Adan

Adan Contreras: Architecture Design 1

Word Project- this was the first part for our tiny house project. We were given a word based on architecture and art we picked that we liked and with that word we had to define it and find synonyms. Then we had to only use circles and diamonds to represent that word. The word that I got was "lustrous" and what it means is "reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle" The synonyms that I found were "flowing, clear and beaming" I chose flowing and what I represented was like a maze as if you were to put a little ball at the top it were to come down and keep going.

Tiny home(first model)

We had to choose a city and state but this couldn't just be any state, it had to be according to our fingerprint which we had printed and we zoomed in and we had to choose at least 5 through 8 lines. I chose 7 and once we chose those lines they were going to represent our contour lines. Once we had the contour lines we had to choose the direction in which they got taller, in my site analysis you can see the dashed lines which are the contours and for my 10 feet contour I choose to be a river. So I went on Google Earth to find the correct elevations that match with my site and I found Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Work

Site analysis

This is my site in which my tiny house is going to be placed. so what we had at first was the site and the contour lines so we figured out which way was my north and south pointing according to my site. We then had to find where the sun rises in which in my site it rises in the east and sets in the west. According to that we had to put in trees that looked naturally placed but that served a purpose and my trees purpose was to cool down the warm air in the summer and be some sort of shade. But they also couldn't block my views , which were 2 mountains and a river.

Bubble

Once we had everything in place and we knew where our house was going to go we had to design our house. So in the picture you can tell that I just kept going with the concept of this curved living room and I thought to myself what if I just had a regular living room. On my 7th attempt I got the idea and it was my final design.

Floor plan

What you see on my floor plan was my first design in how the rooms were going to be placed and the dimensions. This was just to get the idea of what it was going to be like.

Elevations

My elevations where my first concept of the outside look with the contour lines in place .

Presentation

Everything that was shown above was done in a nine week period, all we had done had to be presented to real architects which gave us feedback on both our plan on the house and how we presented. We later used the feedback to either keep our house the same or follow what the architects said to do. We didn't have to do clearly do what they said to do, but we could change our house however we liked only if it made it better.

Tiny home(second model)

After presenting and getting feedback from the architects they suggested changing the roof up. They suggested using the views as a guide to where to put the loft to capture them. So I had the loft above the food prep at first and I was missing three views on the East side of the house. So I thought of moving the loft above the bathroom and the storage and by doing that I could have my roof at an angle and capture the views. Moving the loft also gave me the opportunity to make the loft bigger. I was thinking of having just a letter to go up to the loft but that would be simple, I started to go through an architecture book and found a spiral staircase which would add more of a modern look to it on the inside. Besides the loft that was moved I only added thicknesses to the walls to show the real architectural floor plan. After our floor plan we had to do our roof plan and the roof plan on our site. The roof plan is like a regular floor plan but from the outside as if a drone is flown outside and pointed down and looking at the house from above. The site with the roof plan is just the roof plan in place where we want our house. Then the elevations were what our imagination sees and we sketch it. The difference between the second and the first elevations is that the roof I changed and I added way more detail to my house so that it could look good. The wood on the outside I made it so that if you were to bring it all together it would fit together and flush.

Second floor plan first floor

second loft plan

Roof plan

Site plan with roof plan in place of house

second elevations

Final product before last presentation

My final product is a representation of the word "flowing" which is a synonym for the word "lustrous". I designed it for someone to see the outside and think of an old regular house. But once inside you can see all the open space and light flowing through like a waterfall through so many windows. I also designed it to be so open in space but with such a small house to comfort one small family.

AutoCAD

When we finished with all of the second designs we had to present again. In which I got feedback and they told me to use the roof above the garage to take advantage of my views. What I did was I made the garage roof flat and added some railings and added a door to the loft making the garage roof as a balcony. I don't get enough time to do paper sketches but I did the work in AutoCAD and turned it in as my official tiny house.