Geometric Constraints

With 30 toothpicks and a bunch of the candy dots we had to design a strong model shelter.

Shapes in our design included triangles because they are known as the strongest shape. 60, 30, and 120 degree angles resulted. The surface area including the base is 63in.  If inches were  10 feet. The design would need 6300 sq feet of wood. Since the area of the base was 31.5 inches the wood needed would be 3150 sq feet. All of the gumdrops are linked to at least two others. this allows our design to be strong and stable. It is simple so it serves the purpose it is needed for. After building our design we realized it looks like a teepee. However our shelter definitely was based on form follows function.