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ContentsDesign Brief......................................................................................................................................3

The problem......................................................................................................................................3

Criteria for success.........................................................................................................................3

Limitations.....................................................................................................................................3

Brainstorming the things a Bushwalker’s hut would need................................................................4

Examples of Bush Huts......................................................................................................................5

Cutting List.............................................................................................................................................6

Construction Steps................................................................................................................................6

Tools and materials necessary to complete this Bush Hut:...............................................................6

Method..............................................................................................................................................6

Time plan...............................................................................................................................................8

Evaluation..............................................................................................................................................9

Bibliography.........................................................................................................................................10

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Design Task 2Bush walkers Hut

Bushwalking is a popular pastime for people of all ages in Australia. In National parks all over Australia bush walking tracks can be found.Tracks range in length from a few kilometres to those extending many kilometres and taking a number of days to complete.On the longer tracks basic overnight facilities are sometimes provided to allow people to sleep relatively comfortably without the need to erect tents. Your task will be to design an environmentally friendly bush walker’s hut. The hut should be designed to blend in with the local environment.A three dimensional model of the final design for the hut will be produced.

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Design Brief

The problem My task is to create and design an environmentally friendly bushwalker’s hut. It will need to blend in with the local environment [Australian bush]. Then, after I have finished, I need to make a 3D model.

Criteria for success Must blend in with Australian bush Must provide a place for up to 6 people to sleep in Must have a small bathroom Could provide a basic campfire basic area A small outside veranda Must provide access to water Could have a broom and other cleaning essentials provided Floor must have a hard floor [wooden?] Must be waterproof It will need a bench table Be about two/three rooms in all [bathroom, sleep area, and eating/anything else room]

Waterproof Hard floor Elevated Clean Dry Simple first-aid kit Insect etc. proof Warm [mostly] A fireplace Places to sleep Accessible up to 6 people Small bathroom Couple of benches and chairs Comfortable

Limitations The funding available Time needed to complete taskMaterials available to useThe tools available for useMy construction skills

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Research

Brainstorming the things a Bushwalker’s hut would need

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Fireplace

Bathroom

Comfortable

Insect proof

Elevated

Dry, clean

Places to sleep

Warm

Fresh water

Examples of Bush Huts

(Slobodzian, 2012)

(Flickr)

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Has gutter, tank for water and pipe

Has corrugated iron roof

Elevated off ground

Has a fireplace

Has about two rooms in all

Veranda

Has tank for water

Has nice veranda

Is simple, with about 2 rooms

Has sufficient cover

Overall design is good

Has simple design

Blends in with environment

Looks pleasant at once

Construction uses simple

materials

Cutting ListPart Length, Width, Thickness Number Required

Long side 150x100x3 2Short side 130x100x3 2Roof Ends 130x (length) x60 (height) 2

Stilts 20x20x20 4Base and Ceiling 150x130x3 2

Construction Steps

Tools and materials necessary to complete this Bush Hut: A coping saw A tenon saw Garnet paper A metal ruler A lead pencil for the measurement A MDF wood Radiata pine wood PVA Adhesive Trysquare A hot glue gun Drill press Stainless steel nails Hammer

Method1) Mark sides for long sides using a ruler, MDF wood and a lead pencil.2) Cut them out using a Tenon saw3) Mark the sides for the short sides using the same tools and wood as above, and

then cut them out with a tenon saw.4) Mark out the base and the ceiling and them cut them out. Then do the same for

the roof ends.5) Pencil out the windows and doors using a lead pencil and a trysquare6) Using a drill press, bore holes in each corner of the doors and windows7) Cut out the doors first and then the windows with a coping saw. (Cut the door

from the ground)8) Sand the edges and rough surfaces smooth with Garnet Paper

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9) Cut out two wall supports for each side, and then glue them onto the side, leaving a little space between each. Do this to all of your pieces- roof ends need one support, long and short sides need two each side, Base and Ceiling both need two each side, so for them eight altogether.

10) Glue and nail wall supports11) Nail the base and the first long side together. Then do the same for the other

long side and the first short side.12) One you have done that, glue and nail both of the now joined sides to each other

to form a square or an open hut 13) Glue and nail the ceiling onto the top of the hut.14) Glue and nail the roof ends onto each of the short sides on top of the ceiling.15) Get both sides of the roof and nail then together to form a peak16) Use the hot glue gun to seal any spaces between the roof where both sides join17) Hot glue the roof onto the roof ends18) Upturn the hut and hot glue the stilts on all four corners of the hut’s base, and

you are done.

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Time planTask Description Weeks

Design brief Problem, criteria, limitations Three weeks

Investigating Research Three weeks

Thinking Analysing research and making draft cardboard Bush hut

Three weeks

Choosing Selecting final design Four weeks

Making Building bush hut Six weeks

Evaluation Evaluating design against the criteria

Two weeks

Gantt Chart

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Thinking

Choosing

Making

Evaluating

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EvaluationHow well I think I did; anything I would change if I were it make my Bush Hut again.

Waterproof: Yes, I would generally consider my Bush Hut waterproof. It has minimal cracks in the sides and roof parts where joined, especially if another sealant (apart from hot glue, which is waterproof) and a waterproof glaze were applied to the hut externally.

Hard floor: It certainly has a valid hard floor, made of wood and supported off the ground by four stilts.

Elevated: Yes, my Bush Hut is effectively elevated.

Clean: Well, that cannot be proved yet, but I would say that yes, it has the capacity to appear small enough; the right ‘build’ for cleanliness

Dry: Yes, my Hut is dry and stays dry

Insect etc. proof: Yes, as it has small windows which later on I would have covered with a fly screen, and tall thin doors which would each have a screen door.

Places to sleep: Yes, my Hut was designed to have room for sleeping areas. The plan was 2-3 sleeping areas, a stove run by solar energy, a fireplace, and a small dining area.

Accessible up to 4 people: Perhaps. I would increase the size a bit if I was going to make it again.

Couple of benches and chairs: It has room for a few benches and chairs, although if I were to remake my bush hut I would make the overall design slightly larger and divided into two rooms, rather than one.

Comfortable: It visually appears comfortable as it is small, especially if it were to have furnishings added.

Must blend in with Australian bush: Yes, it was specially designed to blend in with the bush and it still does just that, and I think it would if you were to build it in the middle of the Australian bush, it would blend in quite well.

Is there anything I would change if I were to rebuild my hut? Well, I am relatively happy with my bush hut and I think there is not anything I would improve it, apart from increasing the size and perfecting the measurements which I had to adjust slightly by sanding them down with garnet paper.

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BibliographyBush Craft USA . (n.d.). Retrieved March 2012, from www.bushcraftusa.com:

http://www.bushcraftusa.com/

Bush Craft USA. (n.d.). www.bushcraftusa.com. Retrieved March 20, 2012, from http://www.bushcraftusa.com/

Flickr. (kein Datum). Flickr . Abgerufen am 21. March 2012 von www.flickr.de: http://www.flickr.de/photos/39345956@N02/3744444931/

Slobodzian, S. (2012, January 16). Manitoba Historical society. Retrieved March 21, 2012, from MHS.com: http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=simple+bush+homestead&start=342&um=1&hl=de&safe=off&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=SneZn-4RtIWIfM:&imgrefurl=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/37/corkclifftour.shtml&docid=pL0J6VYBz4U10M&imgurl=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_histor

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