Housing Development
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When looking at establishing a block of land, the decision around the housing is the most important decision you will make, and it can be quite trick from a sustainability viewpoint. You want to the house to be big enough that your family can comfortably live in the house, however if it is too big it mean that you will both be wasting building materials and also be taking away from your ability to grow food on your block of land.
The YourHome website is a guide to sustainable living, and sustainable home design. This website provides a range of practical advice for how you can design your house and yard to minimise the impact on the planet. |
The image below shows the spreadsheet you will need to fill out for the calculate part of the task. In the green cells you will add information you take directly from you plans. In the blue cells you will add a formula that will automatically calculate the answers based on the values added in the green cells.
Opposite is a video to show you how you can use Tinkercad to take an image of of a 2D floor plan and turn it into a accurate 3D model that can be 3D printed.