A BRIDGE BUILT FROM TWO PACKAGES OF SPAGHETTI WITHSTANDS NEARLY 10 KG OF WEIGHT
20 November 2023
The winner of the IX National Competition for Creative Skills 'Varna Spaghetti Engineering' is the 'Boomerang' team at The Vocational High School in Woodworking and Construction "Tsar Ivan Asen II", Haskovo. Their bridge withstood a weight of nearly 10 kilograms!
The second place was for the team 'Three Aces' from Vocational High School of Construction, Architecture and Geodesy "Kolyo Ficheto", Burgas. The third place goes to "Spaghetti Stroy" from Vocational High School of Construction, Architecture and Geodesy "Vasil Levski", Varna. The award of the Chamber of Engineers in Bulgaria went to the team "Troika belot" from the city of Sofia. The Chamber of Construction in Bulgaria (CCB) awarded the "Twelve B" team from the city of Plovdiv, and the third-year student, majoring in Construction of Buildings and Facilities at VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar", Ana Dimova, consultant of the "Bolyari" team, received the award of Eng. Iliyan Kostadinov from AMATA&Co. Certificates of participation were given to all participants in the competition, as well as their consultants. The youngest participants also received gifts for their demonstrated bridge-building skills.
11 student teams from the leading vocational high schools in architecture, construction and geodesy in the country took part in the competition. Varna was represented by three teams, Sofia and Burgas with two each, and Veliko Tarnovo, Plovdiv, Shumen - with one each. For the first time, a team from the Vocational High School in Woodworking and Construction "Tsar Ivan Asen II" from Haskovo took part in the competition. Each of the teams had a mentor - a student majoring in Construction of Buildings and Facilities at Varna Free University. The 11 graduates from VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" are third and fourth year-students and will help the teams.
The teams showed knowledge and strength in creating movable bridges, and this time their task was further complicated, since the participants did not know in advance what the set distance between the piers of the bridge was. They had to match the structure on site and build the structure from two packages of spaghetti, polypropylene joints and rope, silicone sticks and guns for it, protractor, ruler, box cutter knife.
The Varna Spaghetti Engineering National Competition is one of the most successful formats for provoking the unconventional thinking and imagination of young people. As the organizer and host, the Department of Construction of Buildings and Facilities at Varna Free University wishes to gather in one place students from vocational high schools, students of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" and professionals from the construction industry for the creation of unique building constructions from spaghetti, provoking creativity, ingenuity, team spirit and at the same time develops their interest in the construction profession. The competition team is the winner of the prestigious "Varna" award.
