Dream Home Assignment

Project (A) – An Eco Friendly Dream Home Based on A Design

This lesson is designed to help you explore and understand various aspects of home design. You will be given the opportunity to discover how to locate real estate, read blueprints, and turn your dream home into a 3-D model. This project will be worth 10% of your term mark.

Part 1  Take the time to explore The Multiple Listing Services official web site (www.mls.ca, www.century21.ca, or, www.royallepage.ca) to discover five homes within Canada that you would consider your Dream Home. Your home should range between the value of $100,000 and $600,000.

 For each dream home you are required to: o Prepare a half-page (approximately seventy five words) response using MS Word, that describes five things you like about the dwelling. o Provide the MLS #, Address, and Price of Your Dwelling o Make a Print Screen image of each home. Insert this image beside house description.

 When you have completed all five homes, Save this document in your H drive, in a new folder “Your_Name_Project A Dream Home” as a file named “A_home_design”

Part 2

(a) Once you have identified your dream home, take the time to search the Internet to find the characteristics of an energy efficient and environmentally friendly home. In a Word Document describe in one page :  Type of appliances  Type of energy source  Flooring  Windows  Green house or atrium  Bathroom fixtures, etc. Include elements, fixtures, and furnishings you would like to include for a future dream home that is both eco-friendly and beautiful.

(b) using Google Image Search to find a floor plan or blue print for a home (e.g. www.eplans.com). Keep in mind this floor plan must contain:  A minimum of eight rooms including: a kitchen, family room, a bathroom, bedrooms, etc. Note, it is easiest for this assignment to pick a house plan or blue print that is one level.  Once you have selected your floor plan, you are required to prepare a one page response indicating why you selected this particular layout.  Make a copy of the blue print. Insert it beside the page.  Save this document in your H drive, in the folder “Your_Name_Project A Dream Home” as file named “Dream Home Design” Part 3  Once you have identified your floor plan, print out a copy of this floor plan.  In Google SketchUp, build a three-dimensional scale model of your dream home based on the floor plan and elements that makes this house eco-friendly.  Interior of the home should be drawn to scale and it is fully decorated. Furnishing in the will include furnishing, doors, windows, and appliances.  Exterior of the home should include exterior decorations such as windows and doors, a roof, a drive way with a car, a small yard with trees and shrubs, and fences around the house.

 Save this document in your H drive, in the folder “Your_Name_Project A Dream Home”.

When you have completed all 3 parts, submit your folder into the PassIn Folder in O-drive.

Evaluation of your work will be based on all three parts of this Project.

Scoring Rubric – An Eco-Friendly Dream Home Based on a Design

Outcome Indicators for Mastery 3.4 Demonstrate an understanding of basic plan  3-D model is based on a pre-selected or views and elevation views of an object or designed floor plan. structure  3-D model contain eco-friendly design elements  Plan is designed with specific end-user requirements

3.5 Use mechanical and technical  3-D model is complete with no major communication language and symbols to errors create and illustrate a digital solid model  3-D model is drawn to scale  3-D model is meeting proposed objectives 3.6 Create advanced geometric constructions  Model is meeting interior requirements through digital techniques  Model is meeting exterior requirements