preparation of the dome

we have been given an assignment by cik wan.. we need to get ourselves into a group consists of 5 people and build a dome.. and of course we are the actors.. we need to design, build and assemble our product at the proposed site at HBP premise.. the rules are the team members must be at least one from different major.. not to forget the lifespan of the dome is about 12 months and we need to send a report about the dome to the rspected cik wan..

before that we as a team gathered to have a discussion on what materials that we want to use, the tools and everything about the project..

with the help of the site virtual-dome calculator we can figure the length of the bamboo struts that shall we use to build the dome.. we searched for the bamboo and found it for free!

the 10 ft bamboo before it was cut

Intention : get the bamboo into struts

Actors : the group members

Act : measure, cut, drill the bamboo

measuring and cutting the bamboo


the drilling process

site : bayan lepas-- near the bamboo tree

rule : cut the bamboo accordingly refer to the measurement

product : the bamboo struts

bamboo struts-- done!

we cleaned the place back.. we took all the bamboo struts all the way to our studio 100 to tie the bamboo together so it'll be easy for us to build the dome and carry it..

Intention : to build the dome easily and make it carryable
Actor : the group members
Act : tie the bamboo into shapes
Site : studio 100
Rule : tie the bamboo using the material given --wire and paper glue-- and tie it right using the diagram
Product : the shaped bamboo!

the triangle bamboo

the pentagon-shaped bamboo

we did this for the whole day.. i end up looking like a vampire's wife at the end of the day.. it was so tiring but we managed to get it done.. that's what i've been prouding of..
wait up for my next post.. i'll tell you about the dome day