About the project 

We want to spread awareness for this problem by showing the effects it will have on the city and the people that live there. To do this we have decided to make a model. We will use this model to show how this can impact tourism, structures, homes, and cultural heritage. 

Our project questions were: How do we create a 3D printing model? How can we come up with a reasonable solution? What is the best way to build a model of Venice?

To answer these questions, We brainstormed together to figure out how we could build the best possible 3-D model of Venice. We decided to use real water to replicate the Venetian lagoon, and we figured out that it is best to use wood or thick glass as the flooring. We then decided to make our models out of 3-D printing materials instead of something like paper or wood because that is the quickest solution, and the material won't be damaged by the water. To create a 3-D printing model, we had to first go into Tinkercad and make mini sketches of what we wanted our buildings to look like. We created our boats using different shapes in the app and then used other models to build the homes and restaurants. We put them together to make our final model. Lastly, to develop a reasonable solution, we first researched what Venice has done to stop this issue. Then we decided to think of other solutions that could work the same or even more efficiently in the long run. This is because one of Venice's solutions, the MOSE project might not be very efficient in the future. We decided to research other places facing similar issues and what they have done so far. We put all of that research together to create our two different solutions. Our first solution would be taking the main idea of the MOSE project but making it more flexiable and smaller so it is usable in the tighter canals and can be moved around when needed. The second solution is to create floating architecture that has flooring below the buildings so if a flooding were to happen, the buildings wouldn't get submerged, but would rise along with the water.

can you explain what your solution is and why you think it will work?