Creating the street of the future.

In this project you get to create your own futuristic house using a tool called Google Sketchup. Afterwards you will present your street in a website highlighting the main features of your ideas.

Street of the Future

Objectives

Know: How to create a basic house design using 3D design software Understand: Some of the different stages used during the development of a product such as a car or house Be able to: Use the tools in Google Sketchup in order to create a realistic looking house design

Street of the Future

What do these tools do?

Street of the Future

What do these tools do?

Street of the Future

What do these tools do?

How is a new car designed?

How is a new car designed?

A basic line sketch is created by an artist

The details are filled in to show things like the shape, contours and shadows

How is a new car designed?

A 3D design is created on the computer. It is easy to make changes at this stage

A clay model is built so that you can see and feel what the car will be like

How is a new car designed?

A prototype is built and tested.

If all goes well, the car will go into production.

How is a new house designed?

House designs created in Sketchup

House designs created in Sketchup

House designs created in Sketchup

House designs created in Sketchup