Esquisse 3 - Weight bearing structure

This week's task involved creating a load bearing object, h200mm, with a locking system, capable of supporting 100kg. It was challenging to find a resolution that both locked and provided the required strength. Triangulation proved to be a reliable structural solution.

My finished object

Design sketches. This final version was only arrived at via a path of folly and several failed ventures.

This is part of the toblerone adoration series

I call this woeful experiment my baby giraffe

I began making a mock up of the final in paper, in an attempt to visualise the structure in its actual form

Structural elements criss cross across the loadbearing plate, slotting into each other for a stable core

Side flaps are inserted on an upward angle. In future, I would double up this flap in order to make a sturdier insertion into the structural elements

And voila! A weight bearing structure! 100kg? We'll see tomorrow...