Isaiah Chapman L3 art and design: 3D Townscape Structure

The 3D structure I have made out of card and paper based on architecture is founded around the Eiffel tower.

I chose the Eiffel tower due to the magnificent structural design of the building; throughout the project I have developed my ideas by sketches, designs, prototype models and cataloguing blueprints of my piece.

the structure i have created was based
loosely around the structure of the
Eiffel Tower, it eventually became my own design.

I initially aimed to created something resembling the Arcelormittal orbit in London

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The top design shows its self as quite an animalistic frame, the bottom design follows the spiral effect of the Arcelormital orbit, although the design come become quite interesting, to be able to create such an intricate design out of card and paper and the size scale I would be using may prove too difficult.

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After doing this design I thought it resembled a dancing man figure and following that fashion I decided to change the building in the background to a 'boom box'

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i started to create a prototype out of skewer sticks, I then realised it would not be structurally supportive.

after some planning I decide to create a small prototype of a standard Eiffel tower out of card, sticks and tape,

To start I made a strong base to support the rest of the structure

I then used the sticks to create a template for the top half of the tower,

i found doing a small simple structure such as this one proved more difficult then expected and I had a re-think about my design.
I wasn't particularly happy with the outcome of the prototype, I had expected it to come out with a better quality and to look more visually pleasing.

After some consideration I had decided to change the design as to create a more abstract piece, although my previous design interested me, the new design seamed more appealing.

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