Design Field: Landscape Architecture
Duration of Project: 2-3 weeks
Level: Beginner (Can be completed in groups of 2 or 3 students)
Autodesk Software: AutoCAD
Skills required to complete project:
1.
UI Navigation
2.
Coordinate Entry
3.
Drawing Tools
4.
Move Objects
5.
Modify Tools
6.
Output
Challenge: Create and define a park designed to bring your community together. This public space should provide local character as well as strengthen community ties.
Design Criteria:
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Water feature
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Benches
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Walkways
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Trees
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Planting beds
Play Structure (optional)
 Lamp Posts
 Water Fountain
 Garbage (including recycling)
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Washrooms
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Parking
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Bike Racks
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Bike paths
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Gazebo
Community Garden (optional)
Project Requirements:
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Concept Sketches
 Printed AutoCAD drawing (site plan)
 Scaled Model (optional)

Design Field: Product Design
Duration of Project: 1-2 weeks
Level: Intermediate
Autodesk Software: AutoCAD
Skills required to complete Project:
1.
Grips
2.
Object Selection
3.
Layers
4.
Object Properties
5.
Linetypes
6.
Inquiry
7.
Adding text
8.
Adding Dimensions
9.
Hatch Objects
10.
Tool Palettes
Challenge: The evolution of televisions over the last several decades has been slow and steady. Every year, as true as the seasons, TVs have gotten bigger and more complex.
Unfortunately, so have the remotes that come along with them. Your challenge is to design the perfect TV remote controller.
Design Criteria:
 Must be able to operate a TV
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Power button
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Change the channel
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Adjust the volume
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Minimum center-to-center distance for each bottom 0.4 inches
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Controller body to consist of 2 pieces
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Battery operated
Project Requirements:
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Concept and Scaled Sketches
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Printed AutoCAD drawing (front and side view)
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3d AutoCAD drawing (optional)
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Actual size fabricated model (optional)

Design Field: Product Design
Duration of Project: 2 weeks
Level: Advanced (Can be completed in groups of 2 or 3 students)
Autodesk Software: AutoCAD
Skills required to complete the project ( In addition to the beginner/ intermediate projects lists):
1.
Design Center
Challenge: When you think of speakers, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
While many are used to visualizing speakers as cumbersome, boxy sound-producing devices, that perspective might just have to change as more compact speakers are being introduced to the market. Today’s industrial designers are creating design solutions that stretch the limits of a speaker set in terms of portability and aesthetic values.
Design Criteria:
 Can consist of 1 or 2 separate pieces
 Wireless
 On/Off control
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Adjust volume
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Grill
Project Requirements:
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Concept Sketches
 Printed AutoCAD drawing (orthographic views)
 3d AutoCAD drawing (optional)
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Scaled Model (optional)

Design Field: Architecture
Duration of Project: 1-2 weeks
Level: Beginner
Autodesk Software: Revit
Skills required to complete project:
1. User Interface
2. Create Walls
3. Modify Walls
4. Drawing Window
5. Navigation Control
6. Project Files
7. Open Existing Revit Drawing
8. Create a New Revit Project
9. Save
10. View Control and View Types
11. Create Doors and Door Properties
12. Modify Doors
13. Create Windows
14. Modify Windows
15. Create Roofs & Floors
16. Roof Types
17. Modify Tools
18. Snaps
Challenge: Described as “an experiment in self-contained small impact living,” tiny homes can provide freedom for those who embrace this lifestyle. This movement examines the lifestyles of those who search for self-sufficiency and minimalism in the form of making homes in small spaces.
Design Criteria:
 Maximum 400 square feet
 List of all materials to be used
 Front door
 Include windows
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Kitchen area
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Bathroom
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Roof
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Sleeping area
Project Requirements:
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Concept Sketches
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Printed AutoCAD drawing (front, rear and side elevations)
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Printed AutoCAD drawing (floor plan)
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Scaled Model (optional)

Design Field: Architecture
Duration of Project: 3-4 weeks
Level: Intermediate
Autodesk Software: Revit
Skills required to complete project ( In addition to the beginner skills list):
1. Place Components and Properties
2. Families
3. Stair Types and Properties
4. Stair Placement Options
5. Railing Types and Properties
6. Railing Placement Options
7. Text
8. Dimensions
9. Tags
10. Create Schedule
11. Create Sheet
12. Place Views
13. Print Sheets
14. Rendering
Challenge: In Fallingwater, Wright captured the perfect essence of our desire to live with nature, to dwell in a forested place and be at home in the natural world” (Edgar
Kauffman Jr.). Your task is to create your own Fallingwater!
Design Criteria:
 Site plan to be provided
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Maximum 1500 square feet
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2 exterior doors
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1 or 2 levels
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Windows
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Kitchen (based on a working triangle)
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1 – 4 pieces bathroom
Fireplace
 Front porch and rear deck
 Roof
 Closets and storage
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Garage (optional)
Project Requirements:
 Concept Sketches
 Printed AutoCAD drawing (front, rear and side elevations)
 Printed AutoCAD drawing (site plan and floor plan)
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Scaled Model (optional)

Design Field: Urban Planning
Duration of Project: 3-4 weeks
Level: Advanced (Can be completed in groups of 2 or 3 students)
Autodesk Software: Revit
Skills required to complete project ( In addition to the beginner and intermediate skills lists):
1. Definitions
2. Create Grids
3. Place Columns
4. Modify Grids and Columns
Challenge: As the number of people living in cities continues to grow, architects, and planners are struggling with how to increase density while keeping down costs and retaining public spaces. Your housing complex will be an alternative to the traditional apartment block where urban living can exist with quality of life - providing a sense of community to its inhabitants.
Design Criteria:
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Site plan to be provided
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Minimum of 6 detached buildings
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3 or 4 storey buildings
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Exterior design only (interior floor plan optional)
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Exterior stairs
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Balconies
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Minimum of 3 exterior cladding materials
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Windows
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Roof
 Parking
 Landscaping
Project Requirements:
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Concept Sketches
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Printed AutoCAD drawing (front, rear and side elevations)
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Printed AutoCAD drawing (site plan and floor plan)
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Scaled Model (optional)

Design Field: Product Design
Duration of Project: 1-2 weeks
Level: Beginner
Autodesk Software: Fusion 360
Skills required needed to complete project:
1. User Interface
2. Dashboard
3. Data Panel
4. Begin a new design
5. Create and Edit Sketches
6. Create a Solid Model
7. Use Mirror and Radial Symmetry
8. Fillet and Chamfer
9. Add edges and points to your t spline body
10. Use the subdivide command
11. Use the Push Pull Command
12. Use the Delete Command
13. Use Sketches to create Solid models
Challenge: Chairs combine form and function in a way that is easy for consumers to digest but incredibly difficult for designers to perfect inasmuch as they encompass many of the challenges of design-—engineering, material choice, production method, style, and functionality—in one small package. Your challenge is to design the perfect chair!
Design Criteria:
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Design must consider ergonomics
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Single seating
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Must have a back
Project Requirements:
 Concept Sketches
 Printed Fusion 360 drawing (4 perspective views)
 Printed Render Images
 Scaled model (optional)
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3D printed scale model (optional)

Design Field: Product Design
Duration of Project: 1-2 weeks
Level: Intermediate
Autodesk Software: Fusion 360
Skills required to complete project ( In addition to the beginner skills list):
1.
Begin with imported data
2.
Construct work planes
3.
Trim and extend in the patch environment
4.
Use the pattern and mirror commands
5.
Use the pull command
6.
Use the shell command
7.
Create simple, axial and joint origins
8.
Complete a motion study for your assembly
Challenge: Bicycle helmets were introduced to protect the brain and neck from injuries associated with cycling. In addition to the safety aspect, the design of the bicycle helmet must also consider comfort and aesthetics. Your challenge is to design a bicycle helmet, which incorporates all three features: safety, comfort and aesthetics.
Design Criteria:
 Exterior shell
 Interior padding
 Adjustable
 Secured by a strap
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Venting
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Aerodynamic design
Project Requirements:
 Concept Sketches
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Printed Fusion 360 drawing (4 perspective views)
 Printed Render Images
 3D printed scale model (optional)

Design Field: Product Design
Duration of Project: 2 weeks
Level: Advanced (Can be completed in groups of 2 or 3 students)
Autodesk Software: Fusion 360
Skills required to complete project ( In addition to the beginner and intermediate skills lists):
1.
Introduction to CAM and toolpaths
2.
Use tangent handles
3.
Begin design with concept images
4.
Create t-spline pipes
5.
Import meshes into your design
Challenge: "The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart" (Iris
Murdoch, The Red and the Green). Your task is to design a bike.
Design Consideration: To begin, you will need to select the type of bike you would like to design. Example: Mountain Bike
Design Criteria:
 Front and rear brakes
 Seat
 Handlebars
 Frame (size to be determined)
 Tires/Rims (size to be determined)
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Crank/pedals
 Gearing/Chain
Project Requirements:
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Concept Sketches
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Printed Fusion 360 drawing (3 orthographic views)
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Printed Fusion 360 drawing (4 perspective views)
 Printed Render Images
 3D printed model (optional)