This enrichment project used project-based learning to help Zoey and Arav think creatively about real-world problems. These students planned and designed a hotel for people experiencing homelessness, imagining a safe place where individuals and families could stay while permanent homes were being built. They began by sketching rough designs on paper and then experimented with 3D digital modelling to explore their ideas. After trying different approaches, they chose to create a detailed painted design of their hotel, carefully labelling important features. Zoey and Arav also thought about how the space should work and created a list of rules for the hotel and the pool to help keep everyone safe and comfortable. To extend their project, they later built 3D models of houses designed for people transitioning out of homelessness, showing how residents could move from temporary shelter into stable housing. This project encouraged creativity, problem-solving, empathy, and thoughtful planning.
Here Zoey works on a model home. When the homes are finished, the homeless can move out of the hotel and into a brand new home.
The homes have two floors and a bedroom in the attic. The attic even has a skylight! Zoey and Arav hope these homes they designed and built will make a family very happy. There is enough room for 6 or 7 people to live comfortably.