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Sticks or Stones?
Area of Interaction: Environments Significant Concept: The environment that surrounds us influences the end result. Unit Question: How does the Environment change or shape you?Requirements:
 * Follow instructions given to create a practice house while learning Sketchup.
 * You will participate in a class activity to find your design specifications (type of house, location, etc).
 * Using those specifications, you will research the best design for your given situation.
 * Using Google SketchUp you are going to design a house to meet specific environmental requirements.

Criterion A - Research and Analysis
As a class we will go through and learn the basics of Google Sketchup. In order to get full credit for Criterion A, you will need to follow instructions while creating the practice house. Upload Practice House here.

We will do an activity as a class to determine the design specifications of your house. Location: Colorado Shape: Square Number of People: 5 people

Using the Internet, you are going to research your assigned location to determine if there are specific building requirements. http://www.ehow.com/info_8091169_types-homes-colorado.html 1. What material should be used in building your house? (ex. wood, brick, concrete) In my house, I chose wood or logs because I wanted my house to be in the mountain type of environment like Aspen, Colorado. I also wanted my house to be similar to and look like a cabin but with today's technology. 2. Is there land available for a large home? Or does the location require a smaller house? Yes, there is land for a large home. The website I researched said that there were mansions in upscale towns like Aspen.

3. Will you have a multi-level house? Yes. I believe that I need a multi-level house because I'm making a house for a family of 5. I don't think that I can make all the rooms needed with a 1-story house with vital rooms such as bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. I'm planning on having a 2-3 story house. 3 stories probably being the maximum number of floors.

4. What kind of roof will your house need? I will need a sloped roof for my house because I want to make my house in a similar environment to Aspen, Colorado. I will need a sloped roof because there is a lot of snow in Aspen in the winter. Thus, I need a sloped roof.

Criterion B - Design
Now that you have the specifications, you are going to use the Design Worksheet to create a blueprint of your house. You need to include front door, windows, bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms, living room, and any other feature you are going to use in your design.

--Remember: You will need to justify any changes made to your design blueprint when you are designing your house.--

Must turn in your Design Blueprint worksheet to receive credit for Criterion B

Criterion C - Create

Your design/blueprint should be all complete and ready for you to create the Sketchup house to fit the plans.

For this house you are starting with a blank file and not using a previously built house. Here are the requirements that you should have in the house: --Walls --Windows --Doors --Bathroom --Kitchen --Bedroom(s) --Living Room/Family Room --Walls Painted --Some kind of flooring --Windows filled in (either transparent or with a window component) --Front Door component --Furniture in the entire house (as if a family could move in today) --Anything else you decided to include.

Once you have completed your Sketchup House, upload the file here.

Answer the following questions - 1. Does your house follow the design/blueprints? If not, what changes did you make and why? Most of my house that I was able to create followed my blueprints. I say this because #1 I didn't finish the house and #2 I made some changes while I was making my house. For example, I changed some of the measurements of the rooms because when I was putting furniture in certain rooms, there wasn't enough space or there was too much space.

2. What did you like most about this project? (name at least one thing) I liked the building part. It was fun to make your own house and to see what you wanted it to look like, what rooms it had, etc.

3. What would you change about this project for the future? (name at least one thing) I didn't like the part where we had to include measurements in the house blueprint. It was hard to do and was troublesome.

Criterion D - Evaluate

1. How did the environment you were assigned (location, number of people, shape) affect the type of house you created? My environment affected everything that had to do with my house. First, I want to talk about the number of people. The number of people affects everything because it affects the size of the house as well as the number of rooms(bathrooms, bedrooms, etc.). The location of my house affects it because the house has to be made of different material because of the environment that it is in. For instance, my house was in Aspen, Colorado so I would need to make a cabin home made of wood or logs and a slanted roof. If it was in Florida or a hotter place, I wouldn't need a slanted roof. Lastly, the shape of the house affected the type of house I created because you have to arrange your rooms in a certain way so that all the rooms fit in the space or shape of home you have.

2. Would you have built a different house if those specifications hadn't been given to you? Why or Why Not? Yes. I probably would've built a smaller house that could accommodate maybe 2 or 3 people instead of the family of 5 I was given for this project. Building a house for 2 or 3 people is a lot easier than making a house for 5. The shape of my house would've probably been a rectangle rather than a square because for some reason I prefer it that way.

3. How has your own personal environment shaped/changed you? (at least 3-4 complete sentences) My personal environment has changed me in many ways. First, because of my environment today, I speak a different language now than what I would've spoken 9 years ago. Lastly, I live closer to the mountains so I might have to help my family outside more(shoveling snow) in the winter because it snows more in Cottonwood Heights than maybe South Jordan in the winter.

4. What can you do in your own environment to guarantee the future that you want? (2-3 complete sentences) If I want my future to be in the environment I currently live in, I can learn how to adapt to the environment so I know when certain things are going to happen. If I don't like the environment I currently live in, I can move to another neighborhood, city, state, or even country to get the future I want.