Friday was a big day for us on all fronts. The first allocation of wood for our ‘A’ frames arrived at the workshop and we also had a big fundraising event planned for lunchtime.
Fundraising
We have been successfully fundraising all week selling brownies and baked goods whilst trying to raise awareness of our project and the leg waxing which was to take place on the Friday. Joe and Dave had donated there hairy limbs to the cause with the aim of drumming up support for the project.
It was absolutely throwing it down on Friday, which limited the number of people passing by. We had set up camp outside the Union with the hope of pulling in some money from outside of the studio. We had good representation from second year architects, but that was it - it was a bit of a flop.
We managed to flog all the food we had made, plus all the hair on the legs of Joe and Dave, which left us with £145 in the kitty - so we made about £60 pounds.
Focus is now to be shifted to the FIFA tournament which is to be held on Monday 25th in the lecture theatre at 5 pm in the Matthew Building.
Design and Construction
The wood came today! This was the first delivery we have had (free of charge - thanks KEYLINE) This batch is for the Primary structure of design which comprises 4 A frames. Lyle has kindly offered to help with the assembly of these pieces as our time line and budget wont allow for any mistakes.
The Construction team (four of them in total) are now well practiced in the joints which will have to be accurately and individually cut into each of the pieces of cladding. The team have also been making mockups of the footings of the structure - checking that all the pieces align. It has also given us a chance to look closely at which fixings will work best for us offering the best design solution. Klara ‘don’t mess with me’ Svobodova has been on the search for threaded rods, fingers crossed for a donation of these because at the moment they are £2.
Documentation
The blog is now up and running and is getting good reviews, plans are now in the pipeline for the other projects that will be run by the documentation team. We want to produce something that simply explains the process that we have been through, further brain storming will take place on Monday.
We have been trying to promote the brand making sure that it is well advertised and that the blog is accessible to all - there have been a few technical glitches with photos and graphics on the website so these need tightening up after the weekend also.
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