Habitat For Humanity

In this project, I worked with a team of two others to design a home in the Tiempo Commons neighborhood of Moscow, ID for the Palouse Habitat for Humanity. We were challenged to create a two story house with about 640 square feet on each floor--a tight space for the expected 4 bedrooms. Another expectation of this project was that the final design would fit in with the common aesthetics of the houses in the area.

This project required several reworkings of our floor plans and elevation due to space constraints. I myself worked very hard on this project and did most of the work, particularly that involving the final floor plans and elevation.
The project served as a wonderful opportunity to learn just what can be done in a week, as well as what can be done with spaces as small as this. In working with Habitat for Humanity, I also learned about what makes a house cost-effective, including using modules of 2', 4', and 8', as well as stacking bathrooms and sharing water walls to reduce piping used.