Saturday, December 19, 2009

final presentation day

After a 24 hour push to complete the assignment, study for a structures exam, complete studio work too, Team Slime pulled it together. We were able to create and finish (almost) everything we set out to create, whether that is a "hospital on acid" or a piano-key finger thing, or a piece of art, it was done. I think we all had our own interpretations of what this project became. For me, my hope for the final project was to create something that spoke of my architectural interests. In this regards, the final project definitely carried out some of these endeavors, it had a beautiful spatial quality about itself, which I don't think anyone really expected. The overall form provided motion and intrigue. Unfortunately, the motors purchased were not strong enough or rather provide enough torque to push the acrylic sheets, therefore the project failed due to the lack of glowing algae. With no way to agitate the algae, there was no way to get light. Bummer!

In all, the group worked fairly well with one another. In the beginning we worked great, but as the project progressed, the stress of school and outside "shit" started taking precedent over the project. We all had designated tasks which for the most part we each fulfilled with care and expertise. It was a matter of bringing it all together to create a profound project, which had the motors worked and the algae glowed it would have been.

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