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FUTURE SPECULATION

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The model is made up of irregular triangles, therefore it was difficult to work with the complex structure. Moving forwards, it would be ideal to have equilateral triangles as this will allow the overall structure to join without having gaps in between. Moreover, this will work well with 3D printing as will save a lot of time and money. 3D printing does not require many vehicles surrounding the site and this is beneficial for the environment.

3D printing machine (Busta, 2015) 3D printing machine (Busta, 2015) There are different types of connections and in the future, I would like to use steel tree nodes as they have different branches that will add movement to the structure, whereas with the circular connections it was difficult to add flexibility to the structure. Additionally, tree branch connections provide the structure with more support in comparison to the circular nodes.