Bridge Building

"I'll bet you'd enjoy going to the Da Vinci exhibit!" Beautiful J said to Simmy. "Oh yes, I definitely would enjoy that," responded Simmy. As J paid for their tickets, gifting Simmy with a day of experience,... it was like walking through her history of interior design course all over again.
Da Vinci borrowed from Vitruvius and this drawing lives on in iconic stature.
Vitruvius, a Roman architect, dedicated his treatise to Caesar Augustus. Remember him? The principles laid out in De Architectura, bring the arts and sciences together in a lovely hand holding relationship.
When Simmy and Youthful got to the bridge building part of the exhibit, they hunkered down on the floor and started to put together a small model of the self- supporting arch bridge.
Tip to you- It needs a few hands to support it until it is all put together... very much fun!
In design, students are required to think of the inspiration for projects... the alpha idea for the omega project, if you will.
The self supporting arch bridge idea was an easy one to imagine.
Born in a time of incessant warfare, I envision Da Vinci, the artist, kneeling by his bed beseeching God to give him an idea to present to the Duke of Milan in his letter to apply for an engineering position.
With fingers interlaced, thumbs and pinkies folding under from a cramped painting brush hold, Da Vinci opens his eyes and sees an interlocking arched bridge.
"Yes, that's how I imagine he came up with that bridge idea," Simmy nodded with satisfaction.