Compare and Contrast Unity

In critiquing Amanda and Dana's project I found a few key similarities with my own project. Amanda and Dana's is a hexagon with the rods coming through arms which radiate from each of the angles. My project is tall and pyramidal and  the inside has triangles created from the structural elements pointing inward. Both projects are open in the middle. I found that the angles and the hexagonal shape of their project pointed to the center. The rods going through the arms extended past each arm almost joining to the neighboring set implying a triangle. From these close edge relations both  projects address the Lao Tse quote (assignment sheet) in that they possess unity in the spaces where there is nothing. However our projects differ in that these spaces are only created by the cards in my project while Amanda and Dana's uses the rods and cards. However this difference also points to the unity my project has in structure in that it would not be able to stand or function without either the cards or rods. Amanda and Dana's project did not need the rods for structure but are used to echo the hexagon within them. 

Both of our projects in structure have modules. Amanda and Dana's had modules in that each folded piece of paper was neatly measured and glued into the next. Also each have holes punched in them so that two modules can accept the rods which are inserted at the ends. My project has modules in that each plane is folded in a way that the rods fit into a canal within the plane. Each rod has a specific place as each can be seen in form within the paper. Also the rods connect to other planes in this way showing the structure without showing the rods.