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Design Brief: Protection from Bombing Attacks
Design Brief: Protection from Bombing Attacks
As part of our inquiry into the impact of war, we were given a design brief to create something that could be used to protect a person/people from bombing attacks.
Before starting this, we looked in to existing solutions that were used to protect from bombing attacks.
After looking in to the impact of bombing during World War II, we set about the task of designing and making items to fulfil this criteria.
Concept Designs
Concept Designs
After creating design criteria and ranking these by importance, we used this criteria to create concept designs with the aim of thinking outside the box and finding different solutions.
NC: generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design
NC: evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
Design Criteria and Specification
Design Criteria and Specification
After creating the concept designs, we then scored them against the design criteria and multiplied this by the level of importance (decided earlier) to give an estimate for how each concept design would perform the required tasks. This was then used to decide upon the basis for the final design.
NC: use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
Final Design
Final Design
After evaluating the concept designs, a final design was created using the concepts as a basis and combining elements where this would improve upon the chosen concept. These designs were then labelled to communicate both design choices and possible materials.
NC: select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities
Material Selection and Manufacture
Material Selection and Manufacture
Once the designs were completed, we then started to measure and cut the individual components that would be fixed together to create our final products.
NC: select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
Fixing and Strengthening
Fixing and Strengthening
After creating all of the components, we started to fix these together focusing on the strength that the structures would need to survive direct hits.
NC: apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures
Completion and Evaluation
Completion and Evaluation
After completing our designs, we then went back to the design criteria that we created individually at the start and evaluated our outcomes against these. We also discussed any changes from our final design and why that change had been deemed necessary. We also looked that the skills that we had developed and how these could be applied in other situations.
NC: select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities
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