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Student: Ryan Ducki
Advisor: Scott Shall
Content Experts: Dan Faoro , Aaron Jones
Historically long spans have been linked to power and wealth. Developing countries, through technologies and research, have had access to larger scale and more complex architecture whereas areas of the world are left to discover through accessible means. Architects throughout history and today dedicate a portion of their services to supporting the needs of the community, but can they bring balance to this separation of resources? The technology to bridge the gap between simple tools, repeated operations, common materials, and complex geometry in the form of long span architecture is at reach. Using local means of construction, the common, accessible material is paper tubes. A form as well as a process of building can be established, repeated, and adapted as a leave behind building strategy. The intent is not to create a new type of form or to discover a new quadratic equation but to better establish the connection between the complex and the simple. The analysis and proof of form comes through advanced computer aided technologies and software. Markets are a critical factor for the economies in developing countries, and from precedent research, will benefit from accessible long spans achieved through this analysis. Several of the countries of Africa have the largest projected population growth in the world with Markets critical to their growth. The architect is not designing the exact form but is more of an influence on how the community can implement their strategies over time with accessible resources. Within the communities the architecture has to be adopted, and then sound structures must be implement with common materials to then be adapted by the people. As the economy grows, so will the implementation strategies. Using paraboloid geometry, simple tools, repeated operations, and common materials, the architect can create accessible, non-invasive long spans that can be adapted and developed to define current and future trading points in developing communities.
Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom
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