Domino Architecture Challange JUNE.

And here this months Domino architecture challenge:

The rules are simple:

a.To build this bridge you can use domino tiles only and only 2 hands /10 fingers (so no glue or sticks, or any other smart stuff) .
b.You may use only 1 set of domino of double sixes - 28 tiles in total.
c.You must use all the 28 tiles of the set.

The solution is the building process of the challenge and must be sent documented in the following stages:
1) when the first 8 domino tiles are in place.
2) when you have 18 domino tiles in place.
3) when you have 25 domino tiles in place.
4) when all the domino tiles are in use, but not in place (this is a hint!).
5) when the challenge is complete.

If you need an introduction to the art of domino architecture - click here.

The solution/These 5 images must be to the following email address: fortune_chickens@hotmail.com, with the sentence 'Domino Architecture Challenge' as subject, Before the June 29th 2010.

Between the first 3 persons that will send the correct solution I will hold a raffle (like pulling the winning name out of a hat containing all 3 names). The winner of the raffle will win a fortune chicken*.

* Considering he lives either in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, or Germany. If you live any where else - no chicken. sorry.

I will publish the correct solution in the beginning of July.

Good Luck!

Domino Dojo Master

Ps.

By the way this is a fortune chicken.

Domino Architecture Challage!

In the past week I have been busy building and collection the most mind boggling structures that can be build when using a double 6 set. From these I have selected 15 key structures for a publication I am making about Domino and Domino architecture.

I am actually busy designing a domino set made out of stone, which will be unveiled in 2 weeks in Lisbon (and which is also the reason for starting with this blog, well... that and Janine's Domino Dojo certificate). after wards, I am thinking of starting a monthly Domino Architecture Challenge (using some of these buildings) for domino enthusiasts, but mostly for my friends. The task will be to build / reverse engineer these structures, Those who manage to do this will enter a raffle, the winner will get a signed fortune chickens~! ;).

I decided to sign off this post with a small Domino Architecture Challenge, both as an exercise and a hint for the future competition. Good luck figuring this out and have fun!

PS.
This is a fortune chicken and here is another page about them.

An Introduction to Domino Architecture

Domino architecture is to domino is what calligraphy is to martial arts, it's meditative, it's challenging and once you set a stone in your building you can never take it back.

(A Tall Bridge Pagoda)

There are only 2 rules to Domino architecture:

1 -You can use only domino tiles to build your building.
2 - You can use only one set of dominoes (limited to 28 tiles when using the double 6 set, 55 tiles with a double 9 set and so on).

(9 Floors Pagoda)

Now that we covered that, I have to mentioned the other rules for domino architecture, which actually also apply to many other fields of work and day to day situations:

1 -Know your building stones. domino tiles are not perfect, in fact they are quite twisted and react quite differently from another under a pressure of the domino tiles above them. Ironically in some sets the "heaviest" tile (the one with most points) is also the lightest (the one that weights the fewer milligrams), this comes into real effect when expending your building sideways.

(I usually name building of this type as temple or tombs)

2 -For every action there is a reaction. as you add more tiles to your building you'll see it twitch and shake and in most cases fall. Again if you know your building stone you can plan ahead and avoid it.

(A Snake Pagoda)

3 -Bodies at rest tend to stay at rest. Try not to move the table that much as you build, or infect try and not to move it at all. Also using a hard base to build on ( like a domino box, or its cover) may give you the chance to build higher.

(Bridge Pagoda)

4 -Pay attention! like mention above, always check how a stone reacts when you place it or place another stone above it. Like in health: early detection = prevention, finding an unstable joint in the beginning of the building process and fixing/adjusting will save you the trouble of redoing it all over again. also the higher you build - the more attention you need to give to the building and the more aware you need to be of your motions and movements.

(Straight Tower - With a 28 tiles this 14 floors (and a 1/6Th) tall building is not the highest structure possible, with a small adjustment to the top and a lot of paying attention you can reach a height 15 or16 floors)

(A type of Chain Tower. short and sturdy, these type of towers rarely collapse.)

(A 4 Stones Bridge)

(A 5 Stones Bridge)

(an Expending Straight Tower)

PS.
The 3 'kinder' dog performing magnificent acrobatic acts at the top of the tower are called 'The Piggy Wiggies'. I usually used them as the final test for my structures stability.