WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

Share your work with the class. Show your main idea (concept), your sketches, and your simple model (prototype).

So you can get feedback to improve your idea and make it stronger

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With your team, gather your sketches and model. Make sure everyone knows what part they will talk about.

Take turns explaining your idea to the class. Show your drawings and simple model while you talk.

Your classmates and teacher will tell you what they like and how you could make it better. Write or draw their ideas on your paper.



Guide for Giving Feedback

1. Be kind! Feedback should never be mean. You can help someone improve and be nice at the same time.
2. Be specific. Say exactly what part you liked or what could be better.
3. Think about yourself. What kind of feedback would you like to get on your project? Give that kind!
4. Explain why. Don’t just say, “It’s good.” Say why it’s good! Example: “I like your idea because it helps people recycle.”
5. Ask questions. If something is unclear or confusing, ask about it! Questions help your friends think of new ideas.

UNDERWATER

James Bond Movie

Car Underwater

Submarine Pod

James Bond Movie

Submarine Pod

Underwater cars could connect the UK to Norway, Denmark and the Netherland

China's 200 Billions $ Plan China-US

Underwater train

Minority Report

Automated Vertical Cars

Self Driving Car

FLOATING IN THE AIR

Flying Cars

futurama

Star Wars

Flying Spaceship

TRON

Light Cycle Bike

Blade Runner

Flying Car

Lebbeus Woods, Aero-Livinglab from Centricity,

Many structures are totally illegible or have completely ambiguous functions, like a surreal zeppelin-like structure made from scrap material aimlessly hovering in the sky.

UNDERGROUND

Hyperloop

 Draw an infernal circuit in which the sensation-driven tourists seeking instant gratification are propelled in a pre-determined course

the rolling capsule

WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

To generate a divergent collection of ideas from which to draw on moving our project forward.

Considering our past research, we are now going to brainstorm ideas for our inventive transit system.

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

BEFORE WE START

Review the Brainstorming Guide

؜The goal of brainstorming is to create a generative list of ideas - that means ideas that have lots of room to grow - for potential projects that you can continue to explore. Think of these ideas as seeds that will grow and transform into your project.

1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS

2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT

4 - BUILD ON IDEAS

5 - BE VISUAL

3 - GO FOR QUANTITY

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Sketch your ideas.

ENCOURAGE

WILD IDEAS

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Shout out bizarre and unworkable ideas to see what they spark off. No idea is too ridiculous. State out any outlandish ideas. Exaggerate ideas to the extreme.

SUSPEND

JUDGEMENT

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

The evaluation of ideas takes up valuable brain power which should be devoted to the creation if ideas. Therefore do not judge the ideas until after the brainstorming process. Note down all ideas.

GO FOR

QUANTITY

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

If the number of ideas at the end of the session is very large, there is a greater chance of finding a really good idea. Keep each idea short, do not describe it in detail - just capture its essence.

BUILD

ON IDEAS

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Try and add extra thoughts to each idea. Use other people’s ideas as inspiration for your own. Creative people are also good listeners. Combine several of the suggested ideas to explore new possibilities.

BE

VISUAL

Sketch your ideas.

Nothing gets an idea across faster than drawing it. It doesn’t matter how terrible of a sketcher you are! It’s all about the idea behind your sketch.

Final Project Expectations

Your design will take ideas from the future and imagine new, cool ways to travel that use clean, green energy.

Bring your ideas to life using storyboarding tools to create a story that shows how your futuristic system works, who it helps, and how it makes travel better.

Your model should fit inside a 50x50 box and include something that moves or works, like simple electronics or a mechanical part.

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As a group: Brainstorm as many ideas as you can for each category:

1. Environment (rocky, desert, urban, aquatic, underground, space, in the air)
2. Method (pods, hyperloop, drone-based, water-based, Teleportation, vertical zipline)
3. Visual Inspiration, Think of fun shapes and design in nature (Seed pods, sea shell, eagle, turtle...)

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As a class: Cluster ideas that are similar. Get inspired by your classmates and keeping adding more ideas!

Mountains

Shapes

Enviroment

Method

Space

Pods

Magnetic rails

eagle

jellyfish

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Mountains

Shapes

Enviroment

Method

Space

Pods

Magnetic rails

eagle

jellyfish

Form Groups and start connecting ideas from the different categories.

Example: The SkyRescue Glide is a bird-shaped train that moves on magnetic rails powered by wind. It helps rescue people quickly in the mountains using its wings and small flying drones to reach hard places.

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Work together to sketch some of these ideas.

At the end you will select one idea to further explore

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Fill this template with your final idea and sketch of your idea as a group.

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WHAT WE ARE MAKING

WHY WE ARE MAKING IT

Paper airplanes designed for distance, a accuracy, and style.

To get warmed up in the studio with a hands-on activity that focuses on moving something from one place to another.

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Understanding Flight

Before you start folding, let’s talk about how planes fly!

There are 4 key forces at work when your plane is in the air:

1. Lift: Keeps the plane up.
2. Thrust: Pushes the plane forward.
3. Drag: Slows the plane down.
4. Gravity: Pulls the plane down.

Think about how you can use these forces to your advantage when designing your plane.

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Design Your Paper Airplane

Time to fold ! As a group, your task is to come up with a paper plane that looks cool and flies great. Consider these things:

1. Shape: Does the plane have long wings, sharp edges, or a sleek look?
2. Size: Does your plane need to be small and fast or bigger for more gliding?
3. Sign: Add personal touches

Pro Tip: If you think your plane needs a little extra support, you can use tape to reinforce the wings or the nose of the plane.

؜10 mins

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Flight Test

Now it’s time for the ultimate flight contest! We’ll measure your plane in these categories:

1. Longest Flight Distance – How far can your plane go?
2. Longest Time in the Air – How long can your plane stay up before it falls
3. Best Stunt – Can your plane do something amazing like loops or dives?
4. Best Design – Bonus points for creativity!

Each of you will get a chance to launch your plane. We’ll measure the distance and time, and then have a little fun watching your planes perform stunts!

؜5 mins

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Review and Tweak

After your first test, take a look at how your plane performed. What worked well? What didn’t? Can you change anything to make it fly better? Maybe adjust the wings or add some extra tape?

Now you’ll have a chance to make any changes and try again!

5 mins

5th

Final Flight

Once you’ve made any changes, we’ll have one last flight test to see who can improve their plane the most.

Prizes!

1. Longest Distance Champion
2. Time in the Air Champion
3. Stunt Master
4. Design Star

؜10 mins

A precedent is a project done in the real world that can be used to help explain some of the ideas that will be covered in the studio or project.

Students should locate and critically evaluate precedents and demonstrate how the content of the relate to their projects.

Precedents generally fall into a number of categories:

CONCEPTUAL

ASPIRATIONAL

COMPARABLE

CONCEPTUAL PRECEDENTS

They explore ideas related to the studio through critical analysis of a wide range of largely art-based projects.

ASPIRATIONAL PRECEDENTS

They look at cutting-edge or futurist implementation of technology as related to the studio topic.

COMPARABLE PRECEDENTS

They look at nascent or current projects, often in the marketplace, that relate to the theme of the studio at a design and technological level that students can reasonably achieve within the course of the Studio.

Through a critical analysis and melding of these categories, students can develop ideas for creative and technical innovations based on an expansive understanding of the theme.

What makes a good Precedent?

MEANINGFUL

-Provides a rich social, historical or cultural context.

-Highlight examples of current relevant projects.

-Shows a novel approach.

-Shows a novel design solution.

-Exposes students to concepts, projects, and research that they are unaware of.

-Helps generate conversation about the studio topic early in the research and brainstorming process.

INSPIRING & EXCITING

-Shows a conceptual application.

-Shows a novel technical, functional, or mechanical application.

FOCUSED

GUIDING

Shows students options, avenues, and principles at any point during the design process. Precedents are useful throughout the studio, not just at the beginning.

The name of the project/device/object/installation/book etc.

Name of the creator.

A source link to the original content.

Analysis (if appropriate) of the precedent. This can be technical or conceptual.

A precedent can be a video or a series of images. Image posts should have a Title and Caption on every slide. Every Precedent should include the following in the body of the post:

POSTING PRECEDENTS

Name of the project

Name of the creator

Link

Caption

Student Examples

WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

Studying how current transportation systems work

To learn about current transportation systems and understand different ways of moving people and goods

As a class, explore the transit examples in the Resource tab. As you look at each one, note how it works, what powers it, how many people it can carry, and what kind of infrastructure it needs.

Then with a partner, choose one transit system to research.

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With your partner, fill the following template for your chosen project example.

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Present your precedent research to the class while showing your sketch. Teacher will project your sketch on the screen.

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Deep Sea is an underwater train, that transport people between city faster than ships.

It moves inside a tube that has magnets to help it move faster than a normal train.

It is a futuristic way of travelling where you can enjoy the ocean from another view.

STUDENTS PAST PROJECTS:

The Aqua Adventurer is an underwater car, it is designed for ocean exploration. It was inspired by the Narwhal, this is why it has a triangular shape in the front.

It uses the fans to move in the ocean, and it has a camera to film the deep ocean.

STUDENTS PAST PROJECTS:

LuffyDeliveries is a futuristic delivery drone that flies delivery packages to people.

It avoids traffic as well as uses GPS to deliver packages to your doorstep perfectly without any human communication.

It has an adjustable strap that can accommodate any size package.

STUDENTS PAST PROJECTS:

Aqua Train is a futuristic train made for people who live in the deep ocean. It moves inside a tube with a hyperloop system, there will be many stations in the ocean. In the future people will live underwater because of overpopulation and they will move with the Aqua Train.

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Pods are futuristic, rocket-shaped vehicles that navigate the city through underwater tubes. They can separate into three cars to serve different destinations and later reconnect into a full pod before returning passengers to the surface.

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Hyperloop under the sea

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