newspaper structure

When first faced with this assignment I had a difficult time deciding what I should build. One of my first thoughts was of a tower of cards and how the cards stack upon each other, so I went with that method. Once I folded the newspaper into the triangular shapes I wanted, I realized that the cinder block would instantly crush them. So I decided to stuff tight balls of paper inside each triangle. After i glued all those together I needed to figure out how to make it taller in the least amount of time, so I had to resort in quickly rolling up the paper and gluing them one above the other in alternating directions. This was my first idea and it worked out ok, not the best but it was doable. If i were to do it again I would concentrate more on the height and less on the strength of the base, and work more on making it higher and sturdy. I over-thought how much the cinder block would weigh and spend too much time on making my structure hold together.