WEEK 4 - A Secret Scheme

12 Aug 2015

    Today we playing about something interesting game - as a designer who receive a secret scheme from government. As usual, our class separated into 4-6 people one group, and every group drew lots from teacher to obtain a piece of paper.

    The passage on paper is about the government sent us a secret scheme, all we have to do is design a living space for citizen in 2088. We need to do a prototype about an underground at Egypt in the future.

Cool!!

    First image come to our thought was using the shape of Pyramid. We using brainstorming method and came out a simple initial concept.

this is what we feel from the word Egypt

    Then we start drawing into bigger size and insert more detail such as the resources of water to underground, Hi-tech farm without planting on the surface (because there is no plant could survive at the extremely hot temperature desert) and solar energy system for supplying the electric usage in the underground.

 flying engine also considered as a point for this structure.They can enabling emergency system and fly away if they encounter  by disaster ( I think there's hard to survive at the surface of the earth in future since man-made hurting this world a lot long time ago.)

 

Inspired by this pic from one member's phone gallery of our group. What a breathtaking artwork!

    In the meanwhile, we started making model for the concept.

    Using sticks, plaster, paper and a carton.We almost stuck at which material is suitable to make a elevator.

    

    The carton which placed on the top stand for the surface of  desert.This building has 3 parts. Upper part most like diving room because it is the only floor which contact with the sunlight. Residents can enjoy the view in night or feel the sunlight through there as they deserve it. It;s better than don't even know how the earth really look like.

    Part 2 is the place they living in. Still require basic facilities for human such as shops, houses, school and more. In the center of the pyramid, there is a big water storage for supplying. The leader of the pyramid will drive it to another places finding for resources while the water storage in an emergency stage.

   The lowest part is for natural maintaining. Plants, flowers, grains, food storage and something like warehouse.

after tidying up the sketches we drew

  

   Others group are making their work faster than us, we having a bit of anxious.

   Finally, time is up, and the lesson will continue next week...