What ABOUT MATERIALS?

Materials are the substances, the “stuff”
that are selected by the architects and used by the builders to create the
structure.

Materials give the building structural soundness

Materials provide shelter from the elements

Materials should be pleasing to view

Materials must be within the budget for the building

BRICKS
STRAW
WOOD
STONE
STEEL and GLASS

What ABOUT BUILDING SHAPES?

What forms can buildings take?

Of course they can be rectangles and pyramids, triangles and cones…but there are other shapes you could be considering too.

Take a look at this idea, thought out by Buckminster Fuller – a GEODESIC dome.

more to come….