Read Stephen's commentary below; then view the five slides.
SLIDE ONE : This project was something that interested me because I am excited about sustainability and green energy, and this house would be able to maximize both. Living in a tiny house reduces your overall carbon footprint because it takes less energy to heat and cool it, uses less trees to make the wood that comprises the home, and teaches minimalism in all aspects.
SLIDE TWO : This is the floor plan. Though I started out with complicated measurements in order to maximize each piece of wood that would be used in building the house, I soon realized that it would complicate the building process overall, and that the best way to maximize efficiency for both cost and materials is to design a house that has a blueprint that is easy to read.
SLIDE THREE : This is the front view of the house. The beams on which the house sit are potentially composed of 8’x8” cylindrical PVC pipe filled with concrete before building. Because this is such a small house, it would be very lightweight and not have any trouble being built on this type of very cost efficient and material efficient foundation. The roof is called a barn roof, and is made so that a second floor could be inhabited to maximize living space. With a 16’x24’ upstairs living space, it nearly doubles the inhabitable space of the home.
SLIDE FOUR : This is just what I called a “Stud Plan” because it shows how the flooring would need to be placed to make sure that the beams aligned with the posts used to support it.
SLIDE FIVE : This is my materials estimate for building such a small house. This doesn’t cover the cost of the contractor, as I was assuming I would build this house myself. Designing a house is never really completed. There is always something new to learn that changes the layout or the design of the house. This is simply where I stopped thinking of new ways to innovate the house, and I invite you to design your own house, even if you only do part of it, to learn what you would want in a house, and help you find the one of your dreams. Thank you.
The following shape files have been created so researchers might locate the approximate sites of historic industrial businesses as extracted from 1898 Sanborn maps of the Wilmington, North Carolina area. The geodata for the shape files was derived from an extensive comparison of archival maps and secondary sources with modern shape files of the landscape, street and aerial images. Each group working on the project verified the data of the other to ensure accuracy.
Database Compiled by:
Amber O'Neil, Amyh Brunner, Ashley Janssen, Casey Clarke, Chris Hill, Dori Walling, Eleanor Tolliver, Hannah Painter, JoAnna Matthews, Jorgen Holmberg, Kelsey Carlson, Meghan Drum, Shanesha Reid, Shantilya Bell, Stephanie Rhodes, Tanisha Page Brown, Timothy Dillon Estep, Troy Bohler.
GIS Shape File, Verification of Shape File and Database Created by:
Amber O'Neil, Amyh Brunner, Ashley Janssen, Casey Clarke, Chris Hill, Dori Walling, Eleanor Tolliver, Hannah Painter, JoAnna Matthews, Jorgen Holmberg, Kelsey Carlson, Meghan Drum, Shanesha Reid, Shantilya Bell, Stephanie Rhodes, Tanisha Page Brown, Timothy Dillon Estep, Troy Bohler.
Editors:
Jorgen Holmberg-Editor in Chief
Dori Walling
Amber O'Neil
Ashley Janssen
Chris Hill
Amyh Brunner
Sources: Google. (2009, November 4). Google Maps. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/maps/preview?source=newuser-ws
Locative Technologies. (2004, January 1). geocoder.us: a free US address geocoder. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://geocoder.us/
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. (2010, June). Insurance Maps of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, April 1898: North Carolina Maps. Retrieved October 8, 2014, http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ncmaps/id/2431/rec/4
STUDENT AUTHORS : Christopher J. Aiken, Karin L. Brown, James Caraway, Alexandru A. Cojocaru, Andrea De Angelis, Joelle E. Jacobs, Rebecca D. Matz, Albert J. Meadowcroft, Pamela Y. Mendoza, Michael G. Ratledge, Chad M. Tait, Laura Turkal, David C. Vasallo
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