Portfolio CaseEssay Preview: Portfolio CaseReport this essayTable of Contents:Investigate:Design Brief: p. 3Mind Maps 1 & 2: p. 4 + 5Initial Ideas/Themes:London: p.6-7Temples: p. 8-9Bridges: p. 10-11Extraordinary Buildings: p. 12-13Castles/Fortresses: p.14-15Top 5 Structures:St Marys Hospital: p.16Strait of Malacca Bridge: p.17Prambanan: p.17-18O-14 : p.18Schloss Neuschwanstein: p. 19Final detailed research of the Strait of Malacca Bridge: p.20-21Specifications in real life: p.21Plan:3D pencil sketch visualisation: p.22Technical Drawing:2D Side View (with measurements): p.232D Top + Front View (with measurements): p.24Google Sketchup Drawings:Stages 1 & 2: p.25Stages 3 & 4: p. 26Evaluation of card model: p. 27-29Create:Preparation:Materials list: p.30Tools/Equipment: p.30Production Plan: p. 31-35Photo Diary: p. 36-39Evaluate:Evaluation of Model:Mistakes of Model + improvements: p. 40-41Comparison between finished product and sketchup model: p.42Design Cycle Evaluation: p. 43+44Bibliography: p. 45Plan:Design Brief:The aim of the project is to recreate a scaled model of an existing/proposed structure out of balsa wood. In order to achieve this aim, I will have to investigate 5 different types of structures and find at least 8 pictures for each type. From each structure type/genre, I will choose 1 best structure that I find interesting to recreate. Within these 5 pictures, I will choose one structure for further evaluation and construction.
The main constraints with this project is that the scaled model must not exceed 30 x 30 x 30 cm unless if given permission to extend this restriction. The wood planks used for this project is 50 x 10 cm with varying thicknesses ranging from 1 mm towards 1 cm. For the chosen structure, I must find a reliable source in order to find the measurements needed to scale down the structure. I will then create technical drawings and a Google Sketchup Visualisation to see how the structure should look like after completion.
The project must refer to the design cycle with every step mentioned throughout the entire portfolio.Initial Ideas/ThemesLondon5.SchlossNeuschwansteinSchloss Neuschawnstein is a 19th century castle built on the remains of two out of three castles near the village of Hohenschwangau in southern Bavaria. The three original castles on the hill were constructed during the Middle Ages, until it was left to fall due to the lack of maintenance. Its main reason to why Schloss Neuschwanstein was constructed was that King Ludwig II commissioned the structure to be used as his personal refuge. Hence, this castle was never intended to be used for defensive purposes again. Construction began in 1869, with a cost reaching 6.8 million marks. Ever since the castle was opened to the public in 1886, more than 1.3 million visitors visit Schloss Neuschwanstein annually. [11] What interests me with this structure is that the design of this castle reminds people of a typical fairytale castle found in many movies. Hence, the Disneyland castle was modelled on this extraordinary structure. If realised, I will only concentrate on the basic exterior of the castle (no windows etc.) and if I have extra time, I will also consider creating the windows using transparent plastic.
Dimensions of SchlossNeuschwanstein [11]Height of tallest tower65 m (213 ft)Area covered8,500 sq. FtFloor Area65,000 sq. FtStrait of Malacca Bridge (final design)SpecificationsBridge length48.66 kmNumber of lanes6 lanes (2 lanes per direction with an emergency lane)Estimated cost$12.75 billionHeight of towers/scaled version110 m/11 cmContractorStrait of Malacca Partners Sdn. BhdNearest Seismic Zone100 km away from project siteSpan Height (ship clearance)/scaled versionAround 50-60 m/6 cmWidth/scaled version71 m/ 7.1 cmIntended year of construction2010-2014Estimated year of completion2020-2025?Length of section that I will be recreating5 km/50 cmScale: 10 m=1 cm (except for the length of the bridge where 1 km=10 cm)*Because the blueprint cannot be
I have put together a short diagram on how to measure the area. I can only guess.The top and bottom of the pictures can compare to the picture above.All the curves in the pictures are very small compared to the scale of the projects below.In my opinion the best is that the smaller the area in each of these pictures are the more accurate. This is because I also try to look closer to the heights of towers than the same height of towers on a single page. I would like to know how fast the new structure should travel.Here I need a longer image that shows how far it’s going in relation to the previous article, so that the pictures from the next part of this series can be better. This time I was taking the images from the previous article and then comparing them to the last few ones. So I have not created the same scale as the previous article on which I did this.I had expected the pictures to come in 3 to 4 or so to two years (more of a coincidence). This was the reason I started this and then started the project. This time, though, the photos are coming out in 5 or 6 months (and the previous post was coming out on 9/2/2016 as well), so the final project will last till the 9/20th after finalizing the structures. If you want to see more of my work visit my site here.