Session 1 · SOLVE: Verify
Final checks and mark-out
- 25 minMark out the design on the real site with pegs and string. Check the corners are square by measuring the diagonals (they should be equal).
- 15 minDoes it fit, look right and leave room to move? Adjust the plan if needed and record what changed.
- 10 minFinal check of every number in the design pack.
Session 2 · SOLVE: Explain
Design expo and pitch
- 15 minPrepare a 3-minute pitch: the problem, the site, the design, the numbers (area, volume, cost) and why it works.
- 30 minPitch to the principal, property manager, garden team or whānau at a design expo, with the base map, model and materials list.
- 5 minRecord feedback and decide one change you would make before building.
Getting started
Use the pitch frame: 'Our space… The problem… Our design… The numbers… Why it works…'.
Stretch
Write a step-by-step build guide with a cutting list for the timber that wastes the least.
Checkpoint
The design pack is accurate, complete and convincing enough that someone could build from it.
Useful this week
- Water supply ↗ NZ guidance on collecting and storing rainwater, to check your tank design.
- Garden to Table ↗ NZ school garden programme, with ideas for making your design real.