Sustainable Development around the world

Tiny Apartment in Hong Kong• http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/worlds

-green-homes/

Swiss Solar House

Toronto Prefab• “To manufacture (a building or section of a building,

for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled.”

Metamorphisis in Chile

Make it right foundation – New Orleans• http://www.makeitrightnola.org/index.php/work_p

rogress/mir_homes/• Highlighting important information in an article– Let’s practice with the article on New Orleans.

Do Now

• Take out your City Worksheet• Take out your 20 technologies worksheet• Make sure you and your partner’s names are

on each worksheet

Ms. Simmons is collecting both for a grade

Blueprint Criteria• This includes a drawing of what it will look like on

the outside and a blueprint of the inside. – Include an outside view– How many rooms and floors your house is going to have• Approximate size of your house in square feet

– I would suggest nothing larger than 1500-2000 ft2

• The blueprint is neat and organized. • Make sure you have 10-15 different technologies

numbered, named and a picture is drawn for each. • All rooms have labeled believable dimensions• All windows, doors and rooms are clearly labeled

Floor Plans/Blueprint Examples

Floor Plans/Blueprint Examples

Floor Plans/Blueprint Examples

Floor Plans/Blueprint Examples

Floor Plans/Blueprint Examples

Materials for your model• Cardboard (boxes, shoe boxes, etc.)• Foam board/poster board• Old magazines to cut out pictures (appliances)• Plastic bottles• Fake plants/vegetation• Wood• Scraps from Lowes/Home Depot flooring department• Paint• Paper mache • Doll house items• Hobby Lobby/Michael’s/Jo Ann’s/your house/Lowe’s