Journal Prompt 1:What Is Modular Design?
Its is a collapsable unit but can be rebuilt to your choice. The stage of Space 4 Art is modular. The pros for modular design is the separation of different aspects of designs to be worked on and improved efficiency in combining pre-existent components. It reduces costs since there is no need of extra buildings. Less resources are required since you can use one item to make various amount of structures just from certain amount of pieces
You also get higher quality material since you save money from extra components. The possible disadvantages of modular design are the amount of people you need to take things apart. If an object is heavy it won't be one man job, so it requires help. Modular design has helped me design objects since it can be more efficient.
Modular design had a big influence on my model. I wanted to make the outlet kitchen movable since it was not going to be in the same site permanently. I tried to make the bar disassemble easily and the shelves so it can be rearranged . I would've liked to use lighter materials so sometimes it could be a one man job.
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Journal Prompt 2: What Is Architecture
Architecture is the art and practice of designing a constructing things. We are acting like architects because we designed our own community area and built a scale model. No we are doing reverse engineering by taking off the stage. We have been told how precise measurements must be in order to build a residency. I personally would love to be an architect because what I designed reflects how I am, not to mention I get paid well.
Architectural be a good career because only the good money will you get to design what you feel is necessary and let you take upon different kinds of measurements I let you reflectors off on the building and I let you sometimes be creative and think outside the box. The reason what I would like to become architect is because I would be interested in the money. In order for me to get money I have to get contacted by the companies and I will try something cool for them. Finally I would might have a chance to design my own house and be able to live in that and I could say that this is mine and live happily
My view on some Arctic architect is that they had to be really creative and haveto stand out from the others. There's a lot of competition amongst different companies to get a contract you must be one of the top ones in the industry so to do that you have to use different methods on how to design stuff and use different resources to make it more efficient and more better for environment.
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Journal Prompt 3: What Is A Foundation
A foundation is an element of an architectural structure which connects to the ground and transfer loads from the structure to the ground foundations are either consider shallow or deep. Deep foundations are artificial which means that the building sits on top of it. A shallow foundation is when a building is sitting directly on the ground.
A foundation is important for the structure to hold up. It holds a lot of responsibility because if not, it can make a structure collapse and potentially take lives. It is pretty much the skeleton of the building.
The kind of foundation we used at the Ecovillage is shallow. We decided to use a shallow foundation because the earth will treat it better. It is a way to sometime prevent damage from natural disasters like a mud slide.
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