TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 5302 Product Design Workshop
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Urs Peter "Upe" Flueckiger, Professor

Syllabus Spring 2020

Exercise One

X Y Z
A Three Directional Object

Given: Thursday January 16 2020 
Due: Thursday February 6 2020 

Exercise Description:
Your task is to connect three “objects” in a tectonic way using the three directions X, Y, and Z. Imagine working in a way similar to three dimensional modeling programs such as Rhino, CAAD Autodesk, or Form Z. Each of the directions should be coming/going from/to, or meeting in a 90 degree angle.

ddf students are especially encouraged to make a XYZ connection(s) involving ddf equipment such as our Laser Cutters, the Haas 3 axis router. For this exercise I would stay away from the 3d printer.

Your final object should be no larger than 18”, but no smaller than 4” in each direction. You may start by first sketching up a solution before producing it in the Architecture Shops.

Materials:
Choice of materials is left to you. It can be one single material such as wood or multiple materials together. How you connect the pieces will be the key. What is holding the three different pieces together as a single object?

Grading Criteria:
Overall Tectonic Quality.
Originality/Creativity of object.
Functionality and Strength of object.