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Problem 1: Technical problem with logging in to the account and
can't join the world together

Solution: The teacher guides us to solve the problem.


Problem 2: Group member at a different place

Solution: 

1) Stay back at school so we can do and discuss it together 

2) Use Discord as a platform to communicate.


Problem 3: Not familiar with Minecraft 

Solution: The group members support and teach together


Problem 4: Not used to working with each other

Solution: Learn how to interact with each other.


Comparison (Minecraft) Introduction

┳ ┳Problem Solves Durham Cathedral

-The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and
St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral
and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert,is a cathedral in the city
of Durham, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham, the
fourth-ranked bishop in the Church of England hierarchy.


-The present Norman era cathedral had started to be built in
1093, replacing the city's previous 'White Church'. In 1986 the
cathedral and Durham Castle were designated a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. Durham Cathedral's relics include: Saint
Cuthbert's, transported to Durham by Lindisfarne monks in the
800s Saint Oswald's head and the Venerable Bede's remains.


-The Durham Dean and Chapter Library contains: sets of early
printed books, some of the most complete in England the pre-
Dissolution monastic accounts and three copies of Magna Carta.


-From 1080 until 1836, the Bishop of Durham held the powers of
an Earl Palatine. In order to protect the Anglo-Scottish border,
powers of an earl included exercising military, civil, and religious
leadership. The cathedral walls formed part of Durham Castle,
the chief seat of the Bishop of Durham.


-There are daily Church of England services at the cathedral,
Durham Cathedral Choir sing daily except Mondays and
holidays, receiving 727,367 visitors in 2019.


Team : Junior Builders

 Team Members:


 Leader: 



Veronica

Members: 

1. Calynn Reina
8. Record the video.

☘️2. Yee Jaxyn

3. Chloe Lee
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4. A'shadieeyah
Learning Experience
Planning and Building Process.
1. Teamwork (❁´◡`❁).

1. Form a group.
2. Cooperate with each other.

2. Doing research about the heritage.

3. Comes with discussion.
3. From here, we learn about the heritage and we feel impressed.

4. Draft the building.

5. Divide the job.
4. We had fun together.

6. Schedule our time to stayback to run the project. ( May - 5. Designing thoughts. 

August ) .
6. Expose to architecture design concept

7. Preparing the report.
7. Learn how to be creative.

8. Be interactive.


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By Ethan Lim Zhin Yuan, Aaron Noel Francisco, Evan Aashvin Vetharaj and Colin Nathan Samson A/L
Thamil Salvan

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Introduction to team members (4 Members)

Ethan Lim Zhin Yuan

Evan Aashvin Vetharaj

Aaron Noel Francisco

Colin Nathan Samson A/L Thamil Salvan And we are from Sk. St. Francis, Melaka, 11 Years old.

Introduction to the World Heritage Sites

Introduction

According to UNESCO, "World Heritage Sites are cultural or
natural sites considered to be of 'Outstanding Universal Value',
which have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the
World Heritage Committee". These places or buildings are

thought to have special importance for everyone in the world.
famous "Melaka River Cruise" that can teleport to the tourist's
preferable stop, such as Hard Rock stop, and St Francis Xavier
Our team have chosen Melaka as the World Heritage Site. The Church stop. Besides that, our team also had built bus rides that
title of our world is "Melaka Heritage Museum". Besides Melaka, can teleport the tourists to the famous spot such as Jonker
we also have chosen Great Wall of China that had been built Street, St Francis Xavier Church, Heeren street , Balai Senilukis
along our Melaka Heritage Museum. Why we have chosen the and our Tourist Guide Center.

Great Wall of China? This is because, the Great Wall of China
were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Overall, our team had created a Melaka Heritage Museum that
Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various are full with facility such as vending machines drink, self
nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Therefore, we would ticketing machine and OKU parking lots at the main entrance.

like to protect our Melaka Heritage Museum with the Great Wall
of China.

Welcome to Melaka World Heritage Site Below are all the highlighted buildings that we had built in our
mural Melaka Heritage Museum.

STADTHUYS

The Stadthuys is a historical structure situated in the heart of
Melaka City, the administrative capital of the state of Melaka,
Malaysia in a place known as the Red Square. 

Planning and building process

Since May 2022, our team had discussed and planned to use our CHRIST CHURCH MELAKA
home state, Melaka as our topic for the "Sustainable Tourism at
World Heritage Sites". We started working on the whole piece of Christ Church, Melaka is an 18th-century Anglican church in the
the Melaka UNESCO attraction. The attractions consists of the city of Melaka City, Malaysia. It is the oldest functioning
Christ Church Melaka, Stadthuys, Melaka Clock Tower, St Protestant church in Malaysia.
Francis Xavier Church, A Famosa, St Paul Church and the famous
Jonker Street. 


As we know, the topic is the Sustainable Tourism at World
Heritage Sites. World Heritage Sites may create jobs, they can
promote local activity through arts and craft, they can even
foster tourism to generate revenues. 

The relationship between World Heritage and tourism is a two-
way interactive elements.

(1) World Heritage properties are major attractions for the
tourism sector.

(2) Tourism offers the ability to "present" World Heritage to the
public and to realize community and economic benefits.


Therefore, our team had created few elements to promote our MENARA JAM MELAKA (aka Melaka Clock
sustainable tourism. 
Tower)
First of all, we had created the "Jonker Street" that are full of
market vendors. Tourists can buy things from the market Stately Dutch-style clock tower in a quaint Redstone square
vendors. This can help to generate revenue and help the local inside Stadhuys.
income. 

Secondly, our team had planned to do some coding and
interactives for our Melaka Heritage Museum. We had built the

A FAMOSA Jonker Street

A Famosa was a Portuguese fortress built in Melaka, Malaysia, in Jonker Street is the primary road of Melaka Chinatown. Over so
1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which many decades, this street has been famed for its row of antique
gave its name to the fortress as a whole. shops. As the years passed, however, several restaurants and
clothing outlets sprang up in the area. At night, it is a bustling
open-air market on weekend nights with an array of food &
souvenirs, plus entertainment.

CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA (surrounding
the entire build)
Saint Paul's Church is a historic church building in Melaka City,
Malaysia that was originally built in 1521, making it the oldest The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were
church building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.  built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese
states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic
groups from the Eurasian Steppe. We built the Great Wall of
China to protect our Melaka Heritage Museum.

CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

The Church of St. Francis Xavier is a church in Melaka City,
Melaka, Malaysia. Built 1856–1859, this Gothic Revival building
with 2 spires was modeled after Montpellier Cathedral. 

Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft (Tiger Statue)

Comparison of Tiger statue at Jonker Street (side by side of the
real site and the build in Minecraft)

Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft

Below are all the comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft.

Comparison of the real site and the build in Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft (Stadthuys) Minecraft (Jonker Street Stage)

Comparison of the Stadthuys and the Clock Tower (merging of Comparison of Jonker Street Performance Stage (side by side of
the real site and the build in Minecraft) the real site and the build in Minecraft)

Comparison of the real site and the build in Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft (St. Francis Xavier) Minecraft (A Famosa)

Comparison of St. Francis Xavier Church (side by side of the real Comparison of the A Famosa Fortress (side by side of the real
site and the build in Minecraft) site and the build in Minecraft)

Problem solving upon completing the As shown in Picture C, are all the clickable signs where tourists
project. can choose the destination that they want to go.

Upon completing this project, our team had discussed how to
make our Melaka Heritage Museum to be more outstanding
comparable to other teams? 


Therefore we had came out with the ideas for having a night
parade. Referring to the Picture A above, this night parade will
start manually by pressing at the start button. 


Once started, you can able to witness our beautiful fireworks Furthermore, our team also had came out with the idea to have
show which are located at the main entrance, at the "Selamat our famous Melaka River Cruise. The challenge we faced was
Datang ke Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah" wall, in front of the how to move the boat. Our solution was to make multiple boats
Melaka Clock Tower, at the Tiger statue entrance to the Jonker and teleport tourists to each boat by using buttons that are
Street and at the stage of the Jonker street. The most attractive hooked up with command blocks.

part is that you can witness the fireworks show along with our
Melaka Maju Jaya song in the background of the fireworks show.


Throughout the whole building process, our team faced few
challenges upon completing the project. One of the most
challenge was, we had to build a note block music by listening to
the Melaka Maju Jaya song and to key into the note blocks.

Our team also had came out with an idea to have bus services As shown in Picture E, these are the locations for the buttons.
for the tourists to transport around the Melaka Heritage Once you press the button in front, you will be teleported to the
Museum. We made clickable signs to teleport the tourists to next destination.
other busses.

Learning experience upon completing this Upon completing this project, our team had various sessions of
project brainstorming and debates despite our busy school schedule, on
how to build our Melaka Heritage Museum. 

The Red Heritage Builders Team's group
picture. In conclusions, we're very happy to form this team of ours. We
had learnt the spirit of team works, and methods of negotiation
on whose ideas to be chosen.


Thank you.

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Sketch For The Project

Sketch For The Project

Building Process

Building Process Building Process

Building Process Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft

Building Process

Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft

Comparison of the real site and the build in Our Planning and Building Process 2
Minecraft ~Constructing Process~

We started our project from building the A Famosa fortress
which is at the bottom of the hill. Next, we built the Saint Paul’s
Church on the hill followed by the lighthouse and the statue of
St. Francis Xavier. These three buildings took us about a week to
complete them. In the process of constructing out the historical
park, we used Google Earth to guide us. We also decided to
custom make the big trees beside the church so that they look
better than the ones that were pre-planted.

Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft

Our Planning and Building Process 3

~Adding New Elements -Ticket Booth and
NPC~

Our Planning and Building Process 1 When we completed all the historical buildings, we added in
~Meeting and Drawing Sketch~ some new elements into our project. We had decided to add in a
ticket purchasing booth in front of the A Famosa fortress. At
  
there, the visitor can get the instruction of purchasing the
First, we had a meeting and scetch out the buildings. Then, we tickets from the seller. 
calculated the premises we need to build the hill. After that, we
started constructing the hill in team and in take us some time as
it was quite a big hill. We had to change the blocks to different
suitable colours and decorate the hill in order to make it more
beautiful.

Our Planning and Building Process 6
~Adding New Elements-Fireworks~

In the end, we continued our ride by pressing the two buttons
that designed to end the ride. On the way back, we had set up
fireworks at different spots so that the visitors could experience
a special and fantastic moment while enjoying the beautiful view
of the hill. 

Our Planning and Building Process 4
~Adding New Elements-Roller Coaster~

Next, the visitor could ride on the roller coaster which bring
them to have a ride around the hill. It’s much more interesting.

Learning experience upon completing this
project

We learnt to use a lot of different new building styles to built our
historical park, such as  duplicating and coding.

Our Planning and Building Process 5
~Adding New Elements-Glass Sky Deck

Besides that, we added in a glass sky deck over the St. Paul Hill.
In that way, the visitor could have a overall view of our historical
park from top. We had built an underground teleportation pad to
teleport the visitor to the sky deck.

Learning experience upon completing this Learning experience upon completing this
project project

We learnt to use coding to code out some of the difficult parts of We also learnt that constructing a project using Minecraft can
the buildings. be a lot of fun as well.

Learning experience upon completing this Learning experience upon completing this
project project

We learnt that teamwork makes everything much easier and less We learnt to host our world and let our team members to join
harder. and help out.

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something distinct. Definition of state welcoming the news. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Sustainable Tourism Sustainable meeting in Bonn, Germany, approved the inscription of six new cultural
Tourism refers to sustainable practices in and by the tourism industry. sites in China, Iran, Mongolia and Singapore.
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Introduction to the World Heritage Site(s)

The Horyuji Temple was founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, who
is credited with the early promotion of Buddhism in Japan.
Horyuji is one of the country's oldest temples and contains the
world's oldest surviving wooden structures. In December of
1993, Hōryūji, as a unique storehouse of world Buddhist culture,
became the first treasure of any kind in Japan to be selected by
UNESCO as part of the World Heritage.

Planning and building process Explain the designing and building process
based on the items below: 2(a)Concept and
We started off with the five-storied pagoda, including the Idea
interior designs. Then we built the kondo (main building). Later
on we built the gate and the outside extras. We decided to build Horyuji Temple because it is a historical
place and marked as one of the greatest nara temple in Japan.
Introduction to team members
Comparison of the real object in reality and
Team leader: Chen Siang Hau
your built in Minecraft.
Team members: Lee Xuan Lin, Chuah Wei Cheng, Isaac Sia Yu
Yao We used blocks on Minecraft to build but in real life, we used
bricks building them. It’s tougher to build on real life because it’s
Show the scenery view of the building. big. We can’t feel the hardwork and tiredness in real life building
Horyuji Temple on Minecraft. We can also do more unique
things on Minecraft because we’re controlling online.

Show the scenery view of the building. Your learning experience upon completing
this project

I feel very happy and satisfy in parcitipating in this Minecraft
Education Edition competition together with my teammates. We
learn a great deal together and realized the importance of
teamwork. By working together a team, we can accomplish far
more than a single individual and the impossible can finally
become  possible if we put all our minds into it.

Show the scenery view of the building.

My teammates and I put in a lot of effort in completing the
project. It was tough but we worked together to make it better
and more attractive. We also build the structures in our project
according to the existing building in real life to make it more
realistic. We also reconstruct some building to make our project
look better and more presentable. Beside's we also prepared
some shops, houses and a hotel for tourists.

Explain the designing and building process Describe the uniqueness & interactive
element
based on the items below: 2(b) Problem
solving upon completing the project. The most unique thing in my project is that We also build a koi
pond inside the building that you don’t see in real life.

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Minecraft: Taj Mahal

“Taj Mahal is not just a monument, but a symbol of love.”

YONG CHOOI TENG MOE JUN 16, 2022 06:18AM

Plan For The Whole Part of Taj Mahal

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wowwww! ―
NG GEOK LIU MOE

nice draft ―
CYNTHIA KHO MEI YING MOE NICE PLAN ―
GYU FF RHAER

Perfect draft ―
M8224254 These are give me more idea and let me know how to plan first

Woah , that need lot days to count block , I admire you all. ―
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―
GYU FF RHAER Good Job ―
GYU FF RHAER

Plan of Taj Mahal

Comparison of the real site and the build in
Minecraft

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Wow , same like real one ―
ANONYMOUS never feel bored. On the contrary, I think it becomes
more interesting to me. Additionally, Minecraft has
i really like the skin concern that you all had done it ! allowed me to improve my creativity, teamwork and
project management skills. I believe that these useful
―
CYNTHIA KHO MEI YING MOE skills can benefit me in the future. In the end, I think we
should pay more attention to this game, because it allows
Like a real Taj mahal ―
M8224254 us to discover more talents and also makes us clearly
understand the value and true meaning of life.
Mugilan:
Minecraft is an open world sand castle game which is a ，Omg you so good man. I am proud of you my friend
game that allows us to interact in a non-linear way with
the environment,while allowing players to manipulate ―
GYU FF RHAER
every pieces of the landscape.The point of minecraft is to
survive and also includes building by acquiring the Keep going!! ―
GYU FF RHAER
inventory.These activities are supplemented by many
creative aspects to make the game fun to play and as we Yong Chooi Teng:
will get into it, potentially it is great for the mind.Besides, Well, I think Minecraft is amazing, it lets me express my
minecraft also enhances the creativity, problem-solving, creativity and design things that people use or build in
self-direction, collaboration, and other life skills.For life. To be honest, I can only just let my imagination
example, in the classroom complements like reading, control this game! After joining this competition, I really
writing, math, and even history learnings all can related found that I fell in love with this game. This is because it
to minecraft.Importantly, minecraft also teaches STEM is one of the only games that I can build side-by-side
knowledge and global perspective.Minecraft is unique with my friends while enjoying a resource pack with the
because in our world we literally can create anything that beauty of scripts in-game (command blocks). Besides, I
we would imagine, but within the constraint that also learnt how to use Padlet as well. Although it is
everything is made up of blocks that must fit within the simplistic in design and nature,  there are only 3 boards
3D grid of the game.There were also provided many game are free. Moreover, I can also experience the virtual
modes in minecraft to offer's us opportunities for version of what our ancestors did back then. Throughout
creativity.Last but not least by joining this Minecraft this competition, I realized that the importance of world
competition It helps us to examine our history and cultural heritage.Therefore, I will do my best to protect
traditions and enables us to develop an awareness about these historic buildings whenever I visit them. I enjoy
ourselves. It also helps us to  understand and explain why joining this competition because I don’t find it boring at
we are here today. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE site is a all. It makes me think about my life, my family, my friends,
keystone of our culture that plays an important role in what I’ve done so far, and my future.
our politics, society, business and also in the world view.
！！！Well done ―
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Tan Yong Hao:
Minecraft is a way for us to fulfill our wholly frightening Our Opinion About Minecraft Throughout
ideas that we can't realise it in our real life. After joining The Competition
this competition , I get to know that there are endless
possibilities in Minecraft. I can use my imagination in Chong Juin Yang: 
Minecraft and get a sense of satisfaction. In addition, I Minecraft is one of the biggest gaming platform for
felt the importance of mutual cooperation and building and communication. After joining this
communication with my friends, and it also made me competition, I have learnt a lot. I have learnt tons of
know more about my friends and thus we can foster our building technique like stair will face opposite of the
relationship. Besides, I really enjoy the process of our direction you looked at. Besides, I also learnt lots of basic
discussion. It is because we can brainstorm together and knoweldge about Minecraft like sand will fall after you
get the different ideas from our friends. destroy the block under the sand. In addition, I have
learnt how to use command, command block and
Not bad buddy I hope you can keep build more to more practice. structure block to make the building progess faster. 
―
GYU FF RHAER Lastly, as a teamwork program I noticed that every
member should work together to get highest efficient on
Lee Zhe Yan: the whole progression.
Minecraft is the biggest multiplayer building game
available today. I think this game has taught me more Introduction of the team members
about the basics knowledge of Minecraft, and it has also
provided a efficient platform for me to get to know each Name: Yong Chooi Teng

other better. Minecraft also taught me the history of the Age: 16 years old

Taj Mahal and made me respect this famous place.
Although the project went on for a few months, but I

Gender: Female

Country: Malaysia

Personality: Ambitious, understanding, diligent

Role: Team Leader


Name: Mugilan A/L Subramaniam

Age: 16 years old

Gender: Male

Country: Malaysia

Personality: Be competitive, confidence, capable

Role: Prioritizer


Name: Tan Yong Hao

Age: 16 years old

Gender: Male

Country: Malaysia

Personality: Sociable, tend to multitask, adaptability

Role: Recorder & Editor


Name: Chong Juin Yang
Age: 16 years old 

Gender: Male

Country: Malaysia

Personality: Humble, helpful, discreet

Role: Master Builder

Name: Lee Zhe Yan

Age: 16 years old 

Gender: Male

Country: Malaysia

Personality: Respectful, flexible, disciplined

Role: Minecraft Builder 

good! ―
ANONYMOUS

great personality!!!! ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

great workk!! ―
ANONYMOUS

❤❤love the project ―
ANONYMOUS

Good job ―
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Well done! ―
ANONYMOUS

You Guys are so cool , The best team ,Great job!!! ―
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The Location of Taj Mahal stands on the
bank of River Yamuna

The Taj Mahal, a spectacle in white marble, unparalleled
in grandeur that depicts the sheer opulence of an era. The
awesome structure, the monument of love that Mughal
Emperor Shah Jahan gave to the world, stands as a
testimony of his intense love for his wife Mumtaz Mahal .

It is a romance celebrated in marble and glorified with ！！！Nice story ―
ANONYMOUS
precious and semi-precious stones and that’s the way to
appreciate it! Thank you for let me know Taj Mahal everything ☺️i don even
Taj Mahal means "Crown Palace" and is in fact the most know have this building ―
GYU FF RHAER
well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the
world. Problem Solving Upon Completing The
Taj Mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna, which Project
otherwise serves as a wide most defending the Great Red
Fort of Agra, the center of the Mughal emperors until they " A problem is a chance for us to do our best. "  
moved their capital to Delhi in 1637. It was built by the
fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of Problems awaiting us in the future are likely to demand armies
his third but the most favourite wife, in fact a soul-mate of imaginative scientists and engineers, equipped with a robust
Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while understanding of the ways in which scientific and computational
accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a campaign perspectives converge to enhance problem solving. To better
to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 13th child. prepare for such a future, we are joining this Minecraft project.
The death so crushed the emperor that all his hair and Working in the context of the popular sandbox game Minecraft,
beard were said to have grown snow white in a few we confront challenges inspired by real-world STEM problems
months. (e.g., flooding, natural disasters, threats to wildlife, sustainable
When Mumtaz Mahal was still alive, she extracted four agriculture) that often defy perfect or optimal solutions. We
promises from the emperor: first, that he build the Taj; apply concepts from computational thinking and our
second, that he should marry again; third, that he be kind understanding of science topics to create solutions that address,
to their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her to whatever degree possible, the challenges presented to us. For
death anniversary. However, due to ill health and being this project, which is sustainable tourism at world heritage sites,
under house arrest by his own son and successor to the we had knew that the importance of world heritage sites. Once a
throne, Aurangzeb, barred him from continue to keep the heritage site is lost, damaged, or destroyed, the restoration
last promise. process is slow, it will be so saddening because we will lose it
The rectangular base of Taj is in itself symbolic of the forever.

different sides from which to view a beautiful woman. The
main gate is like a veil to a woman’s face which should be Problem Solving
lifted delicately, gently and without haste on the wedding Check out this presentation designed by
night. In Indian tradition the veil is lifted gently to reveal chooi teng.
the beauty of the bride. As one stands inside the main gate
of Taj, his eyes are directed to an arch which frames the CANVA
Taj.
The dome is made of white marble, but the tomb is set Learning experience
against the plain across the river and it is this background
that works its magic of colours that, through their Learning Experience
reflection, change the view of the Taj. The colours change Check out this presentation designed by
at different hours of the day and during different seasons. chooi teng.
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an ever-lasting romance of a love not ended as yet, the Taj
reveals its subtleties to its beholder!

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Team members

Team leader: Hoo Tung Sing

Member 1: Hee Zi Xuan

Member 2: Nam E-Jun

Member 3: Lau Joon Hoe

Member 1

Name: Hee Zi Xuan

Age: 16

School: SMK Seri Sentosa

Member 3

Name: Lau Joon Hoe

Age: 16

School: SMK Sri Sentosa

Member 2

Name: Nam E-Jun

Age: 16

School: SMK Sri Sentosa

meters. The area of the fourth floor is 240 square meters. The
third and fourth floors have platforms located in the north and
south windows, called "slings", where defenders can observe or
throw objects at attackers. They also have a small enclosed room
called " warrior hiding places " where the defenders can hide
themselves and kill attackers suddenly when they enter the
fortress.  The last floor, the sixth floor, has an area of only 115
square meters. The windows on the sixth floor now have iron
railings, but in the feudal period, the panoramic views from the
windows were unobstructed.


Introduction to Himeji-jo Team Leader

Himeji Castle is the largest castle in Japan. It contains many Name: Hoo Tung Sing

defensive and architectural features associated with Japanese Age: 16

castles. The main materials used in the structure of the curved School: SMK Sri Sentosa
walls of Himeji Castle are stone and wood. The feudal family coat
of arms is installed throughout the architecture of the building
to represent the various lords who have resided throughout the
history of the castle. 


The castle complex consists of 83 buildings. Of these 83
buildings, 74 are designated as important cultural properties (11
corridors, 16 towers, 15 gates, and 32 earthen walls.) The tallest
city walls in the castle complex have 26 height in m. Inside the
castle is a Japanese garden created in 1992 to commemorate the
100th anniversary of Himeji City. The length of the complex is
950 to 1,600 m from east to west and 900 to 1,700 m from north
to south. The perimeter of the building is 4,200 m. It covers an
area of 233 hectares, which is about 50 times the size of Tokyo
Dome or 60 times the size of Koshien Stadium. 


The main castle tower in the center of the complex, 46.4 m high
and 92 m above sea level. Three smaller annexed Tianshou
Pavilions, forming a tower group. There are six floors and a
basement. The basement has an area of 385 square meters and
its interior contains special facilities not found in other castles
(bathrooms, drainboards and kitchen corridors, etc.) The first
floor of the main building has an area of 554 square meters, and
is often called the "Thousand-seat Room" due to its more than
330 tatami mats. The walls on the first floor have weapon racks
for arquebuses and spears. The area of the second floor is about
550 square meters. The area of the third floor is 440 square

Learning experience upon completing the Planning and building
project
We drew the approximate base of the build and interior on a
We learned that building in Minecraft is not as easy as it seems. paper before building. While choosing the colour palette, we
It is because it takes a lot of creativity and thinking in order to tested different block of choice and colours that matches the
make a realistic and spectacular build. We also learned a lot of best to the build. We looked up for the main structure and
new things about the Himeji castle. For example, the Himeji rooms of the castle and built it using our creativity. We all built
castle has 3 lines of defense and is the best preserved castle in different parts of the building and will review each other’s
Japan.
product after it is done and give suggestion to improve its look
and design. Coding was also helpful as saves us time while
building repetitive things, such as floor and roof. As we can build
things simultaneously. 


Comparison of real site and Minecraft build

 Real Site 

 -Very detailed and realistic 

 -Have a darker lighting in the interior 

 -Moveable windows 

Minecraft build
we put some light source blocks on the floor but it didn’t look
-Not detailed as the blocks are limited 
good and it made the interior looked tight and compacted. We
-Bright lighting in the interior
found out that light can travel through slabs in Minecraft, so we
-Fixed windows  hidden the light source block under the floor and use slabs for
the floor. This way, the interior wouldn’t be dark. The second
problem is the interior looked too plain as there is nothing going
on at the wall. We took different approaches to this problem
such as changing the texture and block of the wall, we also
added more blocks around the wall so it wouldn’t look boring. 


Problem solving upon completing the
project

We encountered 2 major problems while doing the project, the
first one being the lighting problem. Our interior was very dark,

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Minecraft Championship

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The plan of our build(HIMEJI JO CASTLE)

MENTOR

Name: Cikgu Hasbullah Rashid

Gender: Male

Occupation: Secondary form teacher in SMK Taman Mutiara
Rini 2

Task:

1. Helped us to edit the video 
2. Guided us in drawing the plan and doing the gantt chart 
3. Helped us to take photos and edit them 
4. Gave us feedback on our work and helped to improve

All the best for the whole team ♥️ ―
ANONYMOUS

All the best girls ―
ANONYMOUS

pretty girls all the best! ―
I LOVE KIRBY

Good luck ―
ANONYMOUS

keep it up ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

Congratulation ―
ANONYMOUS

Great mentor ―
ANONYMOUS ASHWINAA

―
ANONYMOUS Minecraft is fun. In my experience, this game allowed me to
enhance my thinking skill while building the team work
Great effort ―
ANONYMOUS between my mates. Minecraft also helped me increase the
speed of decision making and problem solving. Ultimately, I
Diagram Of Himeji-Jo Castle found myself gaining much needed self confidence through
playing a game that is both stimulating and invigorating.

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Good job ―
ANONYMOUS

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KOOKBARING ROSHINI
nice ―
ANONYMOUS
I learned how to manage my time, so that I could assure that
Good information ―
ANONYMOUS we could submit this project on time. Besides that, I also
learned to work as a team which made this project go by
OUR TEAM!! smoothly without any problems and misunderstandings.

Aside from gravity, nothing in life can keep us down ―
ANONYMOUS
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ANONYMOUS

EVERLYN

After this competition, I have learnt to be more patient and
persistent in doing the tasks although there is a lot of
obstacles and problems.

GEOK LIU

I have learnt how to cooperate with all the team members and
the ways manage our time wisely so that we can submit our
world on time. It is really a great experience for me to build a
wonderful castle successfully with the Minecraft app that is
new to me.

EUNICE

Minecraft make me think critically and learn how to respond
fast and effectively to situations in the real world. Teamwork
is required in the multiplayer aspects of Minecraft games. We
will develop our ability to rely on one another by pooling and
sharing resources as we work together on a plan. To
accomplish our shared objective, we must positively
cooperate!

5.

So cooooool~ ―
ANONYMOUS

Congrats team..so pretty and neat ―
ANONYMOUS

Wowwwww nice ―
ANONYMOUS

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Wow ―
ANONYMOUS

so nice ―
ANONYMOUS

Good work ―
ANONYMOUS

1. We managed to build the castle with the structure that is Wowwwww ―
ANONYMOUS
exactly same with the one in the real site

2. We added hot air balloon as one of the transport for the Wow!!! ―
ANONYMOUS
visitors

3. We also added some benches, tables and plants outside the 4.
castle as the creative elements in our world and also one of the
way to encourage more visitors to visit Himeji-Jo Castle in the
real world as it provides a more beautiful and comfortable
surrounding and ambience.

1. We could not build the two mannequins at the end that are
playing cards and enjoying some tea because there is only
ARMOUR STAND to make a standing mannequin

2. We added some END ROD inside the room to make it looks
brighter

1. We managed to find the materials of the cabinet such as the 1.
ACACIA WOOD and the GLASS PANE.

2. We could not know what are exactly inside the cabinets based
on the picture so we decided to build Samurai's sword inside
(one of the art of Japanese culture )

3. Problem of could not put the WHITE CARPET in front of the
BLACK BANNER (information board)

3.

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE

LEGEND OF HIMEJI-JO CASTLE?

Legend of Himeji-Jo Castle.mp4
by NG GEOK LIU Moe

GOOGLE DRIVE

2.

WHAT CAN YOU LEARN IF YOU JOIN THIS
COMPETITION?

MINECRAFT BUILDING LEARNING EXPERIENCE UPON
COMPLETING THIS PROJECT
REAL SITE by NG GEOK LIU Moe

1. We built the armours to replace the samurai statues because GOOGLE DRIVE
there are no blocks or materials that can allow us to build the
samurai statues
4. ARCHITECT & MINECRAFT BUILDER
2. We tried to look for the blocks that similar to the wall in the
real site (WHITE: White concrete, LIGHT BROWN: Red Name: Ashwinaa a/p Sivakumar

sandstone wall) Age: 16 (Form 4)

Gender: Female

Date of Birth: 16/08/2006

Task:

1. Chose Himeji-Jo as the world heritage site to build

2. Drew the plan of Himeji-Jo Castle in Minecraft

3. Builder (sakura tree, walls, roof, river and hot air balloon)

Well done girl ―
ANONYMOUS

Good job dear..all the best n keep going ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS
Well done Ashwinaa. ―
ANONYMOUS

Keep it up ! Good Job! ―
ANONYMOUS

Best of luck ―
ANONYMOUS

5. VIDEO EDITOR & MINECRAFT BUILDER

Name: Roshini a/p Pathmanathan

Age: 15 (Form 3)

Gender: Female

Date of Birth: 09/02/2007

Task:

1. Edited most of the videos that needed for the report in Padlet

2. Helped to prepare some information of Himeji-Jo for the
videos

3. Builder (walls and base)

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Great ♥️ ―
ANONYMOUS

Great job ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

All the best dear ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

Well done ma
⚘ ―
ANONYMOUS

All The Best ―
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All the best ma ―
ANONYMOUS slayyyy ―
ANONYMOUS

SLAYYYY ―
ANONYMOUS ―
ANONYMOUS

gambateh !! ―
ANONYMOUS slay bestie slay ―
ANONYMOUS

Good job ―
ANONYMOUS All the best ♥️ ―
ANONYMOUS

Wowww ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

ate ―
ANONYMOUS

YAS ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS

nice ―
ANONYMOUS

fantastic ―
ANONYMOUS

wow ―
ANONYMOUS

amazing ―
ANONYMOUS

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ANONYMOUS
amazing bestie ―
ANONYMOUS
proud of u my dear ―
ANONYMOUS
kawan aku ni bos ―
I LOVE KIRBY

SO PROUD OF U ROSE ―
I LOVE KIRBY

―
ANONYMOUS

❤All the very best roshini ―
ANONYMOUS

well done ―
ANONYMOUS ―
ANONYMOUS

Excellent! ―
ANONYMOUS 2. REPORT WRITER & MINECRAFT BUILDER

3. INTERIOR DESIGNER & MINECRAFT Name: Ng Geok Liu

BUILDER Age: 16 (Form 4)

Gender: Female

Name: Ng Geok Eng Everlyn
Date of Birth: 29/04/2006

Age: 15 (Form 3)
Task:

Gender: Female
1. Found and collected information about Himeji-Jo Castle

Date of Birth: 12/01/2007
2. Wrote the report in Padlet and helped to update the Gantt
Task:
Chart every week

1. Helped in writing the report and edited some videos about 3. Builder (walls, library, ceilings and river)

Himeji-Jo Castle
4. Helped in inner design and drawing plan
2. Builder (grass base, walls and ceilings)

3. Enhanced the interior design of the building

―
ANONYMOUS Have a good team ―
ANONYMOUS

1. LEADER & MASTER BUILDER ❤️ ―
KOOKBARING

Name: Eunice Anne Chia
PROBLEM & CHALLENGE DURING
Age: 16 (Form 4)
THE DEVELOPMENT
Gender: Female
Minecraft Championship
Date of Birth: 20/06/2006

Task:
PADLET
1. Created server for building process

2. Guided all members on the types of blocks we have to use and Location of the castle
helped to check the accuracy of the building's structure
Actual size of the castle
3. Make sure the building is build based on the scales Legend of Himeji-jo
Unique architecture
How they preserve the castle until now?

Introduction of Himeji-Jo
Castle.mp4
by NG GEOK LIU Moe

GOOGLE DRIVE

PLANNING AND BUILDING
PROCESS
Minecraft Championship

PADLET

Superb ―
ANONYMOUS

）6 Learning experience upon completing

this project

）2 Introduction to the World Heritage Site
）5 Problem solving upon completing the

project

）1 Introduction to team members

）4 Comparison of the real site and the ―
ANONYMOUS

build in Minecraft wowww ―
ANONYMOUS

）3 Planning and building process Congratulations for the team ―
ANONYMOUS

Awesome ―
ANONYMOUS

fantastic !!! ―
ANONYMOUS

ate ―
ANONYMOUS

devoured ―
ANONYMOUS

slay!! ―
ANONYMOUS

incredible ―
ANONYMOUS

slayers fr #slaying ―
I LOVE KIRBY

Congrats and all the best for the teams ―
ANONYMOUS

Congratulations.. ―
ANONYMOUS

Great effort ―
ANONYMOUS

1. We managed to build almost like the castle in the real site by
using WHITE CONCRETE for the white wall and STONE BRICK
SLAB for the roof.

2. We used END ROD to replace the white border of the window

good job guys ―
ANONYMOUS

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A Famosa Fortress Gateway

The last remains of the Portuguese Fortress in Malacca

LE CATFISHE JUL 13, 2022 01:04PM

Welcome

…one of the ruins in Malacca, Unesco site.

Presented by : Casual Build Team

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5:15 video

PADLET DRIVE

Member Introduction

Team Leader

AKA: Wayne Gan (Gan Meng Wai)

age : 17

( He likes to stare things with his soul)


Weird rough video we trying to make don't

mind with it.

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1:04 video

PADLET DRIVE

Final Video

One of the builder

AKA: Jeremy Yong (Jeremy Yong Sheng Kai)

Age : 17

(He's shine :3 )

Incredible block matcher Video Editor

AKA: James Yap (Yap Jiet In)
AKA: Gan Lyn Yee

Age: 17
Age: 16

(She likes to do a little bit of trolling)
(A very imaginative person ,likes bread )

Photographer, Recorder History of the remains of the
fortress
AKA: Song Poh Jun

Age: 17
A Famosa , Portuguese fortress built in
(Definately not the kind of guy that likes to destroy things with
TNT) Malacca, Malaysia, in 1512.

In 1511, a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of Afonso
de Albuquerque. His forces attacked and defeated the armies of
the Malacca sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains,
Albuquerque had the fortress built around a natural hill near the
sea. 

Why was it nearly destroyed ? Structures and pictures of the
gateway
Some time following the Battle of Malacca in 1641 and the
occupation of the city by the Dutch, the keep was destroyed but Malacca including the tower of the A
the outer walls of the fortress were reinforced. However, in 1807 Famosa fortress (1550-1563)
the British destroyed most of the fortress. 

View of the fortress during 1860s to 1900

The Porta de Santiago gateway, and the restored Middelburg
Bastion, are the only parts of the fortress that remain today.
They are among the oldest European architectural remains in
Southeast and the Far east.

From now on.....

Where is it located?

Location

Planning and building process

Blueprint Structure built by Jeremy

A prototype is needed for a better version of the build that we
are trying to mimic

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5:37 video

PADLET DRIVE

doc_2022-07-21_21-12-25 The starting upon building the front gate of
0:18 video the fortress

PADLET DRIVE

Getting Start

Frontgate finished

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PADLET DRIVE

Process on building canons for gateway

Lightning matching with the build

✨ ✨Final build

Far sight view

Starting to fill up the light inside the build

Problem solving upon
completing the project

We seems to have a problem connecting
together just to build the site therefore we
used this strategy:

uploading files to discord when we build something (probably
not spamming TNTs)

inside view ): (sorry if its not detail)

First of all... the texture of the blocks are limited, we can't decide
what kind of block which suitable for the build

and as a matter of fact, we tried to make the build small but it
was too ugly :( It was not as detail as we can make as same as the
real site.
This was the previous one and is ugly, so we made it our
prototype and our guide for the scale upon the real site.

we found a light source block which is invisible if it wasnt
triggered and we started spamming around the build .

Therefore we made a solution that we were going to make it as a
scale of 1 M / 15 blocks.This will increase the details as we are
building anything. (Great idea)

There are a variety of blocks for us to
choose, therefore we use all of them

Comparison of the real site and
the build in Minecraft

Another problem is, there was not enough
light for the massive build . Using light
block source is extremely ugly therefore...

Learning experience upon
completing this project

By doing this project,we had known that Minecraft is not just a
game for entertainment only ,this is also a place for us to power
our imagination.

ANYWAYS,the most important thing we had learnt throughout plenty more of amazing site just for us to discover and explore
this project is teamwork.Although we have given 3 months to just in our own nation, the wonderous of nature,beaming with
complete the whole the site some of us can't build together living things and histories created by the past.All of them are just
because all of us have our own life going out somewhere, sitting there without us noticing.
therefore we had to overcome problems together and found out
some possible outcome solutions. FOR OUR LOVELY MADAM LIM

Moreover,as we needed to do a whole research upon the the real SEH HOE
site before we started the project,we truly understand the
history of A Famosa Fortress Gateway. We've learnt a lot that we
didn't even notice before, the history, every details of the ruins
remained.Because of this project, we've learnt more about one of
the UNESCO site in our country, we felt more proud than ever
upon our own nation, Malaysia.

All in all,this would be one of the great memory for us in our
highschool life .We all appreaciated that we could join this
championship for not only experience,  as this might be a
nostalgia and maybe one part of our life too. We must also
thanked to our parents, teachers especially Madam Soh Lai Hui
and Madam Tan Gait Lan from supporting us throughout the
whole process without hesitation .

Other than that, we were so greatful that  our government that
had work hard to maintain this world heritage until now without
being destroyed by accidents, disasters and others.There are

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Minecraft competition: Heritage Immortalized
(Unstoppable team)

LIM WEI YOU JUN 04, 2022 12:34PM

Unstoppable Team

Our legendary team members Why we chose the Taj Mahal?

Leader:
This is because this represents one of our three main races that
LEE RONG YUAN
is Hindu.
Members:

LIM XIN YING
Planning process
REN LAW

WYNN LOO WAN QIAN
Our sketch
LIM WEI YOU

Special Rolls

LEE RONG YUAN - Gives commands and orders to team
members

LIM XIN YING - Narrates and do the voice over

REN LAW - Edit the video and make it more wonderful and
marvelous

WYNN LOO WAN QIAN - Minecraft expert, creative mindset
and can create insane buildings

LIM WEI YOU - Padlet creator and screen recorder

Our Heritage Building: Taj Mahal

To learn more about this heritage building, please visit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal

Building process Time management -  Due to our hectic schedule, all five of us
are mostly busy and it is hard to find a time where everyone are
free to discuss and build it together. We chose to complete the
project during the weekend when we are free.


Teamwork - We completed our own tasks given by the group
leader and helped each other throughout the discussion.
Teamwork is very important, and everyone has a role to play in
order to complete the project.


Comparison of the real site and the build in Learning experience upon completing the
Minecraft project

It was a fun and awesome learning experience for all five of us. 

- problem-solving

This project requires a lot of problem-solving skills. For example:
Some of us does not having a lot of free time and are not able to
join the rest of us doing the project, but we manage to fix the
problem by doing the project on the weekends.


- computational thinking skills

This project needs four of the most important computational
skills, which is decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction
and algorithm design.


- creativity

This project promotes our creativity because it requires us to
use our imagination to build and create heritage buildings. 


- collaboration 

This project involves collaboration with our teammates. Without
collaboration, we wouldn't be able to complete this project.

Problem solving upon completing the That's all for now!
project
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Minecraft Heritage Immortalised report

TONGYZ06 JUL 30, 2022 01:50AM

Introduction to team members Himeji-jo

TEAM PEANUTS
Outstanding Universal Value Himeji-jo is
1. Choong Jia Heng (leader)
the finest surviving example of early
2. Tong Yong Zhi
17th-century Japanese castle
3. Tristan Tan Wen Ern
architecture. It is located in Himeji City,
4. Fong Fang Yi in the Hyogo Prefecture, an area that has
been an important transportation hub in West Japan since ancient
Introduction to world heritage site times.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site which we have chosen is UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE
Himeji-jo (Himeji Castle) in Japan, heritage site number 661.

Planning and building process
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/661/

We selected the Himeji Castle as it has a reasonable size and it is
Himeji Castle remains as an authentic representative of an impressive building. We decided on building the areas with
traditional Japanese architecture. It is situated in Himeji City in the main keep, the moat and Nishinomaru Gardens, the entire
the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan. Originally constructed in 1333 on building spanning about 300x300 blocks.

Himeyama Hill by Akamatsu Norimura, it has undergone many
modifications and remodelling until the 17th century where it INITIAL STAGE

became the form of the present day. The castle is also called the The first thing that we did was focus on the main castle keep
Shirasagi-jo (White Heron Castle) for its refined white design.
that we built on ground level. Although there are many layers of
floor underneath, we decided to shift the whole castle up later.
The castle complex mainly comprises of the main keep, Himeji We took dimension measurements from Google Earth as well as
Park, Sanomaru Square, Nishinomaru Gardens and Princess Sen many source pictures of the design from Google Images. The
Peony Garden; of which we included are the main keep and other areas would be built relative to the position of the main
Nishinomaru Gardens. The castle spans an area of 233 hectares keep.

and is heralded as the largest castle in Japan. There are 83
buildings in total, comprising of storehouses, gates, corridors STAGE 1: Main keep

and turrets. The main keep has 6 floors and a basement which
were once used as a defensive fort where soldiers would fight off We started off by building the skeleton of the main keep. We
assailers. There are also gardens that join the main keep
complex. The castle predominantly uses stone and wood with used stone blocks to outline the rockface as the castle was
white plastered earthen walls. The castle inherits many designs
of 17th century Japanese castle architecture.
elevated. We then built the castle skeleton with stone blocks to

The landmark is one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in show the structure and details for later and the rockface with
Japan and the area with the moat is a Special Historic Site, while
5 other buildings are designated as National Treasures. The bricks. From there, we continued to build the skeleton for the
castle has prevailed throughout history, surviving World War II
bombings and the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
smaller keeps around the castle and the outer walls surrounding

the castle, as well as the 2 bottom layers when we shifted the

castle up. We took measurements from Google Earth and the

distance relative to the main keep to get a proportionate draft. A

3D model we used helped us immensely in this part.

姫路城https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/11cc9a9082e8396cf1
74351738320f58/Himeji-castle- ?hl=en


We then filled in the castle with smooth quartz for walls and

deepslate tiles for the roof to resemble the white and black

design of the castle using Google Earth street view and Google

images. We used spruce fences for the windows.


STAGE 2: Moat area

The crux of this area was the moat. This area was complicated
due to many varying heights of the buildings and walls. We took
measurements from Google Earth and planned them properly
with some discussion so we could build it correctly. We drew a
diagram as well. https://imgur.com/2iJOYtW Following this, we

built the skeleton of the area similarly to stage 1. We filled in There are many problems that we encountered in this project.

many of the pathways with white terracotta. There were many
grass areas which were prominent here; we filled in the ground 1. Very large scale building

with grass blocks. We filled the moat area with water and added This building was hundreds of blocks long and wide and we had
many fences around the area according the Google Earth never built something like this. The sheer size made it
pictures. The walls were filled in with smooth quartz and a overwhelming to think of how to start and whether the project
deepslate top.
would be complete by the end of the building period. We broke
the selected building into 3 parts--the main keep, the moat area
STAGE 3: Nishinomaru Gardens
and Nishinomaru Gardens--and slowly worked on each part
The garden was a challenging part to create due to its many through steps: skeleton, colouring then design. We left the other
slants and curves. It took many measurements and trial and details such as trees for later when the building was mostly
error to get the place correct. Using Google Earth Satelite view, complete. Eventually, we managed to to finish the building with
we managed to measure the height of the buildings on the systematic planning.

rockface walls. We built the skeleton of the place similarly to
stage 1. We also used the satelite view to plan out the paths in 2. Many slanting lines and curves

the garden by filling in a floor with white terracotta and using The castle complex involved many curving and slanting lines
stone to carve out areas.
which was hard to do with only right angles in Minecraft. We
The buildings and walls are filled with white concrete and roofs used Google Earth measuring tool to form a triangle around the
with deepslate tiles. In areas enclosed with stone we filled with slanting line and measured the length and height of the triangle.
grass and put signs to indicate trees.
We built the triangle in Minecraft and used the ends of the
lengths to create the slanting line with WorldEdit //line
STAGE 4: Interior and fine details
command. Curving lines were built with a lot of trial and error
Apart from the exterior, we also made the main keep interior until we were satisfied. Furthermore, many buildings were
using various spruce based materials. We also created 2 main required to be built on these slanting lines, making the roof very
trees artificially; sakura trees and normal green trees by using complicated. We outlined the height and shape of these roofs
pink materials and acacia materials respectively. We then copied first before building them, using mainly slabs to make the roof
some of these trees around the place to ease our work. In more normal.

natural areas, we added bone meal and grass, sometimes with
sand as the ground. The rockface was colour-coded then filled in 3. Hard to measure heights in Google Earth

with a gradient of blocks by a command to give it the brownish- Measuring heights in Google Earth for the building was hard as
yellow colour shown on images. it was a 3D software and the measurement tool would create a
slanting line instead of a vertical line when measuring. The
problem was especially prevalent in tall heights. When we
measured the height, we would take the length and decrease it a
little bit in the Minecraft build as the height of a right angled
triangle is shorter than the hypotenuse(slanting line).


4. Many complicated roof patterns

The main keep comprises many complicated and intricate roof
designs. It was difficult to create all the curves and details on the
roof accurately. We used many reference pictures and observed
the roof designs closely so that we had a detailed idea of the
shape. We used deepslate stairs, slabs and blocks to make the
roof and tried many times to make it accurate. We would outline
the shape with stone blocks then build around the stone to
complete the roof.


5. Choosing blocks for miscellaneous designs

There are many small details in the building which are hard to
replicate in Minecraft. For example, the barriers were poles with
connected ropes in real life and it was hard to think of ways to
create a barrier like that. We had some thorough discussion and
consideration; we decided on using the end rods and chains to
make it look like the pole and ropes.  There are also many other
details like benches, information boards and more.

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