Some refreshing of details:
Date: 2nd October 2008
Time: 0800 - 1200 (Please try to reach at 0745)
Venue: Castle Beach, East Coast Park (In front of East Coast Food Village, near Car Park E2) (NOT at the Macs there)
Attire: House T-Shirts + College PE Shorts
Transport: Go there and come back by yourself (The bus idea didnt work out, yeah so...) [Refer to the older posts for suggested directions on how to go there.]
Compulsary Items
- 1.5 litre water bottle (IMO, just up to yourself, see how much you want drink)
- Cap
- Change of clothes (Can bring slippers to change when going into the sand)
Optional Items
- Sun block
- Sunglasses
- Umbrella
What is it about?
The structure that we are supposed to build is to be related to the theme. And it is to be a scene of the future in 2030. An AJC Town. Also, due to our artistic nature, there will be a tinge of Arts inside this.
The following is a rough sketch of the design:
In case you are wondering what those 'fences' are. They are something like this:
http://fundyreformed.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/racialharmony.jpg
The Central Building
The Open Air Concert Hall
I know the words are abit small. Just try to see ;)
To help you all better visualise, it is something like the below picture:
http://blog.sashamakila.com/public/Cologne/.Koln_concert_hall_m.jpg
The Pyramid
Those symbols represent ways to appreciate art. The eye means through sight, curly lines means smell, while the musical note means hearing. The blank side means that we must keep our minds open so as to absorb new perspectives about art.
Heres another picture of how it should turn out:
http://www.ianandwendy.com/OtherTrips/Egypt/Cairo/Pyramids/Giza_Pyramids_Cairo_268__6A_1293.jpg
Now, you may ask what does all that structures represent? Well, it is related to our Class Vision. And if that slipped your mind, here it is again:
Building ties to break boundaries.
Creating mutual respect, weaving happy memories.
Our everlasting goal.
The 'fence' thingy is to signify the building of ties, while those sections that are protruding out shows the action of breaking boundaries. Since it also looks like the 'racial harmony' thingy, the element of mutual respect comes in. The concert hall holds mass performances, every individual contributes to the overall enjoyment of the audience. Hence, happy memories are weaved. Pyramid are from the ancient timess and for it to last till 2030, its indeed everlasting.
On the more technical aspect, how does this fit into the frame of a future 2030?
The Central Building is an overall command for the Arts Faculty of the future. It is the main body that is dealing with every single aspect of Arts in the future. An Open Air Concert Hall has the ability to transmit its performances to audience all around the world. They may be performing here, but people can watch it through a hologram globally. The Pyramid is capable of uprooting itself and moving from place to place. Everybody will start their journey of appreciating the arts from the 1st level, the base. As they work harder, their knowledge will increase and thus the elites will proceed to the tip of the Pyramid.
One potential problem that will occur is that we will run out of time in building every single sections of this structure. On Thursday we will see how it goes and maybe edit/modify the sections so as to complete it on time.
The allocation of manpower is another thing. Every section (Central Building/Pyramid/Concert Hall), will need around 7 persons to be doing it. We will settle this on Thursday itself. If you are enthu and want to volunteer for a section, feel free to do so.
Yup, I guess thats all. =)
