Architecture
In this assignment, I had to create an entire house from scratch which includes the floor plan, electrical plan, furniture plan, plot plan, and elevations. For this assignment, I was only given the amount of square footage for this project and I had to come up with the design and layout. First, I brainstormed the type of house I wanted to make on a scratch-paper and when I had the rooms and furniture in my head, I went to the architecture program, called AUTOCAD and started drawing on it. With the brainstorming and the ideas already planned, I simply draw the house in 2 dimensional and after drawing it, I must dimension the entire floor plan. With the basic structure of the floor plan, I am able to copy and delete the details for the electrical and furniture plan. Electrical plans include the lights, switches, and outlets. The furniture plan simply includes basic furnitures such as tables, beds, couches, desks, etc. With that being completed, I went and worked on the plot plan which gives a entire view of the land. The land would include the house itself, the backyard, garage, sewer lines, power lines, and gas lines. The most detailed part of the project is the elevations, where we have to draw the exterior view of the house, so the audience can see a preview of the house facing north, south, east, and west.
This assignment was significant for me because this was the first project of the semester and the teacher finally allows us to create our dream house for ourselves or for another client. This was meaningful because I spent my whole life watching HGTV channel, where buying, selling, and renovating houses come into screen, I wanted to be those people who creates a dream home for people and see the smile on their faces when they walk in. The impact that this assignment it brought out my creativity.
This assignment was significant for me because this was the first project of the semester and the teacher finally allows us to create our dream house for ourselves or for another client. This was meaningful because I spent my whole life watching HGTV channel, where buying, selling, and renovating houses come into screen, I wanted to be those people who creates a dream home for people and see the smile on their faces when they walk in. The impact that this assignment it brought out my creativity.
Another assignment that I did for this class involved Skills USA. Skills USA is an organization where all students of all ages can compete for the gold. For this competition, I decided to pick my only strength which is Architectural Design. Our first step is to get pass regionals, then to state, and finally to nationals. For regionals, I went to LA Trade Tech where our assignment was to renovate a house, with some given requirements. The competition lasts for 4 hours which gives me more than enough time to draw the floor, plot, and elevation plans. I simply took down some walls and give every aspects that the client (instructions) gave us. With just three hours, I finished and headed home. Months later, our teacher told me that I received bronze overall. This means I get to advance to State (San Diego) and I get a medal. This was meaningful because I finally won something in my life. This had a huge impact on my confidence because even getting bronze got me pumped up for state. Now we are just waiting to go to state which is in April.