Architecture 100 Projects
Architecture 100 at UWM consists of basic concepts and the history of architecture
Arch 100 Chair
As I study to be an architecture major, I had to design and build a model chair for my Arch 100 Class. We had to use the design elements we learned in class to recreate one of the oldest architectural inventions: the 4 legged-chair. I constructed this in the basement of my house over Thanksgiving weekend out of plexiglas with the help of my dad.
The Presentation is a 12x12 inch piece of paper that the model was sitting on in the SARUP building. People could push a button to make the chair light up. The part that I find amusing is that it is a pretty basic chair, the only trump is that it lights up.
It won 4th place, just under the place where I would get a gift certificate, but it drew a strong reaction from students who either liked it or were jealous of it.
Arch 100 Model
As I study to be an architecture major, I had to build a model for my Arch 100 Class. My professor chose about 130 buildings and assigned them randomly to the class of 500. I got the National Assembly Building of Bangladesh by Louis Kahn as mine. I constructed it over about 2 weeks in my dorm room out of museum board.
With this first model it was really evident who had a knack for model building and who was clueless. It was interesting to see the strong distinction between the high quality models and the laughable ones. It was a spectrum that was weighted heavily on both sides. Perhaps it is because so many people waited until the day before, and naturally, were not able to finish a nice model. I spent around 30 hours on it, and it still could have been quite a bit better, but it was still worth a 96%.