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Architecture Challenge: Design a home for someone.
Architecture Challenge: Design a home for someone.
Step 1: Identify Your Client
Step 1: Identify Your Client
Who will your home be for? Are you designing your own personal dream house? Or are you designing a home for a friend, relative, or even your favorite fictional character? Think about the wants and needs of your client.
Create a Google Document and include the following:
Your client
3-5 needs for the home (required spaces, sizes, and functions)
2-3 wants
Keep it short and simple. Use one of these 'client cards' as inspiration.
Step 2: Decide HOW You Will Make Your Design
Step 2: Decide HOW You Will Make Your Design
Brainstorm how you will create your design. Create sketches for one of the following. Here are some examples of ways you can create a building:
Drawings of the floor plan and exterior (pen and paper, or digital like Google Drawings or Google Slides)
Computer-generated model (you could use programs like FloorPlanner, Sketchup, or TinkerCad)
3D scale model built out of paper, cardboard, or foam-core
Add these ideas to your Google Doc.
How to make a digital floor plan with FloorPlanner
You can log in with your Google FRSD.us accountHow to use SketchUp to create a 3D model on your Chromebook
You can sign in with your Google FRSD.us accountAn example of building a 3D model with foam core/cardboard
Step 3: Start Designing and Record Your Process
Step 3: Start Designing and Record Your Process
Take into consideration all the feedback you received, update your Google Doc, then start working on your design (whether it's a drawing, digital creation, or model).
Record your process!
Take photos (or time lapse video!) of your drawings in different stages.
Take screen shots of your digital design throughout the process.
Take photos or video of your 3D model as you work on it.
*Tip!* Set a repeating timer for 15 or 20 minutes. Every time the timer goes off take a pic/screenshot and then reset it.
Add your process photos to your Google Doc.
Step 4: Present Your Finished Design!
Step 4: Present Your Finished Design!
Take photos of your finished design. Write your artist statement and be sure to include:
Who was your client?
What were some of the needs your client had and how did you meet them?
What are you most proud of in your design?
When it comes to architectural design, what is something you want to get better at?
Upload and submit your finished project to Google Classroom and the Class Stream.
Comment on at least two (2) classmates projects following our class guidelines.
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