Geometric Constraints

Geometric Constraints

What shapes did you use in the design of your model shelter, and why did you choose those shapes?

Triangles

What angles resulted from the shapes you chose?

Right angles and acute and obtuse

What was the overall surface area of the shelter’s exterior? What material would you cover the outside of your shelter with, and how much of it would you need?

We would need cardboard

What was the overall surface area of the shelter’s interior? Approximately, how many people would comfortably fit in your shelter?

35 was the surface area so basically 2 adults and a child

What external load factors did you taken into account for your shelter? How did you design your shelter model to meet those constraints?

we had used triangles and squares

How did you consider “form follows function” in the design of your shelter?

The form was a house and it follows function