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Within the past week our design took a, while not drastic, shift in the construction and design of our concept. The previous model we were working with consisted of pyramids that stacked on top of each other to develop a sort of sculptural element. We discovered through our exploration that there would need to be changes in the scale of pyramids, notching elements to act as keys and substantial thickness changes to increase the structural components on higher levels.
Our new design process began when we decided to keep the Pyramid design with a hollow aspect. We took these and subsequently turned them on their sides in an attempt to create a cylindrical object. We by rotating the pyramids on their sides it created however a octagon not a cylinder which was our end goal. In an attempt to reach this goal we would need to rotate the pyramids. And so we did. we encountered several issues such as the points not meeting to develop a proper cylinder, as well as overlapping in corners. It was determined that a second piece would be needed that differed in design to fit into the original. these pieces would have the corners pulled back and be shallower in depth to accommodate the gaps that needed to be filled. Ultimately we ended up with a cylinder that was self supporting in nature and could be stacked in such a way as to allow construction with no gaps.
