The document details a presentation by Interior Design students at East Carolina University, focused on creating sustainable and versatile Habitat for Humanity house plans. It includes case studies of fictional families with specific needs, particularly addressing accessibility for a wheelchair-bound child, and emphasizes the importance of an open floor plan inspired by natural elements. The presentation culminates in providing 18 new house designs that can be utilized by future Habitat clients, showcasing student work and community engagement.

1. Habitat for Humanity
Presentation
By Natalie O’Connell
Hunt IDSN 2850
Spring 2012

2. In the Spring Semester the Interior Design Sophomore Studio , College of Human
Ecology , East Carolina University took on the challenge of designing houses that are
sustainable and more varied than plans that might have been generated to date. This is
in keeping with the University's committment to be a leader in engaged scholarship as
well as community service. The students were excited that their work would be put to
use. So what we offer here are 18 new plans for Habitat Houses that can be used by
anyone who might profit from the student work.
Each house has an imaginary family that the student designers kept in mind in view of
the design profession that they will soon join is a service profession: there will be clients
for all of the projects that these students will design as practicing interior designers.
While these families are fictional , essentially placemarkers in the process of learning to
design for others you are welcome to substitute your family, friends or members of the
community for the prototype client and use the organizational or program drawings, the
plans, elevations and sections and scchedules to extend the student work. We are at the
end of our semester so we dedicate our efforts to your use.
Hunt McKinnon
Instructor of Record

3. Habitat Family- Diary 1
• Family of 4- Mother, Father, 2 young children
(ages 4 and 6)
• Father was residential construction manager
and lost his job 3 years ago
• Savings dwindled down- no longer able to
afford their house
• Moved into an apartment that was too small
for family of four
• Applied for Habitat for Humanity house and
got accepted

4. Habitat Family Picture

5. Diary 2
• Child broke their leg and is now
has to use a wheel chair.
• New house needs to
accommodate child’s wheel
chair needs with hallways and
door ways to comfortably fit the
wheel chair
• ramp for entering and exiting

6. Program Statement
• Facts: This family of four just got accepted for a
Habitat for Humanity house.
• Child is recently wheel chair bound
• Needs: They need enough room to comfortably
fit four people.
• The children and parents each need separate
bedrooms and bathrooms
• House needs to include
kitchen, dining, living, laundry and utility
• Needs to have a wheelchair ramp as well as
hallways and doorways to fit wheelchair

7. Diary 3
• After meeting with the clients, the wife
mentioned she wanted an open floor plan.
She came up with the idea as a river for an
inspiration for the design of the house. She
also wanted the relaxing colors of nature to be
used.

8. Design Concept
• Flowing River
• Just as rivers flow smoothly from one place to
another, my floor plan comfortably flows. As you
first walk into the space, the living, kitchen, and
dining room have an open floor plan, and to the
right of all this is a hallway which connects or
“flows” all of the other rooms
(bedrooms, bathroom, and laundry).
• Rivers contain natural colors of blue, green and
tans. This color palate is what my house will
consist of.

9. MASTER MASTER
BATH BEDROOM
KITCHEN LAUNDRY
DINING / FAN/
ROOM HVAC BATHROOM
MASTER
CLOSET
HALLWAY
LIVING CLOSET
BEDROOM
ROOM CLOSET TWO BEDROOM
ONE
ONE TWO
KEY
PUBLIC
SEMI- HALLWAY
1 BUBBLE DIAGRAM
S8 NOT TO SCALE
PUBLIC
IMMEDIATELY
PRIVATE CONNECTING

10. Key
LAUNDRY/ UTILITY
MASTER CLOSET
IMMEDIATE
DINING ROOM
MASTER BATH
LIVING ROOM
MASTER BED
BEDROOM 1
BEDROOM 2
BATHROOM
CLOSET 1
CLOSET 2
KITCHEN
CONVENIENT
NO RELATIONSHIP
DINING ROOM
KITCHEN
LIVING ROOM
LAUNDRY/ UTILITY
BATHROOM
BEDROOM 1
CLOSET 1
BEDROOM 2
CLOSET 2
MASTER BED
MASTER BATH
MASTER CLOSET
1 ADJACENCY MATRIX
S9 NOT TO SCALE

11. N
A
B
C
1 SITE PLAN
S 10 SCALE 3/16 “ = 1’-0”

12. A B C
1 PLANT LEGEND
S 11 NOT TO SCALE

13. N
S 15 1
1 S 13
S 16
1
1
S 14 PULL
DOWN
2 S 13 STAIR
S 17
2
1 FLOOR PLAN
S 12 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”

14. 1 EAST ELEVATION
S 13 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”
2 NORTH ELEVATION
S 13 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”

15. 1 LONGITUDINAL SECTION
S 14 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”

16. 1 TRANSVERSE SECTION
S 15 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”

17. 1 KITCHEN PERSPECTIVE
S 16

18. 1 LIVING ROOM PERSPECTIVE
S 17

19. Door Number Size Type Hardware Remarks
1X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- RH LOCK, LEVER A
HARDWARE
2X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- LH LOCK, LEVER A
HARDWARE A B
4X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- LH LEVER A
HARDWARE
4Y 5’-6” X 6’-8” Sliding Doors RAIL SYSTEM C
5X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- LH LEVER A
HARDWARE
5Y 5’-6” X 6’-8” Sliding Doors RAIL SYSTEM C
6X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- RH LEVER A
HARDWARE
C
7X 1’-6” X 6’-8” Vented Door- LH LEVER B
Reverse HARDWARE
8X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- RH LEVER A
HARDWARE
9X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- RH LEVER A
HARDWARE
10X 3’-0” X 6’-8” Wood Panel- RH LEVER A
HARDWARE
10Y 7’-0” X 6’-8” Sliding Doors RAIL SYSTEM C
1 DOOR SCHEDULE
S 18

20. Window Size Type Frame Finish Quantity
Letter
A 2’-0” X 4’-6” Double Hung Painted Pre-Finished
Wood
B 2’-0” X 3’-6” Double Hung Painted Pre-Finished
Wood
2’-0” X 2’-0” Fixed Painted Pre-Finished
C
Wood
A B C
1 WINDOW SCHEDULE
S 19

21. N
A A 2X C A B B B A A
2X
9X
A A
A A 2X C A B B B A A
2X
9X
A A
A 7X 6X 8X A
10Y
10X
A 7X 6X 8X A
4X 5X
10Y
5Y 10X
4X 5X A Window
5Y
4Y A
A Door
A A A 1X A A A A
4Y A
A A A 1X A A A A
1 WINDOW AND DOOR SCHEDULE
S 20 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”

22. Room Room Floor Base N Wall S Wall E Wall W Wall Ceiling Ceiling Remarks
Number Name Material Height
1 Living Wood Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Room Painted
2 Dining Wood Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Room Painted
3 Kitchen Wood Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Painted
4 Bedroom Carpet Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
One Painted
5 Bedroom Carpet Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Two Painted
6 Laundry/ Tile Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Fan Painted
7 HVAC Wood Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Painted
8 Bathroom Tile Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Painted
9 Master Tile Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Bathroom Painted
10 Master Carpet Wood Paint Paint Paint Paint Gyp Board 9’-0”
Bedroom Painted
1 FINISH SCHEDULE
S 21

23. N
P
P
P P W 9 P
P W 8 P
W 3 P W 6 P T P
W 2 P T
W T W 10 P
W
P C
W 7 P
W
P
W 1 P P
P
W
W 4 P
W 5 P Ceiling
C C
Room
Base Wall
#
Floor
1 FINISH SCHEDULE
S 22 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”

24. N
1 MODEL IMAGES
S 22 SCALE ¼ “ = 1’-0”