Giselle sketches a plan for a beach house on computer paper. Students were asked to sketch their ideas out before committing to a design. Designs were then scaled to 2 feet/cm and drafted onto cross-section paper.Below, Matteo goes from sketch to final draft on his luxury condo.
--Hazaiah's final draft for his turtle- shaped house incorporates intricately constructed octagons, rectangles, and triangles. Each student chose a remarkably unique design, some more ambitious and some more practical. All were creative!
Below, a row of students consult their plans while making first cuts into their foamcore stock.
Another view of the architects at work in the biology lab. The space provides our class with just enough elbow room.As time passes, the pieces start to add up, and care must be taken to keep track of what goes where.
Daisy consults her plans as she lays down the first floor of her cabin.
Epyana's Brownstone gets some interior walls glued down.
A design challenge: how to create a custom glass dome for Adam's eco-mansion without a glass-blowing forge? Solution: lots of packing tape and a balloon.
Here's the dome in place... Not too shabby!
Angelica's sneaker-house had some design challenges of it's own. How do you calculate the surface area of a shoe?? Just ask Angelica.
The final touches go on Giselle's beach-house railings. Labor costs for all those railings must have been astronomical!
Adam's greenhouse gets the real deal in home decor- some sphagnum moss "houseplants" to bring some green into the mix.
The students continue to work tirelessly on their projects. Next come the calculations- interior and exterior wall surface area, interior volume, cost/square foot of floor space (I've been keeping track of their materials and "charging" them for expenses,) and more- a real chance to flex their Geometry muscles. Once they've completed the specs on their houses, it'll be time to decorate the houses for Spring Arts!
Below is a grainy video showing the designers in action. I hope it works!
