BUILD / TEST / EVALUATE / IMPROVE

Materials Arena.

Build a product from two chosen materials and challenge a rival design. Winning is about meeting the engineering brief, not choosing the strongest or most expensive material. Each score is explained, so every attempt becomes an evidence-based design decision.

01 / Select the brief

Engineering challenge

Choose which part to replace

Material values are normalised teaching scores, not laboratory measurements or structural design data.

02 / Your prototype

STRUCTURE Timber70% of scoring properties

SHELL Recycled polymer30% of scoring properties

Your assessed score0Design A

Challenge benchmark0Design B

0 successful trials

Choose two materials, then run an evaluation.