We practiced using box designer to create a box and learned how to fit the pieces together.

I learned how to create a rhino sketch with different etchings and laser powers for complex designs.

From the process today I experienced in NUVU, one of the main things I learned was the command "Make 2D".  I did not realize the text on my keychain was a 3D object, so I had to make it 2D in order for it to cut properly.  This class time also allowed me to become more confident in Rhino.

I had learned how to create basic forms such as curves and shapes, as well as calculating measurements within Rhino. After, I had to export the files to the laser cutter and allowed for the creation of what I designed.

 -learned that tensile structures have 3 elements: membranes, rigid structures (pole and masts), and cables.

-I also learned that glass fiber membranes and other tensile structures have a high durability and resistance.

-In tensile systems, there are 2 types of support: direct and indirect. The direct supports are attached directly to the rest of the building. 

-Tensile structures are predominantly used in coverings of sports centers and arenas, for example, an Olympic stadium. The system is based off old systems used during the Roman Empire.

I found the Munich Olympic Stadium particularly interesting because the Olympics are a worldwide sporting event and for a tensile structure to be engineered for this very important event shows that they are stable and reliable. The stadium was created as a vast canopy, as an extended space under a suspended roof made of steel cables between steel pylons. The use of plexiglass also made the stadium unique because they were different than any materials previously used by Otto, the designer.

Sources- https://www.archdaily.com/109136/ad-classics-munich-olympic-stadium-frei-otto-gunther-behnisch, https://www.archdaily.com/887462/tensile-structures-how-do-they-work-and-what-are-the-different-types

Today we worked more in rhino and used the polar array command.  This Command rotates and spaces an object in a 360 motion.  This tool along with the tutorials will be very helpful as the term goes on.  We also went over how to operate the laser cutter to better refresh our memory.

This deserves to go right next to Marcel Duchamps' Fountain artwork in MoMA, as it rightfully deserves the title 'masterpiece.' Nolo and I worked diligently on this.

I learned how to scale and create/label layers on rhino; learned how to laser cut correctly :-)

feedback: We spoke to Christina and Isabel at Cambridge! They suggested we sketch over our image to see how the structure would look. We didn't think of the fact, would it be hiding it or drawing attention to it. We addressed the issue of how hot it is in Florida and the bell tower is used for special occasions, but is dis-functional.