Problem
For my final project, I've been assigned to plan, sketch, 3d model, and build my dream home. This project being my final project for the year, is the most demanding of them all. The requirements include a design in my journal containing layouts and reason, my money budget proposal (field of study and my hypothetical salary), Evidence of my research including careers, home prices, 5 sketchup/ CAD software designs, 3 sketches in my journal with notes and measurements, 10 feedbacks in paragraphs, a Portfolio proposal, a formal video presentation, and an incorporation of Technology (how I can my sustainable technology for my home). On top of that, a final feedback is required for my project. The feedback must be 1 full page long, Times New Roman font, 12pt, and double spaced. Finally a Weebly post
Solution
Because of the large amount of work I had to do within a timely manner, I decided to split the work up into 3 branches/phases of the project with subdivisions that had deadlines I had to meet so that I can turn in the project in time. Needless to say, it was an efficient way to allocate my time to different aspects of the project so that I could finish within time. My first priority was to complete the home design itself. I sketched out 3 versions of my home that showed a new element. I drew a scale model, a rough draft model, and dimensional model. I also included the furnishing in the home. By the weekend, I began to sketch up my home. My SketchUp warehouse was not working so I furnished and designed all of the items alone from scratch. I went back to my journal to write out my design proposal and with it was the budget proposal. Because this was a previous assignment before this project, all I had to do was copy down my bills and etc. from my email that I sent to Cepeda into my journal.
The next part was to create the actual model. When I bought the supplies, I found out that the original size of the home was WAY too small and would mean it would be difficult for me to fit everything and manage such small little items. I decided to upscale the project by 1.5 so that It would give me enough room to work and place things in the correct places. So I had to take the dimensions that I had already decided for the home and multiple it by 1.5, and then draw it on the actual foamboard work space that I had to build my home on. I decided to begin building my furniture first before walling incase I had to again, resize and change dimensions. I would approach the house as if it were setting up a chess board. First, I built all of the furniture that was in the home. Then I painted all of them with the appropriate colors that matched the SketchUp Model. After building the furniture pieces, I colored the different sections of flooring of the home on the foam board workspace I had. I used paint and paper with printed wood flooring designs on them to cut out and glue on. After doing all of that, I placed the furniture into their right spots. I inspected the overall progress of the home and decided that it was good enough so I moved on to building and painting the walls. I had decided the height of the home would be 6 inches high so that meant that all I had to do was take the upscaled dimension of whatever side of the home, and include 6 inches to its dimension. I created a list for this and I began to cut out the wailings. While I cut out the foamboard walls, I made sure to label which wall went where so I didn't confuse myself when painting. After cutting them out, I painted them and finally glued them into their respective positions. After the walls were erected, I placed the furniture back into their spots and Everything looked good. After building the home, I moved on to creating the technology incorporated in the home. I decided to create a lighting but I was forced to make do with 2 white LEDS. Using my previous experience and referencing my website regarding creating parallel circuits, I successfully made one and taped the wiring along the walls and hung the LEDs over the home. The wires were connected to a battery located at the external right of the house. I tested it and the LEDs lit up.
After doing that, I wrote my portfolio and final feedback. Finally, I printed out the portfolio with the included protective later and called it a day as I had finished the project. All of which was done in about 4 weeks.
The next part was to create the actual model. When I bought the supplies, I found out that the original size of the home was WAY too small and would mean it would be difficult for me to fit everything and manage such small little items. I decided to upscale the project by 1.5 so that It would give me enough room to work and place things in the correct places. So I had to take the dimensions that I had already decided for the home and multiple it by 1.5, and then draw it on the actual foamboard work space that I had to build my home on. I decided to begin building my furniture first before walling incase I had to again, resize and change dimensions. I would approach the house as if it were setting up a chess board. First, I built all of the furniture that was in the home. Then I painted all of them with the appropriate colors that matched the SketchUp Model. After building the furniture pieces, I colored the different sections of flooring of the home on the foam board workspace I had. I used paint and paper with printed wood flooring designs on them to cut out and glue on. After doing all of that, I placed the furniture into their right spots. I inspected the overall progress of the home and decided that it was good enough so I moved on to building and painting the walls. I had decided the height of the home would be 6 inches high so that meant that all I had to do was take the upscaled dimension of whatever side of the home, and include 6 inches to its dimension. I created a list for this and I began to cut out the wailings. While I cut out the foamboard walls, I made sure to label which wall went where so I didn't confuse myself when painting. After cutting them out, I painted them and finally glued them into their respective positions. After the walls were erected, I placed the furniture back into their spots and Everything looked good. After building the home, I moved on to creating the technology incorporated in the home. I decided to create a lighting but I was forced to make do with 2 white LEDS. Using my previous experience and referencing my website regarding creating parallel circuits, I successfully made one and taped the wiring along the walls and hung the LEDs over the home. The wires were connected to a battery located at the external right of the house. I tested it and the LEDs lit up.
After doing that, I wrote my portfolio and final feedback. Finally, I printed out the portfolio with the included protective later and called it a day as I had finished the project. All of which was done in about 4 weeks.
Evidence
Sources
I made a collection of images of rooms on PowerPoint using images from Pinterest.
Knueven, L. (2020, Aug 6). The average monthly mortgage payment by state, city, and year.
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-mortgage-payment
Park Place Dealerships. (n.d.). NEW LUXURY CAR & SUV INVENTORY.
https://www.parkplace.com/new-inventory/index.htm?redirectFromMissingVDP=true
Reliant Energy. (n.d.). Energy Bill Estimator.
https://www.reliant.com/en/residential/electricity/utility-bill-estimator.jsp
United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Understanding Your Water Bill.
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/understanding-your-water-bill#
Knueven, L. (2020, Aug 6). The average monthly mortgage payment by state, city, and year.
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-mortgage-payment
Park Place Dealerships. (n.d.). NEW LUXURY CAR & SUV INVENTORY.
https://www.parkplace.com/new-inventory/index.htm?redirectFromMissingVDP=true
Reliant Energy. (n.d.). Energy Bill Estimator.
https://www.reliant.com/en/residential/electricity/utility-bill-estimator.jsp
United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Understanding Your Water Bill.
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/understanding-your-water-bill#
Feedback(s)
Feedback 1. I’ve started to work on the sketches and the design of the entire home. It was difficult to imagine scales without any real reference so I had a ruler next to me at all times to help me visualize how things would, in theory, look. It was slightly difficult to draw and plan out everything because I had to tread carefully on the notebook, since I was writing in pen. I drew 3 sketches all that had varying styles and purposes for them. Rough draft, scale size, and redraw/refinement of the rough draft.
Feedback 2. It’s my second day drawing and re-evaluating the floor planning. I had decided to cut some items out that I thought unnecessary and extra. The planning is finished and I will soon move over to SketchUp where I will 3D model the home. I am confident with this home. I like it because it isn’t excessive but its format is really nice to me. Nothing extravagant but nothing cheap-ish. It is slightly small which I am fine with. I like how the dining, kitchen, and living room all are in the same area with no separating walls.
Feedback 3. I began to write my budget and etc. I used the budget assignment that was given to me a few months ago to help me. It actually did the job for me so I didn’t have to stress about writing another one because I already had one with me already. All I had to do was write my proposal which was relatively easy. Although I do think that I could have drawn a chart/draft for the budget. I didn’t in the end. I think this part was the easiest out of the entirety of the project. It was simple and all I needed to do was research a bit on bill averages in Texas.
Feedback 4. I started working on the sketchup/3D model. It wasn’t difficult because of my past experience with it. I think it was easy. I split up the 5 required 3d models into 5 different “layers” of the home. Things like “floor plan”, “walling”, and “finish product”. You get the idea. I just took the model, and copy and pasted it, and continued on it. Then copy and paste and done.
Feedback 5. I spent the whole day working on the 3d model. Taking the methodical route was better than trying to wing and do it all. I took the methodical approach when drawing the floor planning and walling. But I winged it when I tried furniture. I took many screenshots. All of which sorted out in progression of the 3d model. I had some friends watch me 3D model through online video chat and had them advise me what looked good and what didn’t.
Feedback 6. Working on the furniture proved very difficult for me. Unlike everyone else in the class, they had the sketchup workshop at their disposal. They can easily just download and drop things into their home. I have a dated version and I can’t seem to update/fix it. So that means I have to 3d model everything by manually. It wasn’t difficult but I was forced to find many work arounds to solve certain problems. Like modeling the car bed. That one was really weird to do.
Feedback 7. I finished 3D modeling my home and I’m very satisfied with it. I have cut out some aspects of the home that were in the sketch. I am satisfied with the supplies I bought for the project. It was VERY expensive to buy so hopefully it won’t go to waste. The scale/size that I had originally drew for the real model was too small. The foamboard that I had available to me was more than what I needed. It had a lot of space so I decided to upscale the entire size by 1.5x. That means the whole place would be 1.5 times its original size that I had planned out. I drew out the floorplan only with a ruler.
Feedback 8. After finishing the floor drawing on the workspace that would be for my model, I was faced with two choices on which to begin working on first. The actual wall or home, or the furniture. I decided to take a chess piece-like approach. I think it would bet better because creating the furniture was a much more difficult process than walling and the home itself. Also, I feel that the walling and size could be inaccurate and would really set me back if I had missed a few inches too small. I’d rather create the furniture first and place them in much like a chess board.
Feedback 9. I spent about 2 weeks creating furniture, obviously taking break in-between. Not constantly working on it 24/7. After creating the furniture pieces, I painted over them which took some time to do. It wasn’t difficult but tedious. But, its nothing that music can fix. I placed the furniture pieces in and prepared to cutout walling. I plan to cut out my walling, paint them, cut out the doorways and glie them onto the already drwan out borders of the home.
Feedback 10. I took measurements and decided to have my walls about 6 inches high, a slight 2 or 1 inch higher than the kitchen, which was the “tallest” room in the home. I took dimensions and wrote them down on a piece of paper to keep track of. It came out somewhat ok and I placed them in. After that I just put the furniture and was done with the home. One more thing was working with the circuits was nice. I like working with the circuits the most for the homes lighting because it needed me to reference previous projects that I though I wouldn’t ever go back to. The lighting in the home really brought the whole thing together in my opinion.
Feedback 2. It’s my second day drawing and re-evaluating the floor planning. I had decided to cut some items out that I thought unnecessary and extra. The planning is finished and I will soon move over to SketchUp where I will 3D model the home. I am confident with this home. I like it because it isn’t excessive but its format is really nice to me. Nothing extravagant but nothing cheap-ish. It is slightly small which I am fine with. I like how the dining, kitchen, and living room all are in the same area with no separating walls.
Feedback 3. I began to write my budget and etc. I used the budget assignment that was given to me a few months ago to help me. It actually did the job for me so I didn’t have to stress about writing another one because I already had one with me already. All I had to do was write my proposal which was relatively easy. Although I do think that I could have drawn a chart/draft for the budget. I didn’t in the end. I think this part was the easiest out of the entirety of the project. It was simple and all I needed to do was research a bit on bill averages in Texas.
Feedback 4. I started working on the sketchup/3D model. It wasn’t difficult because of my past experience with it. I think it was easy. I split up the 5 required 3d models into 5 different “layers” of the home. Things like “floor plan”, “walling”, and “finish product”. You get the idea. I just took the model, and copy and pasted it, and continued on it. Then copy and paste and done.
Feedback 5. I spent the whole day working on the 3d model. Taking the methodical route was better than trying to wing and do it all. I took the methodical approach when drawing the floor planning and walling. But I winged it when I tried furniture. I took many screenshots. All of which sorted out in progression of the 3d model. I had some friends watch me 3D model through online video chat and had them advise me what looked good and what didn’t.
Feedback 6. Working on the furniture proved very difficult for me. Unlike everyone else in the class, they had the sketchup workshop at their disposal. They can easily just download and drop things into their home. I have a dated version and I can’t seem to update/fix it. So that means I have to 3d model everything by manually. It wasn’t difficult but I was forced to find many work arounds to solve certain problems. Like modeling the car bed. That one was really weird to do.
Feedback 7. I finished 3D modeling my home and I’m very satisfied with it. I have cut out some aspects of the home that were in the sketch. I am satisfied with the supplies I bought for the project. It was VERY expensive to buy so hopefully it won’t go to waste. The scale/size that I had originally drew for the real model was too small. The foamboard that I had available to me was more than what I needed. It had a lot of space so I decided to upscale the entire size by 1.5x. That means the whole place would be 1.5 times its original size that I had planned out. I drew out the floorplan only with a ruler.
Feedback 8. After finishing the floor drawing on the workspace that would be for my model, I was faced with two choices on which to begin working on first. The actual wall or home, or the furniture. I decided to take a chess piece-like approach. I think it would bet better because creating the furniture was a much more difficult process than walling and the home itself. Also, I feel that the walling and size could be inaccurate and would really set me back if I had missed a few inches too small. I’d rather create the furniture first and place them in much like a chess board.
Feedback 9. I spent about 2 weeks creating furniture, obviously taking break in-between. Not constantly working on it 24/7. After creating the furniture pieces, I painted over them which took some time to do. It wasn’t difficult but tedious. But, its nothing that music can fix. I placed the furniture pieces in and prepared to cutout walling. I plan to cut out my walling, paint them, cut out the doorways and glie them onto the already drwan out borders of the home.
Feedback 10. I took measurements and decided to have my walls about 6 inches high, a slight 2 or 1 inch higher than the kitchen, which was the “tallest” room in the home. I took dimensions and wrote them down on a piece of paper to keep track of. It came out somewhat ok and I placed them in. After that I just put the furniture and was done with the home. One more thing was working with the circuits was nice. I like working with the circuits the most for the homes lighting because it needed me to reference previous projects that I though I wouldn’t ever go back to. The lighting in the home really brought the whole thing together in my opinion.