Announcement of Project Progress
Construction and Testing
Contact : Kelly Daniels, Senior
Period: 7/8
Systems Engineering II: TSA Architectural Model
Sandy Hook, NJ, March 2009 – Kelly Daniels is senior at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology. Her senior project is the TSA Architectural Model. This is an annual contest hosted by Technology Student Association (TSA) (Figure A), an organization which promotes student interest in technology, in which students must develop a set of architectural plans and related materials for an annual architectural design challenge and construct an architectural model to accurately depict the design. This year’s design is a free-standing emergency medical clinic.
Introduction
Kelly has been working with her group to complete the developmental work for her project, and is finally ready to start construction. Kelly, with the help of her mentor, has chosen an area for the project, done research, and completed drawings, such as the 3D views (Figure B) and elevational drawings (Figure C). Construction began in the beginning of February and will be completed March 8, 2009.
Description of Project
Background
A free-standing emergency medical clinic (EMC) is a facility that is open to the public for immediate medical attention if a hospital is not within the area, or if the ailment is not serious. The EMC is not dependant on a hospital or other facility, and is completely self-sufficient. Kelly decided to build her clinic in Asbury Park, NJ due to the need of medical attention in the area and its distance to other hospitals. The drawings needed for the project are a floor plan, landscape drawings, exterior wall section, cross section, foundation plan, exterior wall elevations, 3D exterior, 3D views of 3 interior rooms, window schedule, door schedule, and a room finish schedule. The drawings assigned to Kelly are exterior wall elevations, exterior, 3D views of 3 interior rooms, and room finish schedule.
Mentor
Throughout this project Kelly has been working with a mentor to help her with the architecture process. Her mentor is a Senior Partner Architect at a local firm. Kelly is able to bring all developmental work and ideas to her mentor for feedback. Also, her mentor is able to track her progress on her weblog and give any information he may find helpful.
Technology, Math, and Science
The benefits and learning opportunities of Kelly’s project reach far beyond the concepts of Systems Engineering. This project helped Kelly better understand technology, science, and math. She worked with technologies she already knew, such as AutoCAD, and learned about new ones like Google SketchUp. Research for this project also gave her a better understanding into the sciences of color psychology and ergonomics. Along with these areas, her project also involved math. She used math to calculate the amount of paint, flooring, ceiling tiles, and molding needed.
Expectations
After all the developmental work is done the final product needs to be completed. Kelly’s parts of the final product are the exterior façade and the room finish presentation boards. When this project is done it will serve as drawings and models of a finished building to present to a client.
Construction
Presentation Boards
Kelly began construction in the beginning of February and will be finished on March 18th. She created presentation boards for the interior room finishes. Each presentation board (for the conference room, office, and waiting room) contains drawings, pictures, and samples to illustrate what the room will look like. First, Kelly printed views of the room and placed them on the board. Also, she put pictures of all the furniture. Lastly, she got samples of the ceiling tiles, wood flooring, molding, and paint that will be in the room.
Exterior Facades
Kelly’s second assignment in construction is to create the exterior façade of the building once they were cut (Figure E) by her group member, Natasha. There are two types of materials on the walls that needed to be modeled, stucco and brick. She created the look of stucco with a paste-like substance used for model buildings (Figure F). Because the scale is so small, she had to make impressions with her fingers to look scaled. The second material, brick, was done on the computer and then printed out. Kelly had to scale the bricks to 1/16 scale. After this was done, she printed out rows of bricks and glued them onto the walls (Figure F). The last thing to be done for the exterior façade is the roof façade. After Kelly’s group member who is responsible for cutting the roof has finished, she will use a black sandpaper to model the material on the roof.
Final Product
After Kelly and her group members finish their respective parts the last step will be to put the final product together. The final product will consist of the exterior walls, interior walls, roof, landscaping, and presentation boards. When everything is put together it will be presented to potential clients.
Summary
Kelly Daniels, senior at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology, is completing her senior design project. She has completed all developmental work and must only finish construction. Along the way she has learned skills in math, science, technology, and working with mentors. After the final product is put together, her model will be viewed by potential clients.
For more details about the TSA Architectural Model in Sandy Hook, NJ, contact Kelly Daniels at
617-861-3962 or visit the Marine Academy of Science and Technology at http://www.mast.mcvsd.org.
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Construction and Testing
Contact : Kelly Daniels, Senior
Period: 7/8
Systems Engineering II: TSA Architectural Model
Sandy Hook, NJ, March 2009 – Kelly Daniels is senior at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology. Her senior project is the TSA Architectural Model. This is an annual contest hosted by Technology Student Association (TSA) (Figure A), an organization which promotes student interest in technology, in which students must develop a set of architectural plans and related materials for an annual architectural design challenge and construct an architectural model to accurately depict the design. This year’s design is a free-standing emergency medical clinic.
Introduction
Kelly has been working with her group to complete the developmental work for her project, and is finally ready to start construction. Kelly, with the help of her mentor, has chosen an area for the project, done research, and completed drawings, such as the 3D views (Figure B) and elevational drawings (Figure C). Construction began in the beginning of February and will be completed March 8, 2009.
Description of Project
Background
A free-standing emergency medical clinic (EMC) is a facility that is open to the public for immediate medical attention if a hospital is not within the area, or if the ailment is not serious. The EMC is not dependant on a hospital or other facility, and is completely self-sufficient. Kelly decided to build her clinic in Asbury Park, NJ due to the need of medical attention in the area and its distance to other hospitals. The drawings needed for the project are a floor plan, landscape drawings, exterior wall section, cross section, foundation plan, exterior wall elevations, 3D exterior, 3D views of 3 interior rooms, window schedule, door schedule, and a room finish schedule. The drawings assigned to Kelly are exterior wall elevations, exterior, 3D views of 3 interior rooms, and room finish schedule.
Mentor
Throughout this project Kelly has been working with a mentor to help her with the architecture process. Her mentor is a Senior Partner Architect at a local firm. Kelly is able to bring all developmental work and ideas to her mentor for feedback. Also, her mentor is able to track her progress on her weblog and give any information he may find helpful.
Technology, Math, and Science
The benefits and learning opportunities of Kelly’s project reach far beyond the concepts of Systems Engineering. This project helped Kelly better understand technology, science, and math. She worked with technologies she already knew, such as AutoCAD, and learned about new ones like Google SketchUp. Research for this project also gave her a better understanding into the sciences of color psychology and ergonomics. Along with these areas, her project also involved math. She used math to calculate the amount of paint, flooring, ceiling tiles, and molding needed.
Expectations
After all the developmental work is done the final product needs to be completed. Kelly’s parts of the final product are the exterior façade and the room finish presentation boards. When this project is done it will serve as drawings and models of a finished building to present to a client.
Construction
Presentation Boards
Kelly began construction in the beginning of February and will be finished on March 18th. She created presentation boards for the interior room finishes. Each presentation board (for the conference room, office, and waiting room) contains drawings, pictures, and samples to illustrate what the room will look like. First, Kelly printed views of the room and placed them on the board. Also, she put pictures of all the furniture. Lastly, she got samples of the ceiling tiles, wood flooring, molding, and paint that will be in the room.
Exterior Facades
Kelly’s second assignment in construction is to create the exterior façade of the building once they were cut (Figure E) by her group member, Natasha. There are two types of materials on the walls that needed to be modeled, stucco and brick. She created the look of stucco with a paste-like substance used for model buildings (Figure F). Because the scale is so small, she had to make impressions with her fingers to look scaled. The second material, brick, was done on the computer and then printed out. Kelly had to scale the bricks to 1/16 scale. After this was done, she printed out rows of bricks and glued them onto the walls (Figure F). The last thing to be done for the exterior façade is the roof façade. After Kelly’s group member who is responsible for cutting the roof has finished, she will use a black sandpaper to model the material on the roof.
Final Product
After Kelly and her group members finish their respective parts the last step will be to put the final product together. The final product will consist of the exterior walls, interior walls, roof, landscaping, and presentation boards. When everything is put together it will be presented to potential clients.
Summary
Kelly Daniels, senior at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology, is completing her senior design project. She has completed all developmental work and must only finish construction. Along the way she has learned skills in math, science, technology, and working with mentors. After the final product is put together, her model will be viewed by potential clients.
For more details about the TSA Architectural Model in Sandy Hook, NJ, contact Kelly Daniels at
617-861-3962 or visit the Marine Academy of Science and Technology at http://www.mast.mcvsd.org.
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