Building a Bridge

For the final day we had to design small bridges in our sketches books either cutting the pages or using pieces of A4 paper. First of all I designed a simple zig-zag with simples little circles cut into them. Also I added a strip of small paper of the top of the structure so it basically has to ways of using the bridge. I think that this design could actually work was a potential design as it to different elements to it   

The next design I made was cutting into the sketch book I drew a swirled/curved line joining in the middle of the page to get a curve going through the whole of the structure looked different to any other instead of being straight it was more curved and more eye-catching.    

The final design I made was a diamond shape type with diamond holes cut into them to add a slight bit of attraction to the design. This design could potential work as it has two way system that could work with on coming traffic.   

The next part of the day was to be put into groups to build a bridge structure out of bamboo stick, brown tape, cardboard and elastic bands. We also had make the structure as stable as possible so that a table could go underneath it and so that a remote control car could go drive over it. The distance of the bridge was from table to table of about 2 metres away from eachother. There was only two points that were allowed to touch the ground, but we were allowed to attach some parts of the bamboo to the table to make it more secure. Below is the process of how the group developed the design and making part of the bridge.

Unfortunately the weight of the car wasn't able to stay on the bridge for a long time. However if there was more time there might of been a possibility of the design working. 

Fig 1-6 authors own