The person who is responsible for the house will have their own private space, this mini-project is our quest to maximise it!
The person (or couple) who will be responsible for (running and safeguarding) the house will live in the house because that is the only way they can empathise with the community.
The "Houseparent TinyHouse" (HT) is a Tiny House in a single room with everything a person or couple could want/need. It will include 3 distinct "zones": Sleep, Work & Relax. Features:
- Double Bed
- Wardrobe
- Attic space for off-season and excess clothes (see below)
- Ultra-comfortable 2-person sofa / chaise-longue
- Reading Light
- Desk
- Comfortable Chair
- Gas-mounted monitor (visible from sofa)
- Electric Blackout Blinds for complete darkness when sleeping.
- Security Screen Displays the "Dashboard" for the house in realtime. As with our other info screens, this will have a PIR (motion) sensor so it will only turn on in response to movement. This will both conserve energy and reduce light
Note: the HMT will not have it's own private bathroom or kitchen (as these are shared) we made a conscious decision to not make the room "en-suite" as we feel this is both wasteful in terms of space and means that the housemaster can (will) avoid seeing the shared bathrooms which they are responsible for ensuring are clean, tidy and in a good state of repair.
In addition to the self-contained "Tiny House" (room) with a Double Bed,
the HT will have permanent stairs to the attic with storage space, a "spare bed" (for guests)
and a generous skylight will give plenty of natural light into both the attic space and the bedroom.
The HT's attic will be a highly versatile and personalizable space that the person/people
The "Houseparent" is the person responsible for the house and all the people who live in it. The person will need to be well organised and know how to both follow and create instructions. We will detail their responsibilities, chores, perks and compensation in a separate document, for now just understand that this person will live in the house full-time and will need to have great living quarters with security, privacy and multi-functional space.
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housemaster
The end-user will be a member of the community who wants to level-up their learning, commitment and responsibility. We will only begin the search for the person in May 2019. Meanwhile, Inês and I (Nelson) will be the ("Alpha") Houseparents.
I will be doing all the design work from scratch / first principals. I feel that I have accumulated enough furniture making skills/practice to take on the challenge. I've watched most of the Tiny House videos on YouTube and feel that I have a really good idea of what I'm going to build.
Note: everything in the room will be modular and easily replaceable/upgradeable, so if something does not "work" during user-testing (us living there) we can easily swap it out!
This will be the first room I will work on in the house after the first bunk-bed is complete.
- 1. Take Detailed Measurements
- 2. Gather Requirements
- 3. Prepare preliminary 3D sketch in SketchUp (screen recorded)
- 4. Get initial (user) feedback for 3D Render from Inês and anyone
elseinterested in this! - 5. Create Maslow CAD (G-Code) 2D drawings for each item of furniture.
- 6. Cut
- 7. Assemble
- 8. Install
- 9. Test
- 10. Edit and upload the videos!!
My ultimate goal with this mini-project is to create an Open Source design for everything in the room/house with a "making of" video from CAD, to Maslow, to Assembly and User Testing.
I will get as much "B Roll" as possible and make it available to others for their videos.
- Living Big in a Tiny House: https://www.youtube.com/user/livingbigtinyhouse
- Kirsten Dirksen: https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen
- Exploring Alternatives: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8EQAfueDGNeqb1ALm0LjHA
- Tiny House Listings: https://www.youtube.com/user/tinyhouselistings
- etc: https://blog.feedspot.com/tiny_house_youtube_channels/
My Plan is to go through the "How?" steps above and get as much footage as possible for each step.