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Unlimited construction possibilities by stacking and balancing identically sized KEVA planks (Dec. 2013) |
Will cross-bracing support keep this tower from collapsing during an earthquake simulation? |
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There is much to explore in the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum in Reno, Nevada. One of the many exciting hands-on sections of the museum is the Build it! exhibit, where both children and adults are invited to become architects and engineers for a day. 15,000 KEVA planks are available to build towers, palaces, bridges or whatever you may dream up. |
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The museum's Build it! area is
where art meets technology.
There you'll find some interesting plank-based
designs on display. To construct your own toy-block fantasy, just
grab plank after plank out of the placed boxes and start
composing—being limited only by
the principles of equilibrium and statics.
At the shake table you can simulate earthquakes. Floor pieces, columns and cross-bracing straps are availble to build a tower by varying the reinforcement design and testing the tower's stability and flexibility under shaking conditions. To learn about functional and sustainable design, find the nearby computer-aided design stations as well as the green-energy and sustainable material displays, including cavity wall insulation using shredded blue jeans. Tweet More about the Build it! Gallery: Design, build, test, explore, and more! |
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The Discovery Museum is located in the northern part of the Midtown district, east of the Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse and Federal Building (a longer-lasting tower) and north of the street art corner with the unspooling rollfilm and superimposed sceneries.
Address: 490 South Center Street, Reno, NV 89501
Phone: (775) 786-1000
Internet: www.nvdm.org
Hours & admission. The museum is closed on Mondays.
