SOME INSPIRATION: As an introduction to the concept of the tiny house, we will be watching a couple of "tiny house" videos that discuss the topic. These are linked below, but there are TONS of videos, as well as a number of home-building and reality TV shows on the topic. The student is encouraged to review a number of these for ideas and brainstorming for their project. Here are the videos that we will be watching in class:

1. "What is a Tiny House?" by Tiny House Customs
2. Inside the Tiny House movement from PBS.

Once we have watched these videos, we will discuss the tiny house concept and complete "The Tiny House Thinking Sheet" as a method of previewing our project.

RULES REGARDING THE ROOMS FOR YOUR PROJECT:

• Your "Tiny House" floor plan must contain all of the following, at a minimum:
  • A properly sized layout for a Tiny House. These can vary widely, but yours must be a reasonable size and fit onto your plot of land, as outlined above.
  • A SLEEPING AREA: This can be placed anywhere in your Tiny Home, but they are traditionally found on upper levels. If your sleeping area is on a second level, you must address how to reach that area from the lower level.
  • KITCHEN AREA: Complete with a sink, counters, room for a small refrigerator and adequate storage space.
  • BATHROOM AND SHOWER AREA: These can be of any configuration. I suggest researching possible layouts.
  • DINING ROOM, with table and seating space for at least four people.
  • LIVING AREA, with space for sitting comfortably. This area should include space for both a TV and a computer work area.
  • DOORS and WINDOWS: These must be planned and included in your layout.
  • OUTDOOR STAIRS or ENTRY AREA: Most small houses are on trailers and require a set of small stairs to enter.
  • FURNITURE: Any additional furniture that you will need in your house should also be drawn into your floor plan.
  • TRAILER: This will not be visible in the floor plan, but will need to be included in your isometric rendering of your tiny home.

CREATIVE HOMES:  You are encouraged to brainstorm and research possible layouts and ideas for your Tiny House. There are many different possible designs, layouts and shapes of tiny houses out there. Please be creative and clever in your house design! Your research may even reveal variations on the tiny house theme, with homes being created such materials such as used shipping containers. You are allowed to pursue any of these varieties of tiny houses, as long as you get approval from Mr. B. first!

YOUR PENCIL SKETCH and SPEC SHEET:  Before you begin plotting your house in AutoCAD, you MUST complete a pencil drawing of the layout and the exterior of your house. Remember, this drawing MUST be accurate to proper size and fit. Include all of the elements listed above in your rough draft, as well as basic dimensions. REFER to your research into tiny houses and the complete the TINY HOUSE SPEC SHEET that outlines the sizes of each of your fixtures and furnishings for your tiny home layout before you begin work on your drawing. This will be part of the grade for this project!

PLOTTING YOUR HOUSE FLOOR PLAN IN AUTOCAD:

• When you start drawing your house, make sure that you are using ARCHITECTURAL specific-ations You will be drawing your floorplan to exact sizes.
• You will be creating THREE NEW LAYERS for your drawing (Information on the use of LAYERS is contained in the FIRST VIDEO TUTORIAL at the start of this project):
• HOUSE LAYER (BLACK/WHITE [depending on your AutoCAD Environment Colors]): includes all of the walls, doors, sinks, appliances and windows of the house.
• TEXT LAYER (BLUE): includes all of the Room labels, explanatory text and dimension lines.
• FURNISHINGS LAYER (GREEN): includes all of the diagrams used for representing furniture and any other installations.
• All OUTSIDE walls (double lines) will be offset at at least 4” thick on your drawing. Do research in to proper sizes for tiny house walls!
• Include proper DOORS and WINDOWS, as outlined in the videos of AutoCAD 14
• Permanent Fixtures in your house will be put on the HOUSE layer in black. This includes all the items that would not be taken when you move, such as:
  • Toilets and Showers in the Bathroom
  • Sinks and Counters in the Kitchen
  • Storage space for clothing, etc.
• You must include any desired furnishings included on the FURNISHINGS layer in GREEN. These items will be drawn to scale and appropriate for use in a Tiny House.
• All rooms will be properly labeled: “LIVING ROOM”, “KITCHEN”, etc. in readable text. In addition, room labels will include room dimensions. This text will be placed on the TEXT LAYER in BLUE.
• You MUST include AT LEAST the outside dimensions of your house on your BLUE TEXT LAYER. You do not need to dimension each room, that will be accomplished with the room labelling, similar to the layout on Problem 4 of AutoCAD 14.
• If you include an upper level in your tiny house, you will need to a separate layout of that area, as is seen in MANY tiny house plans. This should be to scale.

HOW MUCH DETAIL IS REQUIRED IN MY FLOOR PLAN?

• Your "Tiny House" floor plan should contain enough accurate detail to allow the viewer to discern identity and size of fixtures, such as sinks, toilets, stoves, etc. You do not need to include all tiny details! A refrigerator is likely to be a rectangle with a small rectangle handle, nothing fancy!
• Here is a sample tiny house floor plan showing the level of detail and labelling and dimensioning that is expected for this project:

ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS: Another requirement of this project is the creation of two different ISOMETRIC drawings of your tiny house, one being an EXTERIOR view and the second being a CUTAWAY VIEW of your tiny home, such as the following images. You will need to color your figures, as in the example drawings.

PROJECT SUBMISSION: Turn in your pencil rough draft with your name on it when completed. Make sure your SPEC SHEET is properly shared with Mr. B. Save all of your tiny house drawings to your AutoCAD_15 folder.

GRADING: This project will be graded on the quality and effort of the work put into each of the following categories:

• AutoCAD 15: (50 Points)- Four Problems, 12.5 points for each correctly completed problem for a total of 50 points.
• ROUGH DRAFT (50 Points): Well thought out drawing, includes all major dimensions and all required elements, properly labelled and drawn to scale The points for the SPEC SHEET will be included here, as well.
• STRUCTURE (100 Points): Properly executed floor plan, with double lined walls, doors, windows, etc., executed on a HOUSE LAYER in black.
• TEXT and FURNISHINGS (50 Points): All rooms properly labeled and dimensioned on a TEXT LAYER in BLUE. Furnishings included for EACH ROOM on a FURNISHINGS LAYER in GREEN. Explanatory text when needed.
• Completed ISOMETRIC Drawings, but the exterior and cutaway figures: 100 points.

DUE DATE: This project MUST BE COMPLETED BY

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, 5:00 P.M.