This week again involved meeting with Hank to finalise any questions. This meeting was also our last before our final group presentation.
He outlined that he wanted finalised section drawings as well as 1:1 models of those sections.
Sections that I had been working on since the last individual submission were sections 2 and 6.
The placement of these section are outlined as shown below in the figure:
Due to the fact that Section 6a and 6b were similar I decided to work with Jason Lo (who did section 6b) in order to create an in depth physical model.
6a and 6b section drawing by Hank (very similar):
I went about working on finalising the section 6 detail way past what was expected of hank. I placed the mintec profile in the correct place with the correct dimensions of 30mm x 30mm. I also added the screws, bolts, nuts and angle connector that would all be used in conjunction to connect the roof and back wall together.
This week involved another meeting with Hank. He reviewed all our section details and outlined what was wrong or needed for each detail to be finalised. He also asked some of us to work on various unfinished details of the bus stop such as:
Group: The Last Suprematist Members: Joshua Nicholson, Anders Huxtable Presentation Analysis: Remuneration is the compensation one receives from work. Therefore the most common form of remuneration is a wage or payment. This presentation was probably the most engaging and well prepared one of them all. Both of the members spoke clearly and worked off of each other to convey their research effectively. They relied on no scripts or notes and made constant interaction with their powerpoint slides. Their use of graphics such as tables, charts and graphs displays the amount of research and depth they delved into to create the presentation. They outlined the advantages and disadvantages of being employed by a business or being a freelancer. These include differences in pay, stability, work lengths, time, stress, etc. Factors that affected remuneration include:
Experience
Business Size
Individual Standards
Complexity of Job
Job Position
Location
They also include an image of a typical invoice outlining how to complete one in order to receive payment.
They introduced the class to an app known as the time doctor which enables users to keep track of hours worked, in order for correct payment per hour to be logged. They also rationalised wages and payments through calculations throughout the presentation.
In terms of the relation to their own project, they worked out how much money they would get paid for the completion of their project. The calculated wages per hour and then calculated it for the length of time on the project, resulting in $7000 worth of work.
Relation to our group:
The Bus Stop of the Future Group is working towards receiving a final grade attributed to completing their degree of Architectural Computing. As a result in this case remuneration is not quite the exchange of payment, rather a grading as the payment, being a direct result of the quality of work.
Yet remuneration in terms of payment can become a case after our semester has finished. One of the early details we figured out while working on this project was the final physical model was not due till August. This created a problem as the subject finishes in early June.
As a result we would either complete our semester and leave the project to Hank and any new workers, or continue our work.
One of the obvious issues with continuing the work without it attributing to your degree is that there is no incentive. It's obviously a good project to lay claim to when trying to attain future jobs and is a good experience. This is an issues where remuneration can be slightly changed.
We could ask Hank to pay us to help him complete the work in areas such as cnc routing
Finish our work at the end of semester
Continue to gain valuable experience
Ask for recognition of your work in the project in the final submission
These are all valuable outcomes to the problem the group is facing. Most of us are leaning to points in which we would continue to gain experience but also want some line of recognition in the final submission, so we can claim we worked on a large project for our portfolios. Another important factor is that Hank can supply us with vouchers from the 20,000 budget, meaning we don't have to spend our own money to create models, giving us an incentive to continue on in the project.
Group: Aerial Ropeway Members: Shaun Taylor, Paul Chew, Roschelle Gonzales, Reina Bautista, Eugelyn Corre, Jesharelah Yolola. Presentation Analysis: One of the main points that the group brought up was that people can lose sight of the fundamentals of communication leading to conflict between members. They outlined the various conflict types including:
Background/Gender
Leadership
Personality Clashes
Style and Skill Sets
Different Goals & Expectations
The groups presentation went into depth on these conflict types, outlining how they effect the group and what that conflict leads to.
Some critical feedback is that the slides were too content heavy in sections, making it difficult to read. Group members were reading off slides, communicating the fact that they maybe had not completely prepared for the presentation.
The final video was very entertaining. The role-playing was an affective way of engaging the class. The scenarios of the video correlated with the conflict types which was very well though out.
Russell also pointed out the fact that they had outlined resolutions to the differing conflict types, displaying their thorough research into their topic.
Group: The Last Suprematist Members: Benjamin Kalgovas, Daming Yan, Molly Wu Presentation Analysis: Their presentation lacked the same effect as the previous group. They just outlined the conflict types without really going in depth. They were very hard to hear and Daming and Molly read off of their pre-prepared sheets. Ben compensated for this by projecting his voice very well and clearing up any confusion caused by the presentation. There was barely any eye contact from the group causing much of the class to loose interest.
The positive was that the slides contained the right amount of information allowing them not to became too content heavy.
The video was a redeeming feature of the presentation. Again they made use of scenarios that they had presented earlier. It was well put together and was a good way to finish off the presentation. Relation to our group:
In relation to our group there weren't any instances of conflict between the members. The hierarchy we created within the first meeting help to distinguish how we each went about our roles.
Anthony being the team leader would set up goals for work to be completed as well as contacting our clients to receive and delegate any new work.
Martha was set up as the documenter as well as being a roving helper. This role helped the group to figure out any problems in terms of misinterpretation. The notes taken down in each meeting were a valuable source of reducing conflict to virtually zero.
Darren, Kerre and I were set as the main researchers of info, and once collected, would present it to both Martha and Anthony in order to collate it into presentable work for our client Hank and lecturer Russell.
Thee methods helped to keep conflict down to small discussions in which individual people were wanting to forward their own idea, which is actually a valuable part of group work - people explaining their ideas in great detail and defending them in order for the group to mutually agree on the final outcome.
Some sources of possible conflict as highlighted by the groups is the amount of dedication and effort put in by individual members. This can further be affected by where we all live, work arrangements and personal instances - in that it is difficult for all to meet as a group, especially at uni due to members having differently planned out schedules. The group managed to negate this in part due to modern technology. The improvement of areas such as the Internet as well as social collaboration and online storage helped the group immensely. We would communicate on social media websites to set up times in which the majority could make it and then post the work up onto online storage spaces for all to access, thus ensuring no one had any excuse not to know what was expected by the next meeting. This would allow members to work on tasks in their own times and still contribute to the group.
This week we finally got news of the actual bus stop design we would be working on.
We knew Eliot had been working on a parametric bus stop model in Rhino and Grasshopper since the beginning of the semester but we imagined it was only to be able to change dimensions of the original design we had been given to suite all rules and regulations.
We were quite surprised when the files he sent us contained a completely new design.
From This:
To This:
Despite this, the details we had been working on would fit any design so we could continue working on with no obstructions.
For the back brief presentation as part of my addition for the group I added the group roles and tasks to the slides as well as creating one of the initial sketches of the gantt chart for our group. This was then finalized by Anthony into a powerpoint.
The whole back brief presentation can be seen here:
I researched various sheet materials to use for this project including Laminated pine, Plywood and MDF. I came to the conclusion quite quickly that Plywood was the best and most suitable materials. In researching the material I also found out that there was different types of Plywood. These included Marine Grade Ply, Exterior Ply, Interior Ply and Treated Ply. All these had their pros and cons and I personally put forward the idea of using Marine Grade due to its ability to withstand the elements.
These are a few of the websites I researched to gather pricing details:
Almost all of the websites offered the various materials that the project was after. In terms of pricing they all tended to change depending on selected material and how much was needed.
Along with my Materials research one of my group duties was to help Kerre with connection methods. I researched various connection methods such as waffling and slotting techniques. One of my inputs was to create a tensioning system that helped keep all the individual components together. It was chosen as one of the major connection systems by the group due to its practicality. As the work progressed we decided that tensioning of smaller sections of the bus stop would help with portability as well as helping with structure. The one final tension cable would be threaded through the entire Bus Stop for rigidity.
As a group we also drew up some sketches and tried to collectively gather how to keep the weight of the bus stop down. The images above display methods which we designed in order to complete this objective. These methods included cutting out various pieces from the sheets in strategically located places in order to keep the structure as perfect as possible.
All the following images display our prototype models being laser cut and built. As part of these processes, I created the Illustrator file for the laser cuts of the first few images which enabled us to familiarise ourselves with the machine as well as create some initial models.
I then helped to laser cut some of the final files displayed in the final images that Martha created herself. I also helped to build the model, slotting all the pieces together with the rest of the group.
The following images display the final model that the group put together. The original files for laser cutting were made by Martha whilst I helped her to laser cut them in the Digital Fabrication Lab.
The following laser cutting videos are of files in which I have personally designed or made adjustments to those who have created them. These all helped to create prototypes and help gather useful information about connection systems.
Created the Google Document for our Communication Presentation:
I created the Google Document on Drive in order for the group to work on the parts individually when they wanted, yet also allowing everyone to have the up to date version due to Google Drive's qualities. It was only used as a stop gap measure until we got our wiki working but still allowed us to build on our communication presentation.
I helped to make changes and updates to the wiki page that Kerre created, (my username being Olives94). This included uploading images as well as information for our Communication Collaboration Presentation. A couple of the edits shown were also made by Darren and Kerre using my computer when we met at Uni as a group.
In order for the two groups to work more efficiently I created the Facebook Master Group. This was also to accommodate the fact that after week 8 we were to work on things as one big group rather than 2. So this facebook group allowed us to keep in contact with each other while we all completed the tasks for the Bus Stop Of The Future Project.
As the project progress through to week 8 it became apparent that the project was lagging behind a bit. The group meeting with Hank and Elliot clarified the situation and the remainder of the semester was to be focused on finalising connection methods and parts.
As part of this I turned two of Hanks sketches into AutoCAD detailed drawings.
The following images are of the connection pieces that were 3D printed by Elliot Rosenberg. The details were gathered from the Minitec website. We have been searching that site to familiarise ourselves with the new connection method.
These following images are of some models that I laser cut and put together. The files were cut from the detailed drawings I created with reference to Hank's sketches. The file can be seen above, in drawing 2 of detail 6A. The laser cutting video is also posted above in the laser cutting section.
In terms of individual work I feel I have contributed greatly to the group. Yet in saying that my group was very well organised and we got along very well. As a result we all contributed great amounts of work. This includes making small inputs and changes to each others designs or models as well as help to create files for each other.
It will be evident that my individual contributions overlapped greatly with those of the rest of my group members in the rest of their blogs as we met many times as a group and delegated an individual to keep records and photographic evidence of our groups input.
This week involved continuing to turn the hand sketches from Hank into AutoCAD detailed drawings. This week I focused on detailed drawing number 6a. It involves the connection point between the Bus Stop backing/wall and its roof component.
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