Trains help passengers reach their destinations faster than walking, taking the bus, or even bringing their own cars. However, not everyone opt to take the train, thus, would rather walk and take the pedestrian crosswalk. However, because the train blocks the pedestrian walk, they have to go all the way to the crossing point to reach their destination.
According to our research, the best option that will keep pedestrians safe as they cross to other parts of the street without going to the train's crossing point is to build a bridge connecting buildings A, B, and C. This way, people who need to go to the other side of the street do not have to walk to the end of the crosswalk, cross the street, and then begin traversing their way back up the street. For aesthetic purposes, we opted to include a sphere gallery at the middle of the bridge, which serves as the bridges' central point.
After the planning, came the actual preparation for the real model, which was the hardest part of the whole project. The sphere was the hardest to build, thus, it took a lot of time before we were able to connect the sphere to the buildings. What added to the difficulty was the fact that the buildings were of varying sizes, which made "gluing" the connecting bridges to the buildings harder. In addition, the shape of the sphere also added to the complexity of the task.
Despite the hurdles we encountered from the time we were planning the design to sketching the model to actual implementation of the scale model, we conceptualized and worked on everything as a group; and now, here is the completed project.
