This was the "shelter" my partner Vijay and I built. We built with 30 toothpicks and gum drops. The main inspiration we had in this was the x-bracing that is used in buildings to protect from earthquakes. Above that we realized that the largest potential problem would be a loss of balance so we created side supports that can catch the shelter from falling completely if it were to fall.

1. Our primary shapes were triangles and squares.

2. 60.95 and 45 degrees were the angles of that were used in this project

3. 60.5 in^2 was the surface area and we would need around 60.5 in^2 of a material like cement or brick to cover the shelter

4. 15.625 in^2 insides was the interior surface area. it could potentially fit 30 people,

5. We took factors like the weather and environment into consideration as we tried to create a roof and x-braced the shelter to be less prone to destruction in the event of a natural disaster.

6. We could clearly see the form of the object being established through solving the issue with functionality. An example would be the x bracing and how we worked with triangles to have more stability in the actual structure.