Architecture Project

Project Events

Kickoff

Date/Time: Thursday, March 22 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: green|spaces

63 E. Main St

Complete this pre-kickoff assignment:

• Architecture Project Preference

Final Presentation

Date/Time: Friday, May 18 / 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: green|spaces

63 E. Main St

Note: If you drive, arrive early to find street parking.  Both free and paid parking is available on nearby streets.

Sponsor Info

Transit Station:

Lauren Dunn - Franklin Architects - ldunn@franklinarch.com

Aaron Cole - Workshop : Architecture - aaron@workshoparch.net

Community Center:

Matt Lyle - Franklin Architects - mlyle2.0@gmail.com

Sally Morrow - Chattanooga Design Studio - sallyamorrow@gmail.com

Farmer's Market:

Sarah Page - Extended Studio - sarahfrancespage@gmail.com

Jordan Bailey - HK Architects - jbaile35@gmail.com

Performance Pavillion:

Jason Ennis - Cogent Studio - jason@cogent.build

John Sasse - Franklin Architects - jsasse@franklinarch.com

Nature Center:

Dawn Smith - Cogent Studio - dawn@cogent.build

Vanessa Vereschak - Cogent Studio - vanessa@cogent.build

Unit Plan

PBL Pacing Guide

Final Presentation Rubric

Additional Project Information

Final Presentation Design Board Tips and Exemplars

Dropbox Setup

Your project mentors have established a folder on the Dropbox file sharing website to exchange project work with you.  Each team should follow these instructions to use Dropbox:

1. Using a broswer on either an iPad or computer, go to the dropbox.com website.

2. Use the Google sign-in option with your school email address to log in to Dropbox.

3. Once you are logged into Dropbox, complete the brief new user tutorial.

4. Click on the link labeled "Sharing" in the navigation pane options.

5. You should see a folder labeled "2018 - Lupton City".  Click the "Add" option to add this folder to your files.

6. Click on the link labeled "Files" in the navigation pane option and verify the "2018 - Lupton City" appears.

7. Explore the folder and locate the sub-folder for your project area.

8. Test uploading a file to your folder to verify it works.

9. Email your mentors to let them know you're signed up on Dropbox and excited to work on this project with them!

Note: You may choose to use the Dropbox app for the iPad, however, you must follow the above steps to add the shared folder for "2018 - Lupton City" to your files.  Once you complete these steps, the folder will appear in your files on the iPad app. 

Scale Contour Models

Each team should make a scale model of their portion of the Lupton City site.  The model should be made at a scale of 1/32 inch = 1 foot.

You may use the laser cutter to make your elevation contour model.  The material thickness should be 1/32 inch to achieve a rise in elevation of 1 foot.  It's also possible to use material of thickness 1/16 inch which would achieve a rise in elevation of 2 feet per layer or material of thickness 1/8 inch which would achieve a rise in elevation of 4 feet per layer.

The maximum size of material that the laser cutter can cut is 12" by 24".  Each portion of the property can fit within this size using the scale of 1/32 inch = 1 foot.

Refer to the FabLab Team Drive (Student Projects-->Lupton City Architecture Project) for a Corel Draw file (Lupton City Scale Model.cdr) with the site map including the boundaries of the property, each portion of the property, and elevation contours at a 2 foot interval.  Use this file to make your scale models.  Important: do not adjust the scale of the file or it will not be correct.  The red lines represent major contour intervals (e.g., 680 feet, 690 feet) and the gray lines are spaced at 2 foot intervals (e.g., 682 feet, 684 feet, etc.).  You will need to interpolate a contour line between the 2 foot lines to represent the 1 foot interval (e.g., 681 feet, 683 feet, etc.).

Each layer of the contour map must be cut from a new piece of material.  As you complete each layer, you will stack them on top of the lower level layer to create an elevation model.

The general steps to using Corel Draw to create the elevation model and making the layers on the laser cutter are:

1. Use the laser cutter PC and open the attached file in Corel Draw

2. Select the entire drawing (use Ctrl-A or choose "Select All" from the edit menu) to reposition the drawing so that your portion of the site is centered within the 12" x 24" canvas.

3. If necessary, use the rotate tool to rotate the drawing to fit within the 12"  x 24" canvas.

4. Each elevation layer will consist of the boundary of the portion of the site plus an elevation contour.  In order to laser cut these lines, you will need to select these lines and set their line width to "hairline".  The hairline setting is interpreted by the laser cutter for vector cutting which is the mode needed to cut the material.

5. For each elevation layer, follow the laser cutter instructional poster to prepare and execute the job.  

6. Repeat this process for each layer and assemble your elevation contour model.