Grade 9 Students Present Their Tiny House Plan to Professional Architects
Upper School for Boys students traveled to the Seattle office of Mithun architects last Friday to get feedback on their drawings for a tiny house they plan to build for Nickelsville Georgetown Tiny House Village. The six-month project, which began in January, is part of their Architecture, Design & Government class.
Incorporating what they had learned through research about the homeless experience, a site visit to the Nickelsville Georgetown Tiny House Village on South Myrtle Street, Seattle, and a study of built tiny homes, they developed a design including dimensions, elevations, layout, interior elements, storage and more. The process included taping out the dimensions in their downtown classroom space to imagine the usage and constraints of their plan.
In a style similar to Mithun's own informal presentation and critique process, the boys pinned their drawings to a wall in a central meeting space of the open-plan office and talked through their plan, which maximized the allowed space of a tiny house and included a small porch, built-in platform and loft beds, a built-in desk and plenty of cubical storage.
The architects had lots of questions and constructive suggestions involving materials, placement of windows, pitch of roof, built-ins, and flexibility and variation of storage. Incorporating these critiques, the boys will revise their original plan before they begin construction next month.
Annie Wright is an International Baccaleaureate World School, and this project directly addresses the essential IB goals of engaging with experts in the community and turning learning into meaningful action. Stay tuned for updates.
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Incorporating what they had learned through research about the homeless experience, a site visit to the Nickelsville Georgetown Tiny House Village on South Myrtle Street, Seattle, and a study of built tiny homes, they developed a design including dimensions, elevations, layout, interior elements, storage and more. The process included taping out the dimensions in their downtown classroom space to imagine the usage and constraints of their plan.
In a style similar to Mithun's own informal presentation and critique process, the boys pinned their drawings to a wall in a central meeting space of the open-plan office and talked through their plan, which maximized the allowed space of a tiny house and included a small porch, built-in platform and loft beds, a built-in desk and plenty of cubical storage.
The architects had lots of questions and constructive suggestions involving materials, placement of windows, pitch of roof, built-ins, and flexibility and variation of storage. Incorporating these critiques, the boys will revise their original plan before they begin construction next month.
Annie Wright is an International Baccaleaureate World School, and this project directly addresses the essential IB goals of engaging with experts in the community and turning learning into meaningful action. Stay tuned for updates.
