Week 1

During the first week the group met multiple times to discuss how the project was going to be completed and brainstormed ideas. At these meetings the group set up most of the ground work for later weeks, such as exchanging contact information, creating a blog, and constructing a design proposal. The group also created a timeline, splitting the project up into sections and assigning a completion date for these sections, one such example is that by the end of week 6 a working design will be created and the construction of a prototype will begin. This timeline will allow the group to complete the project within the ten week deadline. By the end of the ten week term the group plans to have a 3D computer model of the design and an actual working prototype. However due to time constraints on the project the group has decided to focus on the mechanical design of the façade, meaning the final design prototype will be manually operated. More information will be give about what will most likely be a hydraulic or electrical operation of the actual façade.