IDEERS Competiton - Rules

MDF strips can be used for the main frame of your model.

Paper can be used to stiffen the floors and frame of your model.


String can be used in single strands, or several strands can be twisted together to make it thicker.


This is one way of fixing your model to the base.

These materials help the model to behave like a real building.

For Example:

MDF strips can bend like beams in a floor or sway like supporting columns

String can be stretched like steel cables supporting a roof.

You can use any of the following materials for your model, but no others. ( Why ?)

Strips of MDF board of any length, but their cross-sectional dimensions must not be more than 6 mm x 4 mm.
Sheets of paper
String
PVC hot melt glue
Glue stick .
A Single Square MDF base for your model. The base must be at least 0.5 cm thick and its sides must be exactly 25 cm long. It must be left solid. However, you may drill up to sixteen holes in the base to help fix your model to it. The diameter of the holes must not be more than 8 mm.

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