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week 9: Concept statement, and Diagrams

This week, we look a number of new forms of drawings and project processes that are going to be useful as we continue the development of our container home designs. Although some of the concepts were familiar to me, there were others that were new and proved to help me better understand how to organize a space more effectively. 

One concept that was familiar to me was the concept statement. This is a concept that I have used in the past on some projects, so it was comfortable to work with it again. This concept helps to ensure that the entire design is tied together by a single idea or vision.  Each of these concepts plays a significant part in the early stages of the design, especially in relation to the planning.


Adjacency matrix is a tool that can be employed to plan and arrange the relationship between various rooms within a given space. This tool can be represented in a table format that indicates the level of desirability for two given rooms to be adjacent to one another. This helps in making better decisions regarding room planning and functionality before a floor plan is drawn. 



We also learn about bubble diagrams. This type of diagram uses rough shapes, or “bubbles,” to define a space within a design. The relative size of a bubble will be an estimate of the possible size of a room or space within a design. The bubbles can be moved around freely to help create a better understanding of the way that spaces within a room will relate to one another. This allows a designer to think about a space in general terms and to consider what types of spaces will be needed within a particular project.



Block diagrams are a further refined version of bubble diagrams. While bubble diagrams rely on a rough estimation of space, a block diagram starts to think about the actual dimensions and square footage of each room. Once the size of each space is considered and the placement of each space within the home, a block diagram begins to take the design a step further into a more exact plan. This is a step that begins to take the design from a conceptual space into a space that is easily recognizable in terms of proportion, scale, and function.














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  1. Professor VanderNoordaa22 de marzo de 2026 a las 12:11 p.m.

    Ruth,
    Excellent summary! 50/50 points

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  2. Makayla Olar22 de marzo de 2026 a las 8:10 p.m.

    Ruth!! I loved your summary of this week. Also, I love the route you took with your sketch! It looks so organic. Great job!!

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