Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Geobuilding information and links due: June 11

Purpose: recreate / redesign a famous or world building by printing out its component 2D nets of prisms and pyramids.
Minimum number of nets/polyhedrons: 5.


Document a brief history of the building.

Name of the building.
When was it made?
Who designed the building/architect(s)?
What are the key design elements? Describe the building according to polyhedron shapes (prism, pyramids,etc.)
What city is it in?
What importance does the building play in the city?
Why did you chose this building?
Why do you like this building?
What modifications did you make to the design and why?

Use aspex Tabs to recreate this building. Print out the nets and recreate a three-D model.
Or use the http://korthalsaltes.com/ web site and print out the pdf.
More strange buildings:

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world-part-ii/

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