Prototype
The first year civil engineering design project, Prototype, introduces design as a rigorous iterative process and requires the application of a range of core design skills. Students work in small groups to design and manufacture a prototype structure for a given site on campus. The structures respond to an action word (Ascend, Descend, Traverse, Lookout), they should be simple to install and take down, they must not damage the site, and they should demonstrate an innovative response realised through a documented design process.
Prototype
This ascending beam has been designed to bend over its length so that its vertical deflection is just short of the height difference between the top of a wall and the adjacent ground level. Two brackets fit around the top of the wall and under […]
Prototype
This traversing structure has been designed to span between two galvanised steel handrails. The flange of the beam aligns horizontally with the top face of the handrail, whilst the depth of the web is determined by the required minimum depth at the end where the […]
