Design - Dream Room

Problem: You have been hired by an architect to design the dream room for a 13 year old (boy or girl - your choice). The architect insists the house is for a very wealthy family, so your options for what the room looks like is completely unlimited.

Stage 1: Inquiring and analyzing

1. Explain and justify why using Google Sketchup is a good solution to the problem.

To complete this task, you should answer the following question in a paragraph:

Why is it important to design drawings of the room for your client first, using a program like google sketchup?

2. Find main points of research needed

To complete this task, you should fill in the table found on the next page.

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What to research

How to research

Priority

1= the most important

5 = the least

Start this project by learning how to use SketchUp

*www.youtube.com for specific problems

*my classmates when I want to learn something interesting

Priority: 3

Why: I need to know how to use the software but it is not the most important because I can still learn while I’m making the actual room.

How do I build a shelf?

How to use the circle tool?

Find a video tutorial on youtube

Look at the sketchup tutorials

…and so on…

...and so on...

Priority:

Why:

3. Describe other dream rooms

Conduct a secondary research investigating other dream rooms. Find examples of 3 rooms on the internet.

To complete this task:

include the picture of that room
write down information about the room (architecture, size, what’s in it).
write down why you like it - what's so interesting about it. You MUST write down which of these things you think you would like to use in your own Dream Room design.

Picture	Pros / What I liked	Cons / What I disliked	My inspirations

4. Main findings of your research

What criteria says (strand iv): present the main findings of relevant research.

To complete this task:

Write down a conclusion of ALL the research you have completed, in response to your research plan.

What to research	Answers

MYP Design Criteria

Criterion A: Inquiring and analyzing

Design
Criteria	Level
Criteria	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8
Inquiring & Analyzing	States one simple reason why Google Sketchup is a good solution to the proposed problem.	Gives basic reasons why Google Sketchup is a good solution to the proposed problem.	Explains why Google Sketchup is a good solution to the proposed problem, with success.	Explains and justifies why Google Sketchup is a good solution to the proposed problem.
	States little research needed to develop a solution to the problem.	States some research needed to develop a solution to the problem, with some guidance	States and prioritizes the research needed to develop a solution to the problem, with some guidance.	States and prioritizes the main research needed to develop a solution to the problem independently.
	States few features other dream rooms.	States some of the main features of other dream rooms that inspire a solution to your dream room.	States the main features of other dream rooms that inspire a solution to your dream room.	Describes the main features of other dream rooms that inspire a solution to your dream room.
	States some of the main findings of research	Develops a basic design brief, which outlines some relevant research	Develops a design brief, which outlines the findings of relevant research.	Develops a design brief, which presents the analysis of relevant research.