Majid Jamialahamdi MJ
Tallest Straw Design
Identify Needs
In December 10, 2009 Mr.Youmans told us to create the tallest straw building by just using straws. The point of this project was to be creative and use our engineering skills to create a straw building that will have a strong support.
Researching
I thought of a way to create the tallest straw building by creating support inside the building and thickening the base. I opened Netscape internet browser and started researching the best straw building. I used the picture on to create my building and the reason why I chose it is because it resembles the buildings that are used today.
Generating Ideas
For the building I used 55 straws and 55 straw papers to tie the straws together so they won’t fall apart. I’ve realized in my research that in order to have a strong building the base has to be well-built to hold the straws and also the joints should be thickened to hold the tower straight. For the bridge, I thought that tying 3 straws to form a bundle and using 4 bundles to form a square and 2 other bundles to cross inside the square will create a strong base. Every 5 inches I will place a base so that the building will hold up straight. My goal for the tower was to be 2 feet tall or even taller. For the joints there should be a 40 degrees triangle formed by 2 bundles cutting across the side of the building. The estimated time for this project I thought would be around 2 days because I was working individually on this project. I knew the hardest part would be tying the straws with paper because I have to be careful for the paper not to rip.
