Art Portfolio One: Project Plan

Today, I'm making my project plan to organise all the tasks I should finish before the assessment. So, I will make my road to the end easier. I noticed from this plan that I should do more research and sketches to follow my plan and finish everything on time. Also, I should finally stop in one conception and follow the one road. Now, I'm in the shaky position of imagining my final outcomes. My next step for next week is to create more sketches and choose the final one to find my concept and start thinking about technical details and nuances about how the bridge will work, which materials are used, how to connect them and choose the best one. Furthermore, it is a good idea to look more into bridge history for a better understanding of how this industry works.

Also, the plan will be improved in weeks 5 and 7.

Bridges are a construction that were constructed long before Christ was born because humans wanted to communicate, so they made them from wood or just threw stones into the cliffs and ravines until they filled in and formed a passage. However, with the arrival of the Roman Empire, a bridge revolution began, and they introduced arches. Now, bridges have become stronger and last longer. One of the examples is the Alcántara Bridge in the span. Now it's one of the Roman masterpieces that has been saved till our days.

The bridge's arch construction endures to this day, and it seems like a miracle. This gave me thoughts for a better, longer bridge and also created an arch system for my bridge. I'm not sure if that will fit my bridge however, I definitely will create a sketch of it and see if I like it.

Project Plan Link

References:

“Архитектура: Мост Алькантара в Испании.” @Livejournal, 2025, morethantravel.livejournal.com/19828.html, https://doi.org/100466921/stylesheet?1738516532. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

“Ancient Bridges - History of Roman Bridges.” Historyofbridges.com, 2024, www.historyofbridges.com/bridges-history/ancient-bridges/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

“History of Bridges - Tunnels and Bridges History.” Historyofbridges.com, 2023, www.historyofbridges.com/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.