ENDS 116 Project 1

ENDS Project 1 focuses on creating a behavioral setting using BIM (Building Information Modeling). It is a good example of how energy efficient architecture can affect costs, maintenance, and overall efficiency of design in the simplest of sites. This particular site, home to two potential residential houses, is located in Bryan, TX. The larger of the houses is designed for a family of four while the smaller houses a single woman, mid twenties. To accomplish a sustainable design, the following are a few of the important things taken into account: location, orientation, privacy, material availability and purpose, prevailing wind, the lake view, etc. Inside the houses is one particular piece of custom designed furniture that is practical and efficient in it's own right. All pieces come from the same 4'x8' sheet of wood, all joints are friction fit, and disassembly leaves compact, flat wood parts that are inexpensive to ship.