Cooper's Blog 

Project #1 

Create a house and urban garden in Detroit made out of nothing but shipping containers. 





The
city
of
Detroit 
in a
word cloud. 

Concept designs 
  - During the concept portion of this       project i came up with two main         ideas.
  - One featuring oddly angled               buildings and the other featuring         lots of sloped roofs and a huge         patio.  
  - After highlighting the best features     of each house i combined the two     to create a new house with really       good quality. 

Final Product 

- The final product features sloped roofs with glass to bring in         sunlight for the majority of the day.
- It also has a roof top balcony and a front porch for friends and     family. 
- The 20 foot container is propped up on its side so that it is now   a vertical stair tower.  

Project # 2 

Concept designs 
-Over the concept design portion of the project i          wanted to have a clear image that a healer lived in    the house so i started of with the idea of a red          cross pop out of the side of the house.
-When i couldn't find a way to incorporate that into      the entire house i scraped it. 

- Next i thought a bought a doctors office and the         curtains that they use to separate rooms and           beds. 
- Using a curtain system that raped around the             house would provide a distilled light into the             house that would make the space feel very             sterile. 

Final Product 

- At the end of the project I used the curtain design but nor as much as i intended.
- My house was a box with large storefront windows that reflect the inside stair tower that is also made of stare front.
- Almost all rooms are separated by a curtain system.