Cityscape Project
The entire sophomore grade completed the cityscape project, with each partnership creating a different building. Through extensive research, math, and calculations, we made our own models of real life buildings. This project lasted for many months, and required a lot of hard work and determination.
In the beginning, we had to draw many detailed drawings showing our buildings from every angle, and do the simple calculations of sizing down the height and width of the building to scale. As the project went on, our math skills were put to the test because we had to find the surface area and are of our entire building. Though this seems easy, buildings that incorporate curves and abstract angles are very difficult to calculate, especially when the actual dimensions of the buildings aren't published to the public.
Once we had all of our calculations done, we had to use our Adobe Illustrator skills to creates pieces to be glued together to create our model. We used the laser cutter to created 1/8 in. thick slices to stack and create our buildings from the ground up. In addition to our models, we created large posters that had every calculation of ours for every single slice, and all drawings to scale.
My partner and I challenged ourselves by creating a model of the tallest building in the world. Because of this, we created ours to a 2ft. scale instead of 1ft.
Below you can see photos of my actual building, and my model with some photos of my drawings and calculations.
In the beginning, we had to draw many detailed drawings showing our buildings from every angle, and do the simple calculations of sizing down the height and width of the building to scale. As the project went on, our math skills were put to the test because we had to find the surface area and are of our entire building. Though this seems easy, buildings that incorporate curves and abstract angles are very difficult to calculate, especially when the actual dimensions of the buildings aren't published to the public.
Once we had all of our calculations done, we had to use our Adobe Illustrator skills to creates pieces to be glued together to create our model. We used the laser cutter to created 1/8 in. thick slices to stack and create our buildings from the ground up. In addition to our models, we created large posters that had every calculation of ours for every single slice, and all drawings to scale.
My partner and I challenged ourselves by creating a model of the tallest building in the world. Because of this, we created ours to a 2ft. scale instead of 1ft.
Below you can see photos of my actual building, and my model with some photos of my drawings and calculations.
The Burj Khalifa
My partner and I chose to create the Burj Khalifa, also known as the tallest building in the world.
Burj Khalifa known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) development called Downtown Dubai.
Burj Khalifa was designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that would include 30,000 homes, nine hotels, 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.
The decision to build Burj Khalifa is reportedly based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil based economy to one that is service and tourism based. According to officials, it is necessary for projects like Burj Khalifa to be built in the city to garner more international recognition, and hence investment.
Burj Khalifa known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) development called Downtown Dubai.
Burj Khalifa was designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that would include 30,000 homes, nine hotels, 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.
The decision to build Burj Khalifa is reportedly based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil based economy to one that is service and tourism based. According to officials, it is necessary for projects like Burj Khalifa to be built in the city to garner more international recognition, and hence investment.