Beach Juice Bar (Entrepreneurial Pop-up) MakeItModular

I'm Yash Kale, a rising Junior in Nashville, TN. Over the pandemic, I learned how to mesh using programs like Blender, invaluable experience for projects like this.

I've been passionate about architecture ever since a trip to Europe when I was very young. I instantly fell in love with the different styles I saw, ranging from the sleek towers in London to the low, red-tile roofed, stucco homes of the Mediterranean. I translated some of that knowledge into game development, when I took advantage of the lockdown and did freelance environment design.

I recently went on a trip to New England. One of the days was spent at a beach, where the entrance to the paid parking lots had repurposed shipping containers as the payment stall. That was not the only time shipping containers popped up on that trip, and each of the appearances that the containers made had an impact on my end design.

Supplies

For the design:

x1 Tinkercad account

x1 Computer

x1 meshing program (I used Blender.)

For assembly:

Shipping container

A decent amount of steel

Plywood planks

Glass

x3 Solar Panels

Appliances (including but not limited to: Fridge, blender, sink)

Step 1: Starter Container

Make a copy of the starter container. That's the step. Yep. Nothing else to it.

Step 2: Outdoor Seating - Structure

I then went ahead and made a place for people to sit.

I designed it in blender, exported it as a .obj file, and then brought it into Tinkercad (TC).

Due to the large tris (triangles) and verts (vertices) counts (second image), I had to import the structure piece by piece into TC (third image).

The top of the structure was initially made to resemble a mushroom, however that didn't seem viable in the long run.

After importing each component, I assembled it in Tinkercad and attached it to the container. (fourth image)

Step 3: Table and Chairs

I took a cylinder mesh from Blender (24 sides), and then extruded + beveled the top twice to create a rounded effect. I then imported it into TC, copied and pasted it to create a base, and then arranged it into the two chair placement.

For the table, I used the same base from blender, but I altered its size. I then added another cylinder that stemmed out of the top and met at the base of the table. I added 32 spikes which resemble mushrooms (I love the way mushrooms look from underneath) I then imported it. It seemed to import poorly, with the spikes breaking in Tinkercad. See third image for how it looked pre-import.

I added a default Tinkercad cylinder to the top of the table, changed its color to look wood-ish, and then grouped the two items.

Step 4: Menu, Logo, and Windows.

Went ahead and grouped a couple of steps into one, as they all happened in a very short span of time.

The logo, which shows a drink cup with a straw sticking out of it, was made ALMOST entirely in tinkercad, using grouping and a variation of the basic shapes. The straw, however, was imported.

The drinks menu (3rd image) was made entirely inside of TC, using the text tool (2nd image) and basic cube shape.

The windows and serving area were made entirely in TC, again, with the use of grouping and negative (hole) blocks. In the end, it looked something like the 4th image attached.

Step 5: Interior

I can't say I've ever worked in a juice bar, so I was a little stumped as to what to add in here.

I thought about the juices that my dad would make for me as a kid, and what he used for it. I added a cutting board, a blender, and a water filter (which doesn't want to show up well at all). The latter two were made in blender and then imported, but the former was made in TC.

I also decided to add a fridge, as well as a counter with a decent amount of cabinets, just in case.

Step 6: Power

If I recall correctly, one of the suggestions for the contest was environmentally friendly. And there's really only one viable option in this case.

If you guessed wind turbines, you're wrong.

For the solar panels, I tried to make a somewhat decent mockup of a panel without importing, and I ended up with something I'm quite proud of, considering it's my first time using Tinkercad.

I then added "wires" that run down to my best attempt at a AC unit, modeled in blender and then imported to TC (hence the mesh compression)

Step 7: Decorations

Now we're wrapping up the project.

I decided to use some palm trees and sand to give the feeling that its on a beach. The leaves of the palm trees were made in blender, and the stem was made in blender, but failed to export properly. I had to split the stem into 8 pieces and assemble it in TC.

The sand (the L shape) was made in Tinkercad with the scribble tool.

These mean nothing for the actual project, they were just meant to help "set the scene" and create contrast with the blue container, drawing your eyes towards it. (At least, I hope that's what happened.)