Harbour Bridge”

Type: Arch Bridge

Location: Sydney, Australia 

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Name: "Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge"

Type: Cable Stay Bridge

Location: South Carolina (downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant) 

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Name: “Pont de Quebec Bridge”

Type: Cantilever Bridge

Location: Canada

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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

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Ice Cream Scooper

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Wine Opener

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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"

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The Prototype

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Ice Cream Scooper

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Prototype Process

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Mechanism Movement

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Perspectives

Detailing Views

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Northwest View

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North East View

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South West View

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South East View

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3D view of Mechanism

3D view of bridge 

3-D view of the pulley​
 

Renderings

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Final Design

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