Blog 7

Today we began with Mr Ward showing how to use plaster of paris. We will probably not be using it but for future reference this is how to use it

1. Put chicken wire in the are you want the hill to go and staple one end and cut strips at the other
2. Put news paper under it, building volume for the size and shaping of you hill
3. Staple the other ends of it and mold slightly
4. Put plaster of paris powder in a bucket and put more than you think you will use
5. Mix it with water and mold till smooth and a pasty paste texture
6. wearing gloves, put the plaster onto your mold and get the shape
7. Change gloves and smooth and mold details
8. Get a damp cloth and smooth lastly
9. Leave to dry
10. Dump remaining plaster in the bin then wash up

Ruby and  i then experimented with how to do the waterfall and then decided in hot glue because it gave the best effect. I will bring in next term some tubes to do it around. Ruby then routered our lake and I had the idea to have it being a trout or salmon lake so people could fish and have them smoked... 

We ran out of time to stick the sides to the lake so we could fill it but we cut the sides so they were ready to go. 

Blog 6: Update

Today (well yesterday) Mr. ward show how to use the modeling clay and then we got to work. Ruby and I analyzed the materials that we think would be good to use for each element of the building. We then drew our bird eye view of out building onto our board and labeled them according to my book (still need to upload). we found a good material for the tennis courts and will need some acrylic paint for next lesson. Next lesson we will experiment on how to use the waterfall and will need some acrylic paint that wasn't available last lesson. Hopefully we will be able to use the router - it was too busy this lesson. 

Blog 4: Sustainable Resort

Mr Ward went through how to use the router and exalamped on his model how to make a river using PVA glue and glue die.
Reminders: -make more than you think you need
                  -keep router in position until turned off
                  -watch out for dipping into the corners! and hold firmly
                  -the die is strong - don't use much
                  - Glasses and Aprons

Ruby and I then edited what materials we think we are going to use for our model with diagrams and keys (will be uploaded later), we then found that to make use of space and to aid to our waterfall theme we would have a river flowing in and under the building and up the waterfall inside the building. Also the river will be covered in glass (PVAC plastic) = a resort where people can walk on water!

Blog 3; Sustainable Resort Assignment

Mr. Ward was away today or ruby and I worked on task 2 of the assignment Ruby did the first question and I did the second question

Got some really good ideas this lesson but not much else happened

Lesson 2: Achitecture Project

This lesson was bad. Got through a bit, but as it was for the whole day, i seemed to to everything wrong. But apart from that it was good. We have our base nearly ready and I have learned multiples lesson extremely quickly and will not make the same mistakes. Hope today will be better.

Task 1 (Plan)

I don't know why it turned out small but this is our task management plan for the assessment.

Today Mr. Ward went through how do do the task management plan and we have done ours the same way as he showed because we both agreed that it was the most successful and easily readable way of viewing it. We then talked through when everything should be done and we thought of ways in which we were going to do the aspects of our design so we knew which day we are going to be doing it. 

We plan to have all the written work done before the start of term 2

Hotel Assesment: Blog 1

This lesson Mr. Ward went through briefly what we would be doing in this unit. We would be
a) designing a sustaniable and themed hotel
b) doing paperwork of some sort

We were shown some examples of previous hotels which had some of my ideas, so to look origional I will adapt them. Mr. Ward went through some types of ways to sustaniably create usable eletric energy. Some examples were
Wind energy: Where wind power is used to power the generator
Hydro energy: used by the pressure of water either in dams, waterfalls or flowing rivers
Solar energy: Used to produce heat NOT electricity
and other examples

he also went though ways in which we can do it and materials that he will provide and then ones we will need to provide for ourselfs

It will be a partner work and I am working with Ruby. My friend but I have not worked with her yet and she seems really motivated about it all and knows a fair bit more about materials than I do so we will make a good team.

We are currently thinking about a "water/aquatic" themed hotel which is circular in shape with a gap for the entrance. There will be a water fall in the center protected by stong, soundproofing glass. The water from the water fall will break out into certain area's of the building. Also at the bottom of the waterfall in the loby area there will be a mini breakoff where flowing water will be disposed where people can drink.

3/4 of the building will be residential (4 stories) and 1/4 of the building will be for lesure. There will be a resturant on the first floor and a movie theater. Above that, an aquarium. Above that will be a pool area with a glass bottom so you can see the aquarium from the pool. The pool will also have a water massaging place too (explained later) The top will be a kids lounge area with different age areas as well as activites they can do there.

Still to decide what the outside will be but thoughts are a giser area

Term 1 blog 12

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so a very successful project.