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CFS 349 Mid-Term Project
Spring, 2002
| Your mid-term
project is to design a play house for two children, girls ages eight and five. You have been commissioned to do this project by the children's wealthy
eccentric uncle. He is a great fan of Richardsonian
Romanesque (1870-1895) architecture* especially
the Amelia S. Given Library in Mt. Holly Springs, PA. He would like you to commune with the
spirit of the builders
(James T. Steen from Pittsburgh),
either through a spiritual medium or through research, and design a
structure that they would have created given the following parameters and
constraints: |

http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/ransom.html
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The grading sheet below will be turned in with your assignment.
Grading Sheet, Midterm
Project, CFS 349
February, 2002
Name
_________________________________________
Line quality: |
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Excellent |
Good |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
Neatness: |
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Excellent |
Good |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
Lettering: |
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Excellent |
Good |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
Layout |
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Excellent |
Good |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
Accuracy: |
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Excellent |
Good |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
Richardsonian Romanesque
look |
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Excellent |
Good |
Average |
Below Average |
Poor |
(Checks on
plan)
Requirements of the design |
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The foot print
of the building no larger than 120 square feet. |
yes |
no |
Standard
materials used (i.e., 2x4 lumber) in the construction. |
yes |
no |
Constructed to
withstand earth quakes. |
yes |
no |
Western
platform frame construction using wood. |
yes |
no |
The foundation
either pier and beam or slab. |
yes |
no |
The roof gable
or hip (not flat). |
yes |
no |
Details shown
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yes |
no |
Wood exterior.
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yes |
no |
A work of art
that children can enjoy. |
yes |
no |
Requirements of the drawings: |
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Floor plan |
yes |
no |
Roof plan |
yes |
no |
Four exterior
elevations |
yes |
no |
An isometric
detail showing the construction of the floor, walls and roof. |
yes |
no |
One other
drawing that emphasizes a particularly interesting feature. |
yes |
no |
Scale shown |
yes |
no |
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All parts
labeled on the isometric drawing. |
yes |
no |
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Submitted on
one page as a blue line copy. |
yes |
no |
Border line and
title block shown. |
yes |
no |
Adequate
dimensions. |
yes |
no |
Correct symbols
used |
yes |
no |
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Other
comments:

*"The style was named for Henry Hobson Richardson
(1838-1886). It is a revival style based on French and Spanish Romanesque
precedents of the 11th century. (Romanesque preceded Gothic in European
architecture.) Richardson's style is characterized by massive stone walls and
dramatic semicircular arches, and a new dynamism of interior space. Continuity
and unity are keynotes of Richardson's style. The Richardsonian Romanesque
eclipsed both the IInd Empire Baroque and the High Victorian Gothic styles;
the style had a powerful effect on such Chicago architects as Louis Sullivan
and Frank Lloyd Wright, and influenced architects as far away as Scandinavia."
http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/ransom.html
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You will
draw a floor plan, a roof plan, four exterior elevations, an isometric detail showing the
construction of the floor, walls and roof and one other drawing that emphasizes a
particularly interesting feature of your design. This last drawing can be any type you
choose (i.e., another isometric, a perspective, and a section) Use 1/2" scale for the
drawings. The uncle needs to be convinced that you know what you are doing, so label all
the parts in the isometric drawing. Include all necessary details and measurements so that
your drawings could be used to build this playhouse. Submit your drawing on one page as a
blue line copy. Include a border line and title block.
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