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Project 1: Form & Function:

Expression of Truth/Beauty

Michael Diaz

Student – Architectural Design II

Farmingdale State College

Form and Function 

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Creative design comes from all around us . This project was to explore different mechanical movements and combine them with existing architecture to come up with trans-formative design ideas. This project  is for a movable parts  bridge that provides a 30ftx40ft opening for ships to go under.

1)Quebec Bridge

2)Baltimore Truss

3)Francis Scott Key Bridge

Quebec Bridge

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Quebec Bridge Span 

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Baltimore bridge

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Baltimore bridge span 

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Francis Scott Key Bridge 

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Francis Scott Key Bridge Span 

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Movement Analogies

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Conceptual combinations table (3X3)

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Preliminary Designs

Out of the 18 designs took one bridge and I put three different movement analogies on the bridge I liked and then picked the bridge I like the best.

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Final Design 

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3D Views of the mechanism 

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Animations

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