Project Help! I Need to "Make" an Office (Please Open)?
Question:I have a project for math that involves making an office related to my career choice.
As I am in International Business and Marketing I chose to do a marketing firm, modeled after a real estate workplace.
My plan is this picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/d...
The picture isn't to scale or anything, but it's basically what it should look like. I can do the math and figure out the walls' area, etc, but I can't figure out what to make it out of.
It's a solo project, so I'd like some suggestions on how I can survive this multi-grade project.
In contrast to that, I may also show pictures of what the office would look like, rather than make a model.
I have three basic questions:
What is the average space for an office of the type I drew, and it there a webite where I can get more information?
What can be used to make the model? or
Is there a program that will allow me to draw out the office, and it will give me 3-D representations?
Answers:
1.) Offices vary a lot in size and scale. You'll need to do your own research on that.
2.) Use white foam board (available at art supply/craft stores) and hot glue. FOM-COR is one brand name. This is one material a lot of architects use for many basic models and studies.
3.) Try Google SketchUp. It's free and will do what you need. there is of course a learning curve involved.
Good luck.
First of all, good job on your basic plan! Do you need to have a receptionist, someone to greet people as they come in? That person would need to be located away from the others. Also, you forgot a few thing: bathrooms, a maintenance (mop, vacuum) closet, and also storage area for office supplies, paper, etc. Do you plan to have a central file location? Otherwise you did great. I don't know of any "cheap" software (I'm sure you can do an internet search for that). Keep up the good work, and one day you may be a designer (and yes, they make big bucks!)
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