A Recreation of a Tiny Home

Milana, Quinn, and Ysabel

5/28/19

6C

A Recreation of a Tiny Home

Our project was to make a recreated model version of a tiny house built specifically to minimize space in the house and cost of the house. We were inspired by the Blender Bike, a previous Maker Faire project. We know that house prices have gone up drastically and it’s often hard to find a place to live, on top of that, homeless people are often kicked out of their only living spaces by the police and government. Sometimes they don’t like to live in homeless shelters because they feel that it can take away some of their freedom and independence. We also wanted it to be easy for them to move and sometimes it can be dangerous to drive, so we wanted to do the recreation of the tiny house on a bike instead of a car.

One of the challenges we faced was how to make a tiny house the appropriate size, while still keeping the pricing an affordable amount. We solved this problem by calculating the pricing with reused wood which lowered the pricing down by quite a bit. Another challenge was that when making the fold out bed, it could not unfold properly because of the installation on the walls. We solved this (with a little help from Eli) by cutting the armchairs of the fold out bed to be more curved.

If we had more time, we would have made the actual trailer, managing the costs and material problems along the way. With our model, all our materials were from school, and we only had one basic material. Cardboard. It was all mapped out, with a to do list, and we didn’t actually know what it would be like if we put it out on the road. Would it crush under the weight? Would the wheels be big enough? Would it tip over? Could someone ACTUALLY get a good night's sleep in our trailer? All these questions would be answered if we made the real trailer, not just the model.

We learned that most cities have a 72 hour time limit for parking. In the early stages of researching, we thought that the parking permits would be hard to research, and that we would have to contact the government, or read through hundreds of documents. Really, it was pretty simple.

If you were to re-do our project, make sure you get your measurements correct. We learned that if even one piece that was a little bit off, it had to either be re-done, or the space filled in with hot glue. Also, remember to have it all planned out. Before the project started, we made a long to-do list. We would each do one job, and then re-group to discuss what we had learned. It was really helpful, because then everyone always had a job to do, and we always knew what we still needed to do. Just remember to never skip any steps. They’re all equally important to making a good project.

Our project consisted of all materials that were already in school, so our overall cost for the model project was $0.






All Links to Research / Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBhjpB0FfsA&t=272s

https://www.tinyhomebuilders.com/help/tiny-house-parking-guide

https://ladot.lacity.org/what-we-do/parking/can-i-park-there

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/ra/policy.htm

https://www.spotangels.com/blog/complete-guide-to-la-street-parking-rules-and-tickets/

http://latchcollective.com/tinyhousesasadus

https://www.sandiego.gov/parking/enforcement

https://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/tiny-house-building-zoning-legalities/

http://www.doyourpark.com/rv-parking-in-los-angeles/

https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/drive-park/how-avoid-parking-tickets

https://www.insuramatch.com/blog/2015/07/what%E2%80%99s-difference-between-rv-motorhome-and-camper

https://healthfully.com/335542-how-much-weight-can-a-bike-hold.html

https://www.quora.com/How-much-weight-can-be-towed-using-a-bicycle


Our Main Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o7PCH0QqyyU00fla-iZ7W_OV9VkLSZ5qdFHibsn8jjc/edit