ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES

To create a full-scale, deployable shelters for people during emergency crisis

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

Cardboard

Cutting Mat

Metal Ruler

Pencil 

Markers 

Cutting Blade

Masking Tape

Hot Glue Gun

 * String

 * Fasteners 

 * Paper

FULL-SCALE TESTING

Low-fidelity,

full-scale

mock-ups allow us to test factors of our designs in ways that sketching and small model making cannot. 

Type of MECHANISM

Consider all possible mechanism and methods of deploying the shelter. 

START WITH A SKETCH 

Sketch how you image your product works

START WITH A SKETCH 

Use your first sketch to create a cut template, a blueprint for your mock-up

Using low-fi materials, build your shelter in a very simple manner

Remember SCALE

CARDBOARD CUTTING TIPS

Use the lines on the cutting mat and the ruler to cut straight and perpendicular lines 

Carefully draw on the cardboard the lines you want to cut first, then use your blade to trace them

Many light passes with the cutting blade will result in a cleaner cut than one strong push through the cardboard

SCORING CARDBOARD FOR BENDING

STACKING CARDBOARD FOR VOLUME

CUT CURVES BY MAKING MANY SMALL SLICES

TEST, PHOTOGRAPH, FILM, AND CRITIQUE

THIS WEARABLE MOCK-UP

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Now that you have built it out of cardboard, what would be the best materials and methods for the next prototype?

You have built and tested one possible shape of this shelter. What other shapes could this concept take?

What do you need to learn to create the next, more developed prototype of this concept?