Team Design Brief

            To design and develop a houseboat made to carry out the required tasks of each designer's client located in the area which best solves each problem. The boat will float without any external support and propulse itself with electricity harvested from the wind and sun while housing the client and people associated with the client. The houseboat will be able to solve the geographical problem for each client.

Houseboat

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Design Brief

Design Brief:

            Design, develop, and produce the house portion of a houseboat located in Lake Ontario that houses two to six people and one medium size dog, complies with the design requirements of the client, follows Fletcher Kirol's naval foundation, can travel between each of the Great Lakes, attaches onto the naval base to allow the client to live within the house, and permits the client and friends to escape the busy and unhealthy city life during the spring and summer seasons and cleanse themselves with the clear, fresh air and peace and tranquility of the lake waters.

Houseboat Interior Layout
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Specs and Limits

Specifications and Limitations:
Common (c) Specific (s)

• The houseboat must accommodate to the clients requests. (s)

Limitations:

• At least 2 beds required.
• Requires a kitchen.
• Nature theme incorporated into design. 
• Cannot be one story (loft area required).
• At least one bathroom.
• Cannot have too many rooms clustered together
• The houseboat must be aesthetically pleasing to the client. (c) 

Limitations:

• Must have windows.
• Cannot stray from nature theme required by client.
• The solution must be safe for the user. (c)

Limitations:

• Cannot have too many windows.
• Cannot exceed any speeds (about 10 knots) that would become a risk for the ship's safety.
• Cannot risk the structural integrity of the ship when designing.
• Cannot build houseboat too high.
• Cannot have a square-like shape to the houseboat (length=width).
• Cannot have an open roof.
• Cannot have less than 2 exits.
• The solution must be an appropriate size ("appropriate" defined by limits below). (c)

Limitations:

• Cannot have equal length and width.
• Cannot have wide width and short length.
• Cannot have length longer than 75 feet.
• Cannot have width wider than 20 feet.
• Cannot be larger than the designs by Fletcher Kirol.
• House portion of houseboat cannot cover entire surface of boat.
• Cannot be so large that the houseboat cannot maneuver through river connecting lakes.
• The solution must abide to legal requirements. (c)

Limitations

• Cannot have unsanitary living conditions which would result unsuitable on land.
• Cannot live aboard without a permit.
• Cannot exceed anchorage restrictions which are dependent on one's location.
• Cannot leave designated area for vessels dependent on state..

• The solution must be able to survive in the environment of the Great Lakes. (s)
Limitations:

• Must withstand cold weather and blizzards in the winter.
• Must withstand heavy winds.
• The solution must have a good flow from between rooms and allow a person to conveniently live. (s)

Limitations:

• Cannot have rooms that work in unison be separated across the house.
• Some rooms must combine (Ex. kitchen and living room).
• Cannot not have rooms and hallways too small or inconveniently placed for users.
• The solution must be made of materials suitable for the water conditions. (c)

Limitations:

• Cannot have flimsy materials on the exterior.
• Cannot have non-water proof exterior.
• Cannot not have walls that allow air flow through them.
• Cannot have materials too heavy risking collapse.