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HOUSING PORTFOLIO CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS Chapter 1 & 2: You have decided to enter a contest sponsored by the Advanced Housing Study Committee. The committee is interested in finding new ideas for housing. The theme of the contest is “Designing the Ideal House.” To enter the contest: A. Describe in 150 words or less a new home that would be ideally suited for the 21st century. B. Try to describe a home that could be used by many types of families or that could be changed to adapt to a family’s needs. C. Include facts about societal changes that support your design. D. Entries will be judged on practicality and originality. Chapter 4: In 1587, a second group of English settlers tried to colonize Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. Three years later, the settlers had vanished. You are a historical investigator hired by a relative of one of the lost settlers to find some clues about the living conditions for those who lived there. Using reference materials and the Internet, research the type of housing these people set up on Roanoke Island. Write a report for your client. Chapter 5: You have been hired to create a brochure to be given to visitors to a historic home. (Choose a home in your area or work from an Internet site.) The brochure should include information on life when the house was built, its architectural details, and any modifications later made to the building. Include photos or drawings to enhance the brochure. Chapter 13: Your client is an insurance agent who is leasing space in a new office building. She has hired you to design a waiting area for her clients. The agent tells you that most of the time the room would be used by no more than three or four people. She wants them to feel comfortable, but also wants to convey that they can trust her with their business. The waiting area is 8ft. x 12ft. Write an essay describing the ideas you would present to her. Address all of the elements of design in your comments: space, line, form, texture, and color. Chapter 14: You’ve been hired to plan a color scheme for a spacious, sunny great room in a contemporary-style home. This combined kitchen and family room is the central activity zone for your clients and their six-year-old twin boys. They want new furniture and floor coverings and are willing to have the walls and kitchen cabinets painted. Existing colors include a red brick fireplace, dark green kitchen countertops that resemble marble, and a white range and refrigerator. Create a sample board that shows your proposed color scheme. In writing, explain why you selected these colors. Place your completed sample board and explanation in your portfolio. Chapter 15: You are helping a couple whose five-year-old grandson is coming to live with them. Their spacious guest bedroom currently has a neutral color scheme with creamcolored carpeting, but they want it redesigned as a permanent bedroom for their grandson. Prepare a list of questions you might ask the clients. What questions would you like to ask the child? Decide on possible responses. From your mock interview, write a description of the room you would propose. Include as many elements and principles of design as possible, focusing on scale, emphasis, color texture, form, and space. Cut photos from magazines and catalogs and sketch your ideas to illustrate your presentation to the family. Chapter 16: Your client has converted a 12ft x 15ft. sunporch into a guest bedroom. This will mainly be used every winter by her mother who lives with her for several months. Her mother occasionally relies on a cane when she walks. She enjoys quilting and watching the birds in the backyard. Blues and peaches are her favorite colors. Although the contractor tied the room into the home’s existing heating and cooling system, it is slightly cooler than the rest of the house. The new bedroom’s large window faces the north. Submit a proposal identifying the materials and colors you would suggest for the floor, walls, ceilings, and window treatments. Sketch the window treatment you select. Write an explanation of your choices. Chapter 17: Choose one furniture style on which you will become an “expert.” Using print or Internet resources, research information on the style. Study examples of the various stages of that style. Find information that will help you do the following: A. Discuss the historic, economic, and social highlights of the time period when the style originated. B. Discuss previous styles that influenced the style. C. Collect illustrations of and describe the style. Share your information by giving an oral report with visual aids. Chapter 18: Casual Living, a new furniture manufacturer, has hired you to design an advertisement for its recliner lounge chair. The advertisement will run in several home magazines. Keep the following information in mind as you prepare the art and the words for the advertisement. The chair—for everyday use—is attractive, comfortable, and durable. The company’s market research shows that working men and women over age 30 is the primary market for the chair. Begin by reviewing other advertisements for furniture. Then design your ad, making sure to include the following elements: A. A sketch of the recliner lounge chair with a member of the target market using it. B. A description of the materials and construction methods used. Include types of joints. C. A brief summary of what benefits the chair offers the buyer. DESIGN DETAILS Picture window Pediment French door Rail fence Chimney cap Cornice Dormer window Columns Gable Portico Terrace Bay window Balcony Transom Palladian window Door Sidelight Chimney Casement window Downspout Ridge Picket fence Louvers Step or stair Post lamp Roof Porch Gutter Double hung Window Fanlight Housing: Floor Covering Report Scoring Guide for Report CHOICES: 1. Tile floor coverings 2. Carpet floor coverings 3. Wood floor coverings 4. Vinyl floor coverings REQUIREMENTS: One page summary Choose one Tell why you chose that particular floor covering Back it up with a reason What room the floor covering would work best in What are the good and bad qualities Typed List sources 25 points Housing Semester Final Review 1. Vocabulary words to know: Barrier-free- Gingerbread- Cornice- Space as related to elements of design- Scale- Repetition (principle of design)- Ell- Pediment- Modular furniture- Reeding- Wicker furniture- Intensity- Complement (color schemes)- Valance- Pile (carpet)- Pilaster- Gradation- Asymmetrical balance- Symmetrical balance- Archaeologist- Gable roof- Gambrel roof- Garrison- Triadic color scheme- Split-complementary color scheme- TintShadeUnity- 2. What type of shelter can be moved? 3. What type of home does a family in the beginning stage of the life cycle need? 4. What does society consider to be the most important factor in the design of housing? 5. What country did the half-timbered house originate from? 6. What was a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution on American housing? 7. An important design element of the International style is? 8. What effect does texture of an object have on its size? 9. What feeling is conveyed by smooth velvets and heavy brocades? 10. What illusion is created by low sofas and bookshelves in a room? 11. Why are black, white, and gray not on the color wheel? 12. What is color harmony? 13. How is the color white formed? 14. Is there a sequence of colors on a color wheel? 15. How do you increase the intensity of a color? 16. How do you achieve an n overall harmonious effect with principles of design? 17. Which is more attractive, unified or a design that lacks unity? 18. Are scale and proportion the same? 19. Does architectural design need to be in proportion? 20. What are the most common wall coverings? 21. What are some common floor coverings used in homes today? 22. How important is batch number in buying wallpaper? 23. Do chairs of William and Mary period reflect a strong Asian influence? 24. What classifies a piece of furniture as antique? 25. What are some characteristics of Jacobean style furniture? 26. Which is more difficult to repair, metal furniture or wood? 27. What determines the strength of a joint? 28. What are our physical needs? 29. What are some signs of status in housing? 30. What is an extended family? 31. What are some of the types of shelters used by the first American colonists? 32. What group was responsible for bringing the log cabin design to America? 33. What material is made out of cement, sand, and lime? 34. What are some features of a mansard roof? 35. What was the style developed by Thomas Jefferson that was commonly used in government buildings? 36. What date in time was Queen Anne popular? 37. What feeling is conveyed by large, open spaces? 38. What are the elements of design? 39. What are some of the purposes of backgrounds? 40. Grin test is used for what? 41. How can you make a ceiling appear higher? 42. How can window treatments help control the home environment? 43. What is a trestle table? 44. What are some characteristics of Shaker style furniture design? 45. What are some advantages of veneered plywood? 46. What are some advantages of metal furniture? 47. Why are finishes applied to wood? 48. What are some characteristics of a top quality mattress? 49. What is the most common material used for furniture such as chests desks, or tables? Early Home Design Picture Album TaskIf you wanted to show someone what you looked like as an infant, you could show the person a photo of yourself from a family picture album. You are about to put together a picture album of home design in North America through the establishing of the Thirteen Colonies by European settlers. Your album will display the many faces of home design. It will also show that many of these early traditions in home building have survived into this century. PurposeYour purpose is to show what early homes looked like and how many of these building styles still exist today. ProcedureRead through Chapter 5 of your textbook, noting boldfaced terms and any drawings or photographs of homes. The boldfaced terms will remind you of important features of homes during this period, as well as the name of these features. Choose 4 pictures of homes in your textbook to draw. Once you have created your pictures for your part of the album, write captions for each image. The captions should include: 1, The style or type of home (log cabin, tepee) 2. The time period of the particular home. 3. The place of origin of the people who created this style. 4. Important features of the style, as well as any function feature serves. Housing Quiz (10 pts) Frank Lloyd Wright 1. What is the style that Frank Lloyd Wright is noted for? 2. What are some characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture? Name at least three. 3. Why was Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture considered to be ahead of its time? 4. What did Frank Lloyd Wright say counted most about a building? 5. What building was one of Wright’s greatest professional accomplishments outside of this country? 6. The building of the Robey House in 1908 marked the end of the “prairie decade”. How was the Robey house described? 7. What building did Wright design in his “Second Era” that forced technology to keep up with design? 8. Is there a sign on this building? Bonus: 2 pts. What was the name of the home Wright built on his northern sanctuary “Shining Brow” after leaving Oak Park, Illinois? HOUSING & INTERIOR DESIGN Write the color that comes to mind-CoalOceanHotCautionWinterSadnessForestSummerArmyInkBananaAngerCloudsMoneyDangerSunsetRoyaltyDeathColdFear-