Arch 100 Projects
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Architecture 100 at UWM consists of basic concepts and the history of architecture. They do not go into real depth about the development of projects, and assign two model building projects during the semester; one where they define the structure that you are supposed to create, the other they define criteria and allow you to be flexible.
Arch 100 Chair
As I study to be an architecture major, I had to design and build a model chair for my Arch 100 Class. We had to use the design elements we learned in class to recreate one of the oldest architectural inventions: the 4 legged-chair. I constructed this in the basement of my house over Thanksgiving weekend out of plexiglas with the help of my dad.
The Presentation is a 12x12 inch piece of paper that the model was sitting on in the SARUP building. People could push a button to make the chair light up. The part that I find amusing is that it is a pretty basic chair, the only trump is that it lights up.
It won 4th place, just under the place where I would get a gift certificate, but it drew a strong reaction from students who either liked it or were jealous of it.
Arch 100 Model
As I study to be an architecture major, I had to build a model for my Arch 100 Class. My professor chose about 130 buildings and assigned them randomly to the class of 500. I got the National Assembly Building of Bangladesh by Louis Kahn as mine. I constructed it over about 2 weeks in my dorm room out of museum board.
With this first model it was really evident who had a knack for model building and who was clueless. It was interesting to see the strong distinction between the high quality models and the laughable ones. It was a spectrum that was weighted heavily on both sides. Perhaps it is because so many people waited until the day before, and naturally, were not able to finish a nice model. I spent around 30 hours on it, and it still could have been quite a bit better, but it was still worth a 96%.
