Wanting to be a civil engineer Wednesday was such as important day for me. The Pioneers and I went to Giffords (a civil engineering company) where we were learning about bridges. This day was interesting as it was a small recap of what I had done for A levels and what I have to looked forward to in university. To me this day was so important as I had so much fun making small models of bridges in a team and taking into account small details of making a bridge that can hold a certain weight. I was really happy to be involved as this assured me that I want to be a civil engineer and looking around the office it gave me an insight of what I have to look forward to. I MEAN GOOD START!!!!!!!
Hi what’s up – this is the beginning of my adventure as an Urban Pioneer. My name is Tony or Anthony. I will be working with four other Pioneers on this project about the architecture community. On this project we will be learning a lot of new things, eg skills in filmmaking, performance, radio production, web design and a lot more. As we go along I will be filling you in on every step. OK so let me tell you what we did today, this was my first time meeting the other Urban Pioneers. Once we got to the meeting point I got to speak with the other Pioneers, each one of them was nice and friendly. Then Ruby came, the head of the Pioneers, and took us to do a workshop with great Gifford engineers. It was great. David Tasker told us about how to make a bridge, but he told us that too much stress can compress and break down pillars. He showed us with a long stick, putting pressure on top and breaking it. Next he showed us that without the right support, a stick will fall down, and if it keeps falling down, the shape it makes is half a sphere. By adding more sticks you can make a tetrahedron. We made lots of these, and put them together. Once that was done we built our bridge and got clay and put it on the bridge. It was so much fun, I can’t wait to see what we do next. See you on my next adventure!
The Architecture Foundation has selected its team of five Urban Pioneers. With a broad range of interests spanning from architecture and civil engineering to performing arts, Alex, Ciarra, Tony, Vanessa and George will be exploring the changing architecture between Tower and Blackfriars bridges this summer with Gifford engineers, Space Syntax, Bankside Open Spaces Trust, illustrator David Sparshott, filmmaker Barney Sutton, and dallaspierce+quintero architects, winners of The AF's recent Amelia Street public realm competition.
The first day, was the tour. It was a lovely sunny day so Ruby gave us ice cream! =) we went in the More London bulidings,they're so big and fancy and we were lucky enough to go in a (see through) Speed lift!... at first I was afriad, I was petrified. I didn't know I would make it out of that life a live!
But I did, we were so high up I didn't want to stand near the edge of one of the roof tops but then I decided to be brave and go near the edge to take some photos.
It was a really nice evening and I meet so many nice people. And I'm so gald to be able to be an Urban Pioneer XD
quote of the day:
" I will never look at bulidings in the same way."
By Ciarra
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