Day 1 (80minutes)
A3: Analyze Existing Products
Watch the Earthship video tour.
Pay attention to the sustainable ideas and systems built into the house
Complete a Parts/Purpose/Complexities routine with your table group for the Earthship
Discuss the Sustainable systems in the house.
Update the group PPC and submit physical copy
Day 2 (80 minutes)
A3: Analyze Existing Products
A2: Research Plan
Discuss container house product and look at examples from last year.
Select a Sustainable Container House to analyze from the Sustainable Container House Page
Watch the video and identify the Parts/Purpose/Complexities of the house
Upload a photo of the PPC in your Workbook
Day 3 (80 minutes)
A2: Research Plan
Go on a walking tour of the Branksome Hall Asia facilities. Take note of the following sustainable systems:
Greenhouse and Gardens
Water Collection Cisterns
Visit the Junior School storage container. Take note of the dimensions and other contraints.
Visit the first floor of the Boarding Halls. Take a photo inventory of the layout, division of space, and built in appliances and features.
Upload 4+ photos from your investigations and annotate them with information gathered on the walking tour
Day 4 (80 minutes)
A1: Identifying the need
Investigate and select the client profile of your choice.
Work in teams to identify potential problems or needs experienced by your client.
Answer the Criteria A1 questions with specific information about your clients.
Watch the video about Sustainable Cities.
Answer the Criteria A1 questions with ideas about the importance of solving the problem
Day 5-7 (120 mins)
A2: Research questions
Consider the needs of your client.
Identify the 4 most relevant and useful systems to include in a house developed for your client
Prioritize your research based on the needs of your client.
Conduct research and fill in the rest of the research plan.
Submit your A2 work for Formative assessment on Managebac to be checked by Turnitin. Check your results and fix any parts that need to be rewritten.
Day 8 (80 minutes)
A3: Analyze Existing Products
A2: Research Plan
Select a final Sustainable Tiny House to analyze from the Google search or Youtube
Put a couple of pictures of your house on the A3 slide
Identify the Parts/Purpose/Complexities of the house
Upload a photo of the PPC in your Workbook
Sustainable Container House Page
Example of Google Search
Example of Youtube Search
Parts/Purpose/Complexities Guide
Unit Vocabulary Page
Sustainable Systems Page
Workbook
Day 9-10 (80 minutes)
A4: Develop the Design Brief
Revisit all of your research in your Workbook.
Create a Design Problem question
Organize and Analyze the results of your research
Create 5 simple rules for creating your house.
Self-Study of Living Spaces at BHA (primary)
4 Sustainable Systems (secondary)