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By tblundetto | M Design a food stand for a site around your school

Overview Instructions

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The problem is to design a food stand for a site around High Point Regional High School.The food stand needs to be healthy, yummy and meet the size requirements specified (12 feet long / 4 feet wide / 10 feet tall).

Collect Instructions

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Gather more information about your existing school by taking photos, sketching, conducting interviews, or doing additional research.

Think About

  • Which location or entrance around your school campus receives the most student foot traffic? 
  • What types of healthy food options are currently available to students?
  • What types of food do you think the new stand needs to accommodate?

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  • Use Google Maps to view and print out an aerial photograph of your school.  Mark the different entrances to your school building on the aerial photograph.  Does your school have separate entrances for students and staff members?
  • Interview the school nurse, a health teacher, or the head cook and ask them their opinions about the types of healthy food currently available at school.  What improvements could be made with a new food stand?
  • Interview several classmates about where they think would be a good location for a new food stand.
  • Walk around the exterior of your school and take photos of possible locations for the new food stand.
  • Research other food vendor stands or carts.  Or search Flickr for "food cart", "street vendor", or "fruit kiosk" images.

tblundetto's work for the Collect Information step:

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The food stand will be in one of the most crowded hallways after school. It is going to be right next to the work out room as well as the girls and boys locker room.
The stand will be located in the hallway of the work out room. There will be a spot where customers...
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As seen in the pie chart there were an overwhelming amount of people who wanted a waffle hut stand.
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A sink, garbage and drying rack will be needed to clean up after waffle making.
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The waffle served at the stand are going to be pressed in the waffle iron and then thrown into the...
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to save room there will be a mini fridge below the counter for the mixtures that need to be kept...
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This is an idea of what the stand is going to look like.
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The stand is going to be made out of wood and glass. I will have a sliding glass door on the end of...
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Brainstorm Instructions

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Sketch by Jonathan Knodell | http://www.coroflot.com/jknodell/black-n-white-sketches

Develop sketches or models to help you puzzle through new ideas and solutions.

The food stand or cart will need the following types of features

  • signage
  • a place to display food
  • a place for money to be stored securely
  • a place for some types of food to be refrigerated
  • a place for some types of food to be kept warm
  • additional storage space
  • a method for getting electrical power to the cart or stand
  • a method for either moving the cart from one location to another at night, and / or a method for securing and storing its contents when the stand is closed

Try This

  • Identify a location for your new food stand or cart.  Mark this on the aerial photograph.  Will it be located at an entrance near your school's cafeteria, or will it be near a main entrance?  You decide.  
  • Consider the path of the sun around your school building.  You may want to consider how the vendor operating the food stand (and the food they are selling) might be protected from the sun on a hot day.   
  • Using a tape measure and some masking tape, mark out the maximize size for the stand (12 feet long x 4 feet wide) on the floor of your classroom.  Mark the maximum height of the stand (10 feet high) in masking tape along the wall of your classroom.  This full-scale outline will help you understand the size of the object you are trying to design.
  • Make lots of sketches to get your early ideas down on paper.  Learn from each different idea. 
  • Brainstorm a list of special features you’d like the food stand to have. 
  • Consider what materials the stand will be made from.  What materials will be durable against the weather?

tblundetto's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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I started brain storming by making a few quick sketches. The first couple of sketches showed the food stand from the front view and also how the sign would look.
This is a site view of my food stand. It indicates where certain areas are and where the display is.
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This sketch shows the front view of the food stand and how the name would be displayed.
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This is a 3D model of what the food stand. As seen in the picture there will be a sliding glass...
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Develop Instructions

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Now's the time to take what you've learned from the steps above and develop your own solution for a new food stand or cart.

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  • If possible, use cardboard or cardstock to build a rough physical study model or prototype of your food stand. You can't really understand the stand's shape until you make a quick study model. Don't worry about making a fancy finished model at this time. Instead, use cardstock, scissors, and tape to quickly create the large 3D form. See how it looks. Break off different sections, add new pieces, and try new ideas. Take photos of your model.
  • Sketch or use software such as Google SketchUp, AutoCAD, or Revit to put your ideas on paper.

tblundetto's work for the Develop Solutions step:

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I have looked at many models of what my food stand could look like. I decided to make a stand about 4 feet away from the wall so that i have some walking room
Picture from the front of the Waffle Hut
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Front of the Waffle hut where customers order
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Back of the Waffle Hut.
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Floor Plan of the Waffle hut
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The waffle hut site
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Front Rendering
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Side Rendering
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Final Instructions

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Congratulations on developing a final design! Use this step to upload the best drawings, screen captures, photos, etc. of your design. You want to be sure to pick images that show interesting details and help your viewer understand the space. 

For example, make sure you have a few images that help us understand things like where your foodcart is located around the school and what it looks like from the customer's and the sales person's perspective.

Don't forget to get feedback from others in your class or on DiscoverDesign, and teachers and mentors. Feedback is an important step of the design process to help you create the best design for the challenge.

Keep designing!

 

tblundetto's work for the Final Design step:

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My final design will show elevations, 3D views, floor plans, and renderings.
This is a render from the front of my food stand.
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This is a side render of the waffle hut.
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This is a view of the entire waffle hut site.
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Birds eye view of the waffle hut site
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This is another render from the side of the hut. This render shows what its like on the inside of...
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This is the waffle hut food stand floor plan
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This is a picture of my final elevations of the waffle hut. The black line is the roof level at 10...
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