Versatile House

"What would be the best way to design a small versatile house?" To that question, I thought of how most of the houses were built. Most of the houses were in a rectangular shape to give the maximum space for comfortability. However, since my task is to make a small versatile house, I just thought of a simple math equation: △=1/2bh. Which helped me lead to my project. I started to make a rough draft of how I should design my house.

-Fusion 360

Before getting started, I used the Appearance tool as I went through the process. So please note that in picture examples, the colours will change through.

Making the base and pole was simple:

1. made a 75x75mm square
2. made a circle near the corners so I can make a joint for the walls can open and close
3. made a pole and used the "Assemble" and "Revolute" system to make them as a joint
4. combine the two joints on the same side together and make it as a wall

But the, I realized, If the hole was only in a circle shape, the pole wouldn't move. So I made the supporting hole into a square shape later.

To make the bathroom/storage, as I planned, I made it at the very back of the house.

1. made the back wall in a pentagon shape so the wall wouldn't intersect with the roof
2. made a vent, so the air would refresh
3. made a front wall of the bathroom/storage where the door would be
4. for the door, again, I used "revolute" in "assemble" system so the door would actually open.
5. made the side wall so short, so it won't intersect with the roof
6. cut the front wall into a pentagon shape like the back wall

I made the walls able to open and close so that if the person that is living here wants to use more space, or enjoy the sun, they will be able to open and close their walls (or roof).

For making the kitchen, since I like to put details a lot, this would be the most place i put the details into.

Making Window

1. cutting out the window to 30x47mm
2. extruded the cutted part to the length of the wall (5.56mm)
3. made it into a new body
4. combine the new body and the original wall
5. used the Appearance tool and applied the Window appearance

Making the Kitchen (sink)

1. made a rectangle that is 15x6mm
2. cut another rectangle inside (2mm)
3. using appearance tool again and filling up with water (0.5mm)
4. make a tall rectangle at the top (for making the water tap)
5. made a sketch of 1/3 of that size
6. pulled it out
7. used "fillet" tool to make the water tap smooth
8. made another long 2 rectangles for the drying rack (0.3x1.3mm)
9. extruded it to 3mm
10. repeated that once more
11. made the back boards for the drying rack by just extruding a little bit of the back part

(Induction Cooktop/Oven)

Since, this house would be made out of wood, I used an induction cooktop instead of using a gas cooktop that uses fire

1. made another rectangle
2. made four circles on the front surface of the rectangle
3. used fillet again too make it smooth
4. place another two circles to make the base of the oven handle
5. made the oven handle at the top of the two circles
6. cutted out another small rectangle at the bottom and made two shelves to place the tray
7. made a glass door to see how the food is going by using appearance tool
8. went back to the top surface and cutted a tiny rectangle and extruded it just by 0.1mm so I can use the appearance tool and make it black.

(Microwave)

1. made a big and a small rectangle
2. on the small rectangle, I cutted out another horizontal small rectangle and extruded it backwards so the person can actually put the foods in there
3. made a circle inside the space for the glass inside the microwave
4. extruded a little bit of the outside part for the door
5. put some buttons on there for options and a black screen to see how much time is left

for the rest of the space in the big rectangle, it is used as a cooking table

(Laundry)

1. made a vertical rectangle
2. on the front surface, made a cylinder hole
3. on top of the cylinder hole, I made another short cylinder and made it glass.

I made it glass because I couldn't find any clear plastics in the appearance tool.

Living room was very fun to make because I got to know more about the appearance tool.

Making Couch

Making couch was extremely easy because the shape of the couch itself is very easy to make in Fusion360.

1. As always, I started with a rectangle then cut out another small rectangle
2. used the fillet tool to make the edges smoother

Making Carpet

1. made a sketch of a rectangle
2. since I am making a carpet this time, I extruded the rectangle very slightly
3. before actually applying the appearance tool, I went to the appearance system and edited the pattern into my custom design, then applied it later.

Making Tv

1. Again, starting with a short rectangle (for the Tv stand)
2. placed a small and short rectangle on top to make the neck of the Tv
3. then placed a big but thin rectangle to make the screen of the Tv

Making Storage

Making the storage was extremely easy because, it was just simply a repetition of making rectangles then copy/paste them. I also made a slanted storage to use much as space as possible. To make sure the stuff doesn't fall, I made guards to it.

Making Bathroom

When I was making the bathroom, the most challenging part was to make the Shower Head. Since a Shower Head has a unique shape, I had to go see my own Shower Head and tried my best to analyze the shape and make it in Fusion

Making the toilet was pretty simple. I just made a rectangle and a semi-circle, then extruded and made it wide. Weirdly, I was very proud of my toilet paper because it looked pretty realistic to an actual toilet paper.

Overall, Making the bathroom/ storage was easy because it was all repetition of making rectangles, extruding, apply Appearance tool, and using Fillets.

After I have finished my house, I realized I didn't have a door or walls on the front side, so I made the door and front walls connected to the side surface of the wall. And again, I used the assemble tool and make it able to move like a real door. Then I asked for a feedback, and the feedback I got was making another window on the other side. So I added one more window on the right wall just like on the left wall.

Personally, I really enjoyed this project because, I got to know more features about Fusion 360 and increase my skills to it. Another reason was because I felt like I was an actual industrial designer and actually design a house. Next time, If I had more time and knew about the contest earlier, I would put more details and thoughts into it.