3DD- Day 1, Part 3

Fig 1. exterior (author's own)

The final task of the day was to create a structure that could hold you up, at least 30cm off the floor. So me and my partner Kanisha set out to do just that. Above is an image of the exterior of our "seat", it could do with a lot of improvements, such as a design or a more extravagant top layer (where you place your bum). But at the same time, I like the simplicity of its shape, in fact it could have been made simpler yet more effective by making the top layer into a triangle shape maybe.

Fig 2. interior (author's own)

Fig 2 is an image of the interior of our design. The equal distribution of support inside the structure enabled it to hold a person, in fact, two people (for a certain amount of time anyway).

Fig 3. all structures (author's own)

Fig 3 shows the rest of the class' work. They come in all shapes and sizes. I particularly like the very small footstall like one in the middle because; one, it's scale is completely different to the others' and two it's not an obvious "seated" design, it is not made for the bum but for the feet. And it actually worked.

Fig 4. disassembled (author's own) 

First we had to disassemble the structure and then put it back together within a minute. The structure had to be something you could easily pull apart and as you can see in Fig 4 we were successful in doing so.

Fig 5. the after math (author's own)

Our seat was able to hold one person up, so we thought, why don't we both try to sit on it? Surprisingly, the seat was able to take us both on, but only for a little while of course. Although it didn't fully collapse, we still did cause some damage to it (as you can see in Fig 5). Overall I believe our outcome was a successful one, in order to create a longer lasting seat, we could double the layers of cardboard to make it stronger and maybe even think about giving it a base of some sort.