TSA - Tiny House

RICHARDTON HIGH SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT RICHARDTON, NORTH DAKOTA

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CHALLENGE

Architectural Design Challenge Design Challenge Background:

The “Tiny House Movement” is a social movement where people are choosing to downsize the space they live in. The typical American home is around 2,600 square feet, whereas the typical small or tiny house is between 100 and 400 square feet. After studying various tiny house designs, students use technology to create their very own unique “Tiny House”.

OBJECTIVE:

Your team has been chosen to design a house to have a 400 square feet footprint or less as part of the Tiny House Movement. Your team must creatively design the house to include a food preparation/eating area, clothes washing/drying, bathroom, sleeping space and living space. The spaces can be flexible. You may also make use of vertical space.

PROCEDURES:

The display must be two dimensional. The Drawing, Rendering, and Written Description shall be mounted on a 20x30 foam core board.

1. A physical model of your Tiny house. The model can be constructed of a variety of material.

Examples may include: shoe box (cut to size), cardboard, matt board.

Using appropriate software and using the laser cutter. Hand cut using exacto knife, Hand cut using scissors.

2. The participants are to design an architectural floor plan that meets the current year’s problem.

3. The floor plan is to be submitted on maximum drawing sheet cut size B (11” x 17”) with standard scale as found on Architectural triangular scale, (1/8” = 1’ - 0”, 1/4” = 1’ - 0”, etc.). Smaller format is acceptable.

4. A 3-D rendering must be submitted on maximum drawing sheet cut size B (11” x 17”). Smaller format is acceptable. Using suitable software Google SketchUp, ProDesktop

5. While 3-D modeling may be used to enhance the rendering, the actual habitat must be the original work of the student. Do not submit a physical 3-D model of your design.

6. A written description of the style and merits of the design concepts must be included and must answer the following questions (1 page). a. How does your design meet the main requirements for the intended purpose?

b. What are the advantages of your layout?

c. Why have you included specific features?

d. Please supply a list of all credits for any third party models used within your rendering.

EVALUATION:

A total of 125 points are possible.

The instructor will be the official assessment recorder.

Design The Physical Model (35 pts):

Does the design incorporate features needed and required for the intended purpose?

Is the layout logical and functional?

Are the sizes of the rooms adequate for their purpose?

Quality (25 pts)

Is the drawing neat and precise?

Are rooms properly labeled?

Are dimensions correctly placed?

Written Description (25 pts)

How does your design meet the main requirements for the intended purpose?

What are the advantages of your layout?

Why have you included specific features?

List of credits Rendering (15 points)

3-D Rendering Interview (25 points)

Name _____________________________________________________

Points received. __________________.