8 x 8 x 8

Caulen Heil, Saige Runyan, Ashlyn Wilson, James Graef, & Alex Damus

The Pennsylvania State University Department of Architecture

ARCH 203 Materials I

Professors Eric Sutherland & Juan Ruescas

Fall 2017

Brief

• Construct a highly precise series of cells.

• 64 of the 512 Cells must be solid.

• Final dimensions must be .8m x .8m x .8m.

• Added challenge due to specification of metric dimensions despite use of imperial tooling.

Roles

• Project Managers: Ashlynn Wilson & James Graef

• Materials Research: Caulen Heil

• Design Research: Saige Runyan

• Documentation: Alex Damus

Results

• Project tested consistency, planning, team communication, & construction skills.

• Margin of error was within 1 millimeter.

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