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Lakehouse Questions

1. As a designer, in what ways did you try to influence your client?

-I tried to influence my client to be reasonable, such as not putting a stripper pole in his bedroom.



2. How did making the sketches when working with your client help the design process?

-It helped me get a general idea of how i was going to place all the rooms and how to fit them.



3. What relationship do the various drawings and renderings have to each other?

-They are related because the drawings should match the renderings perfectly.



4. How did the existing plot plan limit your design?

-It didn't allow me to make a garage for my client.


5. What are some of the things you would do differently? How would you change the process to accomplish them?

-I would create a better overall layout with hallways and other things houses would actually have, i would start with one room create a hallway to the next and so on.


6. What impact will the property have on the surrounding area if it is developed?

-It will take away a natural habitat from the poor little lake animals.


7. How do you know if your design is ready for implementation?

-If you have all the needs to have an up and running house that won't collapse.


8. How does the use of software and other tools aid in the development of an idea?

-It has many things to put inside your house.


9. What design ideas would you incorporate in your vacation house versus your year-round house?

-You would need a place to store your things you are going to bring to the lake and stuff.


10. What is something you learned today that you did not understand or know before?

-I learned that you need to remember to put in a ceiling for the house.

Playhouse Activity

Questions:
1. When designing the playhouse, what is one aspect of the design process you must remember to help you be most efficient in using the computer software?
2. If you were given additional time to make a change to your design, what would you change and why?

Answers:
1. Just to make sure you meet the requirements and get the structure complete before you start getting into detail with certain things.
2. I would have added an overhang and possibly change the siding so it doesn't look like plywood.

Concept Map

Questions:

1. What distinguishes Civil Engineering from Architecture?

2. Identify three events in the evolution of Civil Engineering that you think are important to know and that help you understand Civil Engineering.

3. Identify three events in the evolution of Architecture that you think are important to know and that help you understand Architecture.

Answers:
1. Civil engineering is more of the structural aspect and architecture is the look and feel.
2. I would have to say the inventions and inovations of the calculator, computer software, and tools
3. Equipment that they can easlily lay out the land they want to work on, computer software, and laptops

Essential Questions 1.1

Questions:

1. How are lines, color, texture, and proportion used in the design of a structure?
2. What architectual styles are typically seen in residential design? Industrial design? Commercial design?
3. What architectural style is most common in your area? What are the common components of that style?
4. What are the neighborhood and environmental influences that determine the style of a structure in your area?

Answers:

1. They are used in the design of the structure to make it more visually appealing to certain peoples' liking.
2. In residential design, you will see a lot of the victorian style. Industrial design you will see a lot of the cubic style and commercial design you will see many types of designs, i would say more bungalow because you can mix the designs together.
3. In my area the bungalow design is most common. There are really any common components, more likely they are different in design with few similarities although not too different.
4. There really are no influences, in my addition many of the houses has different number of stories, roofing, and windows.

Shed Activity Questions

Questions:

1. When designing the shed, what is one aspect of the design process you must remember to help you be most efficient in using the computer software?

2. If you were given additional time to make a change to your design, what would you change and why?

Answers:

1. One aspect you must be able to remember is how to accurately measure the structures from the correct sides.
2. If given more time, I would add a small deck in front of my shed and as well as a nicer interior structure.

Civil Engineer/Architect Questions

Civil Engineer

1. What do you like about actually being on the job site and being able to see what is getting done?
2. Do you regret the field of engineering in which you chose?
3. How much of your work requires cooperation with others?

Architect

1. How difficult is it to start up your own company?
2. Do you ever get to actually work on the job site or are you strictly at an office or working at home?
3. How difficult is it to think of new ideas for the structures that you draw?