CGT 10100:
Fundamentals of Imaging Technology
CGT 10100:
Fundamentals of Imaging Technology
CGT 10100:
Fundamentals of Imaging Technology
CGT 10100:
Fundamentals of Imaging Technology
CGT 10100:
Fundamentals of Imaging Technology
CGT 14100:
Internet Foundations Technologies
DRAFTING AND DESIGN PROJECTS
(2017-2018)
Housing/Patio Additions
Our first assignment of the school year involved creating a design for a backyard porch for someone. The slideshow consists of my chief architect design and the model I made from it. I found the house's backyard on google maps and made a rough house design. There were many questions and constraints we needed to address with the person like purpose of the addition and the dimensions we had to work with. After the design was made, I printed the paper out and showed a 3D representation of it to the person.
My next assignment I was given was by my dad. He started getting really close with the owner of a local bowling alley in our town called "Bowl-Hi". The owner wanted to design a layout for a new outdoor patio and bar. His hopes were to have 10-12 people to be able to sit/chat and have an area for a bar top. The slideshow shows a first submission to the owner and a later updated version that the owner was very pleased with. As of October 2017, the project was approved by the city and will begin construction very soon. The owner was granted $60,000 for construction.
The Bowl-Hi owner had his proposal passed for the outdoor bar and wants to continue his work to incorporate the building next to it which he had recently purchased. His goal is to be able to have nice pathways and possible have bands and events in the area. The first few images between the building is purely landscaping. After the landscaping was approved, the owner of Bowl-Hi requested to add a bar underneath the pergola for an outdoor bar.
Modeled From:
September 2017
Wood / CNC Projects
October 2017 - November 2017
At this point in the year, my teacher showed me our CNC machine at the high school. I had searched for many different projects to create and came up with some ideas. My first design was to laser print a logo of my cousin's dance studio. On inventor I carved out the logo and matched the texture to wood. Sadly this project was not laser printed.
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The next project I started working on was wooden animal builds, I found this idea off of pinterest. I made both an elephant and giraffe build but only the giraffe was cut out.
Once I got the hang of cutting out pieces and designing them to the correct restraints, my teacher assigned me a project to help the art teachers at our high school.The art teachers requested a design for an art supplies holder. The teachers needed an arrangement for things like scissors, masking tape, clay tools, etc. for all of their tables.
The teacher hoped to make 30 containers, one for each table in the art department. We needed to buy approximately 10 4'x8' 1/4 sheets of plywood and 1 4'x8' 1/8 sheet of plywood (possibly more for error). I was able to print a prototype for one art teacher and she loved it! If everything ran successfully after high school, the art teachers should have containers for each of their tables.
ACE Mentorship Project 2017
December 2017 - January 2018
The ACE Program has started up again and our competition project has begun. One aspect of our design was to add an amphitheater on the site. I have been working on design a 3D model for the site based off my personal ideas. The seating arrangement took the longest to organize because it has a mix of concrete seats and lawn seating. The overall design is still a draft and are open for improvement but this was based off the original sketch I had made. I still need to implement the landscape around it to keep it from going too deep or above ground.
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I shared my design with the ACE mentors and they were very impressed. The big suggestion they had was incorporating a welcoming enterance to the front of the amphitheater. I added a sculptural centerpiece to the entrance and modified the terrain to be more accurate. My next steps were incorporating the rest of the environment to the landscape.
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In the final stages of the design, I worked on small critiques and converting the Chief Architect file to Revit. Sadly the two files did not cooperate but I was able to import it in other programs like 3Ds Max and Sketchup. For the final presentation of ACE, I was responsible for creating an appealing section view and orthographic view to be spoke about in April.
Classroom Redesigns
January 2017 - April 2017
I had four massive classroom redesigns at the end of my senior year including: a foods room, a study hall room, an office room, and a band storage room.
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My first project was the foods room. The foods teacher requested a design to be efficient and updated. The teacher needed 6 work areas (one of which is handicapped accessible) and the work area must be able to comfortable fit 4-5 students. She also wanted to blow out the dividing wall in the middle of the room. I started off by making a replica of the current foods room which allowed me to easily rearrange objects from there. My new layout design allowed for much more open space and added an open shelving unit for each station as well as bar stools for the kids to sit on. To allow for commercial use, I added a 3 compartment sink at the new stations for the students to learn the efficient way of dish washing. The teachers were very pleased with the new design and the principal Dr. Rowe is going to consider the addition in next year's construction.
My next project was to design a more efficient existing office space for the high school. The space was currently being used for instructional coaches. The teachers need four offices and a meeting space for all. Of the two designs I created, they appreciated design two better. Their biggest concern was privacy for each office because there is a emotional aspect to their jobs from the students.
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​My next project was a proposal concept for many teachers at the high school. The teachers were trying to create a new business program and needed to sell the idea to the administration. My teacher believed that the space of the study hall room can be used more efficiently given that most students are among the common areas of the school. The teachers needed to fit 5 work areas, a collaboration area, and a presentation area. The classroom must comfortably fit 30 students and a teacher. Since multiple teachers will be running the business program, they needed a room for all the teachers to have a desk space. I started off by making a replica of the current study hall room which allowed me to easily rearrange objects from there. My new layout design allowed for much more efficiency with TVs and whiteboards at each collaboration area. This project seemed like it was the most outlandish but with the growing education system at Huntley, there was a high chance of being implemented.
My last project served a much different purpose than the others. The band teacher at the high school is trying to reorganize a storage room for all the student's band equipment. The project was different because she already bought all of the storage units. My responsibility was to recreate the cabinets and rearrange them in the room. I needed to be careful on certain areas of the room already being occupied. I first had to make the custom storage units to import into chief architect. There were three different storage device units known as "UltraStor2" (x4), "UltraStor4" (x5), and "UltraStor5" (x5). I then gave her two designs for possible layouts to see which one she liked more. Her students brought up a potential problem that she didn't consider (percussion). So my final layout leaves a wall to allow for hangers for the percussion equipment. She was very happy with the result and most likely implemented the design as of the summer of 2018.
Our other potential design for the percussion instruments was creating a specific storage device to contain all of them. The instruments she needed to store were snare drums, base drums and tenor drums.
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NOTE: Tan storage containers represented potential growth.
Logo Designs and 3D Printing
April 2018 - May 2018
At this point in the year, I had just committed to the Purdue Polytechnic Institute to study possibly: Animation, Building Information Modeling and Virtual Project Integration. To commemorate the occasion I decide to create some logos like in past years of the new college I will be attending. The slideshow shows the three logos I made in Autodesk Inventor but I was able to just print the original logo.
After those three logos, I continued to make 3D printed logos for others. I only managed to take a picture of the Iowa State 3D print, but most of the of the logos on the other slideshow were printed as well. These logos went to those who were going to that school.
