Drafting Fabrication Methods

I thought of two methods to assemble the sleeve. 

Method 1 involved cutting the buildings individually and assembling the pieces together in an octagon formation using glue. The length of the octagon sides would be dependent on the diameter of the cup base. Then, I could determine the length using simple algebra. I decided against this method because the buildings would lie slanted as a result of trying to form a point of contact between buildings for the glue. This would bring about unstable connections between the buildings, as well. Additionally, using glue introduces a number of issues with ensuring that the adhesive is not visible to the eye to achieve elegance

Method 2 involved cutting the buildings on to one sheet and heat forming around a mold. Since the diameter is not the same along the height of the cup, I utilized the octagon concept from Method 1 to make manipulating the acrylic easier and less distorted.