Good morning, Good afternoon, and Good evening. 

Wherever you are, welcome to my sixth and final In-Depth post! My In-Depth Project is about how we can design buildings so that they are fully accessible to anyone with a disability. 

Project Progress Report 

In my last meeting with Annerieke, we talked about the different types of building materials that buildings are made out of. I brought up that Gleneagle is made out of concreate, and it is two stories’ high, but the apartments that are being built near me are built using wood, and they are six stories’ high. The reason that residential buildings can be built out of wood is that the people who live in the building know where the exits are, but at a school, you can have visitors who don’t know where the exit is. That means that any building where there will be large groups of people present must be built out of concrete as concrete doesn’t burn. The reason that buildings that are made out of concrete catch fire is because of the interior walls (which are made from drywall), furniture, and linens that are in the buildings. 

Preparations for In-Depth Night 

I also put in some more time to practice using SketchUp so now that I am starting to build my final project, I have experience with the program. I have started by writing down ideas that I have on sticky notes, I will then organize them and make sure to include accessibility features that I have explained in previous In-Depth posts. 

For my final project, I am going to make a full-sized model in SketchUp that I will be presenting on my computer. I will base the model on Gleneagle Secondary School, but will update it to make it more accessible, as well as designing it the way I would want a school to be. People will be able to pivot around the model, as well as zoom in and out to see the full detail of the model.  

See you on In-Depth night! 

Matthias