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I have been working on many things since the first drawing. For the most part, I’ve added furniture and customized walls and decorations. Computer aided design for architects has taught me many things within the last few classes. The book was thorough when explaining customizing techniques, which was an important skill. The book led me step by step on how to change the color of the walls, and add customized furniture. The course allowed enough freedom to design your own house while staying in the guidelines given. The skills taught in this course can be used around my own house. It can help decide room color, furniture placement, and space availability. The skills can also be used outside the house. It can help design landscaping, and future business buildings. Throughout the building process I’ve run into multiple problems, where I might be stuck for ten or more minutes. One of my largest problems was figuring out how to place objects on top of one another. It proved quite difficult because the book showed no solution to this issue. I found out that the answer was quite simple, with help from the teacher. I was successful on finding things throughout the architect object library, I’ve found my way around, and added a few odds and ends into my house. This will prove very useful on future building designs because I won’t have to spend time finding things. I definitely went off on my own on the project. I went ahead and changed cabinets, and furniture colorings. The wall color was one of the first things I decided to change because it added more personality to my house. Since decorating my kitchen, I’ve been working on the rest of my floor plan. A lot of adjustments were made to the family room, such as adding the staircase and the basement. This took a decent amount of time and a lot of furniture placement changes. I’ve added also added a deck and a porch. I’ve recently learned how to create stairs, decks, and put in a landscape feature. This will definitely aid me in making a more advanced house in the future. Next time I will be able to complete these tasks in a faster and more efficient time. These skills can help develop an effective deck, and stairs that work well in a smaller environment. Although I have no use for these skills now, it can help design and test efficiency of a housing plan in the future. I ran into more problems than I did in the past while developing the deck. Because the deck needed to be made a certain way, it made the process longer. Making the supports (or piers) under the deck proved to be a daunting task. Although the supports appeared to be in the right place they were completely off base. This took us nearly two classes to complete correctly. In the end we discovered the issue by examining my floor plan. I was successful in creating the landscape and creating the basement. It proved to be the easiest project within the last couple of days. Creating the foundation was definitely a nice thing to learn. It is something that I am positive that I will use in the future. Adding a basement helps maximize space without expanding the first floor. I showed creativity while designing the exterior of my house; it was one of the more exciting things to do. It also made it appear more professional. Lately in Cad for Architects we have been working on shadows. This added a lot more depth and perception to the drawing. It took virtually little to barely any time to create. I also changed where my house sat giving it a more real feel. (Not viewable) I learned how to make these shadows with the aid of the instructional book. There were a few occasions where there was confusion. This was solved with my teacher’s help. In the future, I can use this technique with other houses I build. It will help determine which way my house will face, and whether or not the location I have picked will work. These skills will help in the future by, again, determining which way the house should face. This can be done by choosing the correct time zone that the house will be placed. The program provided precise accuracy. I ran into a small problem with turning the shadows on. I had correctly set everything up but the shadows failed to appear. With a quick few clicks of the button on render view camera I had this solved. I was successful in using this tool, I added the shadows and took the final picture. I practiced numerous times on adding and changing the time zones and I think this will help me be more successful later. I was creative in taking the picture, I chose the most flattering and realistic settings.

This has been the first time working on my layout of Ferd’s Bungalow. I have completed my house and took pictures of the final product. I have learned to make an effective and easy to follow layout, the book taught me to make it formal and sophisticated. These skills will help me in the future by making actual blueprints and to display an idea in a business manner. These skills will help me project an idea or set the plans out to create a real house. I could display such a layout to businesses and companies. I ran into a problem while turning off many of the setting to make the actual building picture material. I fixed this with the help of my teacher by him telling me which settings to turn off. I was successful with the way the layout was set up because it took me little to no time at all to complete. This skill came so easy, that by the next time I use it, it will take all of 5 minutes to complete. I showed creativity by creating a somewhat unique business name in the corner of my layout.  Since my last drawing my class and I have been working on terrain contour. This required building a new house and adjusting the way the terrain curved. I built piers beneath my house to hold up my wrap around deck.I learned how to make the deck piers quicker and with more precision. This way, I had more time to work with other things around my building. This will help me in the future by cutting down the time I have to spend making these piers by hand. These skills will help me make more accurate and more effective decking. By doing this, I may be able to make more complicated and intricate designs. I ran into a problem while making the actual terrain lines. The terrain was going upwards when I wanted just the opposite. I fixed this by changing the measurements in the elevation point specification box. I was successful whilst building my deck. It took a much shorter period of time to complete this deck than past decks that I had created. This can be used in the future to decrease the amount of time it takes to create and complete my house. I showed creativity by customizing the color of my house. ﻿In CAD Architect class we have all been working on logos. This has been the first time I have tried to create one of my own. I named my company, and customized it to something that is identifiable. I learned how to make this logo, and will be able to create more detailed and appealing logos in the future. This skill will help bring a more professional feeling to my projects. This can be used in the real world by attracting possible customers to my business, whether it is CAD related or not. I ran into a lot of problems while creating the first draft of my logo. I could not create the lines required, and the correct shape. I solved this problem by making due with what I had done correctly and moved on to my final draft of my logo. I did not run into any problems while creating my final. I was successful with customizing my logo; I added designs and changed the font. Although the creativity was limited, I can use this skill with creating more unique designs in the future. I showed creativity by customizing the color of my logo and the changing the shape of my logo. 

**Water Efficiency:**

 Water Efficiency is the ability to conserve and use water in a eco-friendly way. A way I used water efficiency in my home was by installing a water efficient washing machine and toilet. I also placed aerated sinks in my home.

 **Sustainable Sites:**

 What makes a sustainable site is its conservation of greenlands. Which includes building on old farmland, old building sites, and the us age of old material. For my house, I placed it on old farmland and built it out of old material. I also tried to place my house on a hill to promote storm drainage

 **Materials and Resources:**

 Materials and resources is the reduction of waste and the usage of old material. I used an old foundation when building my house and I recycled old wood to build the frame of my house. I also recycled certain appliances in my home such as the stove and even the refrigerator.

 **Energy and Atmosphere:**

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Energy and Atmosphere is the conservation of fuels, and pure air. Instead of adding various lights to your house, add more windows. In my house I added a solar panel onto my roof to promote the use of renewable resources. I also added multiple windows to let more natural light into my house. I also installed water efficient appliances to save more energy.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> **Indoor Environmental Quality:**

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> The importance of indoor environmental quality is its ability to conserve energy and use the energy in only rooms it is needed. A way that I put this into affect was by putting multiple thermostats into different rooms and many light switches to control which lights will turn on and which ones will not when not needed.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">My house design is a two story building, meaning that there is a second floor to my house. I also used my old design due to the lack of time. When creating this house, I kept in mind the advantages and disadvantages of owning a two story home. Things to keep in mind is the cost, maintenance, accessibility for disabilities, and heating and cooling. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The cost for a two story home is more expensive than a one story, but can still run relatively cheap. Depending on the floor layout, the heating and cooling can differ in cost. The maintenance is also harder to upkeep. It is harder to access higher levels to clean and repair. On the other hand, the roofing is cheaper and there can be less to repair than a one story. The accessibility for the disabled is a major downfall for the two story and limits the people who are unable to climb stairs to the bottom floor. Although, special equipment can be added to help the mobility for the disabled for a hefty price. The heating and cooling of a two story house is relatively good. There is less of a square footage to be warmed and cooled than a widespread one story or even split level. On the other hand, cooling in hot weather isn’t as effective. I compensated for the disadvantages by realizing that none of the housing setups were perfect. I liked the extra space that the two story gave. It also looked more appealing to me from the outside of the house.