Day 2
With the general design layout completed we set to work designing our own sections. For the kitchen I looked at a number of different websites e.g. ikea, Homebase, Argos. And found wickes to be the cheapest with prices as low as £25 a cabinet. Using references from the wickets website I planned out my kitchen, I initially thought about a L-shaped kitchen with two lines of storage, sink, fridge and oven, although this looked great it proved to be too costly and inaccessible for people in wheel chairs. I designed again but this time without the upper row of cabinets and a slightly smaller footprint by removing the oven and instead using a hob fitted to a counter top. This looked great and was much cheaper, however Tai informed me that because of the disability access criteria the bathroom door would have to be much wider, taking space away from the kitchen design. So I redesigned the kitchen and came up with an unattractive, unpleasing rectangular, low, and box consisting of two cupboards, a sink, a fridge and a moveable minihob. However this design is incredibly cheap at £248, leaving us with more free space and more money for the glass wall.
figure 1 initial kitchen sketch figure 2 final kitchen sketch
By this point we had all finished our designs so I gave the job of drafting a final masterplan incorporating all our designs to Charlotte while Tai researched different ways of disposing of the waste in an environmentally friendly way and I researched plaster boards and insulation. I looked at a number of cheap options but mainly focused on energy efficient and environmentally friendly ones. I decided on cellulose insulation, it’s incredibly cheap and made out of old newspaper making it environmentally friendly.
figure 3 insulation research
Samuel Lester