Coach V's cottage By: Alwien Koster

To start off this project of creating an ideal cottage for Coach V, we had to draw some blueprints like real architects. We had to draw one of the front view, side view and a blueprint of how it looks from the top, or called a birds view.

Image of the front view blueprint
Image of the side view blueprint
Image of the birds eye view blueprint

After we drew our blueprints we had to actually design our house on Tinker Cad. Tinker Cad is a program/website where you can design a model that you can eventually 3D print. Here are some pictures of what the cottage on Tinker Cad looked like.

Snip of the front of the cottage, the roof, and the side on Tinker Cad.
Snip of the front of the cottage on Tinker Cad. (like drawn on Blueprint; front view)
Snip of the side of the cottage on Tinker Cad. (like drawn on Blueprint; side view)
Snip of the top of the cottage on Tinker Cad, without roof. (like drawn on Blueprint; birds eye view)

After we "tinkered" our cottages, to scale, it was time for the hardest part. Calculating the cost for the whole cottage. We had to find out the cost for the Celestial blue paint, for the outside. The cost for the shingles, for the roof. And of course the cost for the heating of the whole house, to keep yourselves warm during the Canadian winter.

Volume of the house to find out the cost for the heating.
Surface area of the cottage to find out the cost for the Celestial Blue paint.
Surface area of the cottage roof to find out the cost for the roof shingles.
Total cost for the whole cottage

To conclude this whole project, I have made a 10 by 10 cottage with a master bedroom, a baby bedroom and a bathroom. I have also included an open kitchen with an island in the middle. I have included a dining room and a living room with a big sofa and a nice fireplace. Overall I really liked this project because it allowed us to be creative and apply all of our math skills to it.

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