Midterm+Exam

=Midterm Exam - Fall 2013=

Midterm exam Part 2
After combing the BBA campus looking to identify the elements and principles of design you have become even more familiar with the built environment of BBA. You will use your familiarity with the campus and your skills in ideating and prototyping to address the following challenge.

**BBA FOOD CART DESIGN CHALLENGE**

Japanese Yatai - portable food carts

//** Design Challenge: **// //** In order to create a more satisfying lunch experience for the BBA community, the Board of Trustees of BBA has approved a project to create one or more PORTABLE food carts to be built, and placed on campus. The winning proposal will be a innovative and dynamic design and must meet the following criteria: **//


 * YOUR FOOD CART MUST: **
 * be PORTABLE
 * be able to store in a secure compact way
 * be no larger than 4’ x 8’ or 32 square feet but can expand to accomodate customers when serving
 * be able to serve hot and cold food and beverages
 * protect the food, server, and the customer from the weather to some degree
 * MUST LOOK GREAT! - Your design should really make the customer want to buy their lunch at your cart! Either make a bold impression on campus by applying the principle of contrast, or make it blend in with the existing buildings by applying the principle of unity. Think about how you can use the elements and principles of design in your project.


 * YOUR PROPOSAL TO THE TRUSTEES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PHASES, WHICH MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND UPLOADED TO YOUR E-PORTFOLIO UNDER THE HEADING: MIDTERM EXAM **


 * TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE EXAM PERIOD: **

Restate and refine the design problem (the gap) from your specific point of view. How does the “problem” of lunch affect you and the community at BBA? Add specific details and observations to your description of the design problem or gap.
 * DEFINE: **


 * RESEARCH ** **:**
 * Find images of solutions that you saw somewhere else – online or elsewhere. Think about the times you have purchased food from a Food cart. - what did you like or dislike about the experience?
 * Include pictures of the BBA campus (potential sites for your food stand) and students in the cafeteria during lunch.
 * notes for all of the above. Your research is done to further explore the design challenge, or gap and to point the way towards possible solutions.

CREATE: THREE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT ideas for solving the challenge, done as quick sketches. SHOWING MORE THAN ONE VIEW OF YOUR POTENTIAL DESIGNS IS A GOOD IDEA. These sketches should not be finished detailed drawings, but rather like notes to yourself - showing the overall design concept and form.
 * IDEATION: (brainstorming) **

= THE FINAL SECTION OF PART 2 WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE EXAM PERIOD = For the final section of the exam you will create finished drawings of the design which you have decided is the most promising. You must show all the features of your design by notating your drawing - pointing out its important features and explaining why this should be the winning design. Make your presentation drawing the best you possibly can in order to "sell" your design to the trustees.