2K House Project
Background:
2K House- A temporary shelter prototype to be built within the
budget of 2000$ for tornado affected families in Alabama. The MIDC cohort of
2013-14 took this challenge up as the summer semester project. The house
initially programmed of 400 sq. ft for a family of two. Later as the exercise
progressed, with the help of a lot of precedent studies, it came to our
realization that to build the most cost effective home, it had to be designed
to be under 200 sq. ft.
Primary Duties
To ensure that every individual gets to contribute in the
project of this scale, the class was divided into four groups-
concept and case studies
schematic design
construction drawings
execution
planning- my team
and after this is all ready, everyone was supposed to work on-
site and get this house ready.
Research Issue:
I was glad to be in this group since this was going to give me
an opportunity to learn something new. I wanted to learn as much as I could as
all the other members of my team were well experienced with projects like
these. Up until now, in this course or before, I was involved till the design
of the project and overviewing the site. For me this was an opportunity to
understand the programming that went into actual execution of any project. I
must say, in two weeks I learnt a lot about every part of the house and how it
comes along.
Reflection on the Project:
1. When were you most engaged? Who /What contributed to your
learning on this project and why?
I was most involved when the project actually started on the
site. Understanding the "safety" issues was the part I explored a
little more than the other. Assisting the experience people with the framework
for the floor, cutting frames, basic stuff like hammering nails the right way,
painting all these contributed to my learning.
2. When were you least engaged?
I was not involved in the initial design, preparation drawings
stage.
3. What surprised you about this project?
Things that seem simple on the drawing are not necessarily
simple to be constructed, but they are the most important part to successfully
execute the project nonetheless. I was surprised to see how much time and
energy fixing a door can take.
4. What would you suggest for additional projects of this type?
Like said earlier, having the construction documents ready
before execution would have made the job even less time consuming. A lot of
times, there were a little too many people on the site. The heat did not help
either. In this season, the sun does not go down till 8 or so, so if there were
half people working early morning and some after 4 in the afternoon, it would
have helped according to me.
2K House Project
ReplyDeleteBackground:
2K House- A temporary shelter prototype to be built within the budget of 2000$ for tornado affected families in Alabama. The MIDC cohort of 2013-14 took this challenge up as the summer semester project. The house initially programmed of 400 sq. ft for a family of two. Later as the exercise progressed, with the help of a lot of precedent studies, it came to our realization that to build the most cost effective home, it had to be designed to be under 200 sq. ft.
Primary Duties
To ensure that every individual gets to contribute in the project of this scale, the class was divided into four groups-
concept and case studies
schematic design
construction drawings
execution planning- my team
and after this is all ready, everyone was supposed to work on- site and get this house ready.
Research Issue:
I was glad to be in this group since this was going to give me an opportunity to learn something new. I wanted to learn as much as I could as all the other members of my team were well experienced with projects like these. Up until now, in this course or before, I was involved till the design of the project and overviewing the site. For me this was an opportunity to understand the programming that went into actual execution of any project. I must say, in two weeks I learnt a lot about every part of the house and how it comes along.
Reflection on the Project:
1. When were you most engaged? Who /What contributed to your learning on this project and why?
I was most involved when the project actually started on the site. Understanding the "safety" issues was the part I explored a little more than the other. Assisting the experience people with the framework for the floor, cutting frames, basic stuff like hammering nails the right way, painting all these contributed to my learning.
2. When were you least engaged?
I was not involved in the initial design, preparation drawings stage.
3. What surprised you about this project?
Things that seem simple on the drawing are not necessarily simple to be constructed, but they are the most important part to successfully execute the project nonetheless. I was surprised to see how much time and energy fixing a door can take.
4. What would you suggest for additional projects of this type?
Like said earlier, having the construction documents ready before execution would have made the job even less time consuming. A lot of times, there were a little too many people on the site. The heat did not help either. In this season, the sun does not go down till 8 or so, so if there were half people working early morning and some after 4 in the afternoon, it would have helped according to me.