Juan Pablo Wurmser
9-4
Google Sketch-up Dream House
My dream house would be located in a heavily wooded area high up in the
Smokey Mountains near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The reason why the house is located
here is because the main idea about this dream house is the fact that it is private and
separated from densely populated and polluted cities. The purpose of this house is
spending quality time with family and friends while being isolated from intense
civilization and connected with nature.
The design for my dream house is a u-shaped exterior in which the entrance is at the
base and the two wings of the house are completely different areas. Externally, the
house is 76' ft. long, 36' ft. wide and 10' ft. tall. There is a 20' ft. long and 26' ft. wide,
empty space inside the "u". The 20' ft. long part of the space is completely made out of
glass and is directly in front of the entrance, so when someone comes into the house,
the garden, which occupies that space, is the first thing they will see. The reason for
this is so that the person coming in can feel more connected to nature and the house's
surroundings. The house has a 28' ft. long, 12' ft. wide, outdoor deck, which is directly
connected by sliding glass doors to the kitchen. The reason for this outdoor deck is to
give the people living at the house a wider sense of connection to nature.
The house's interior is divided into two different areas; the left wing, which is made up of
the master bedroom, the study room and the master bathroom. The right wing, which is
made up of the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and outdoor deck. And
finally, the entrance corridor which unites the two wings. I decided to have a dining
room because I think that it is important to have a space to sit down and enjoy a meal in
a more intimate environment, especially when they have guests for dinner. Also, I
thought it would be important to have a study room separate from the living room and
bedroom in order to have the computer and books all integrated as a knowledge area in
the house.
The slight inclination of the roof would make the snow that falls every winter, be cast out
of the roof and not be stuck on top of it. There are no glass windows in the house's roof
to prevent them from breaking with the snow's weight on them, even though the majority
of it is thrown out. The house has a glass window in every outside wall so that the
people inside can enjoy the great view that the landscape creates.
The house is designed as an open house concept, meaning that there are no walls
between the living room, kitchen and dining room. The reason why I designed the
house to be that way is the fact that I think that the members of a family or group of
friends can always interact better with each other when there are no divisions between
them, like walls or doors. Because the house is an open house concept, then the
people in it can talk and interact with one another even if they are in different rooms and
doing different activities. I decided to build this dream house this way because I think
that a dream house is not all that great if it doesn't have the potential for social
interaction while at the same time, have the privacy the family needs. I think that my
dream house has excellent potential for all kinds of family activities, whether they are
white Christmases or quiet summer evenings. My dream house is an excellent place for
a family to bond and spend quality time together.
This house would be perfect for a married couple with no kids and with jobs that can be
performed online or by phone. The house should be used by a married couple with no
children, like it was designed for, because of its private and non-private sectors. Under
certain circumstances, the house could be adapted to make an additional bedroom if
the couple did have a child, though it would take away all of the privacy of the study
room, as it would become a bedroom.
All measures in my dream house are rounded up to the nearest foot, since the Google
Sketch up cursor is too sensible and always goes over or under the measure by a few
inches or fractions of an inch.
The walls in the Google Sketch up model have no thickness, therefore I assigned a
nominal value of 1 inch of thickness in every outside wall, which are made out of stone,
and the stone is sold in cubic feet, but when multiplied by one, it becomes the same as
square feet, so the nominal value is applied as one. In real life, the person who is
constructing the house would decide the walls thickness and they would have a realistic
thickness.
My cost analysis has been made including the areas, volumes and surface areas of all
shapes and solids used in the project. It also includes a drawing of each object with
dimensions labeled. In objects have different geometric shapes, each shape has been
separated and properly measured. There is also a Cost Analysis summary, by type of
material, quantity used, cost of material and total cost.
My dream house has around 2400 Sq Ft of floor space and its total cost is $55,753.