Fold Able a Frame House

by FluffyPorg4 in Design > Architecture

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Fold Able a Frame House

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i decided that for this competition i would challenge myself to take my favorite type of house which is an a frame house and turn it into a fold able piece so it can go from a flat sheet into a full 3d house this could be used in real life to take easily stack able sheets of materials and transport them around to create quick and cheep a frame houses

Supplies

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Paper

Pencil

Ruler

Scissors

Tape

Brain Storm

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I started by coming up with different ideas and the idea that i settled on was a fold able a frame house so is tarted out by seeing what the net of a a frame house is

Cad (optional)

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i decided to model what this net would look like in fusion 360 as it would simplify my checking of dimensions to make sure that it would work

Blue Print

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next i traced out what i made in cad on to my piece of paper

Overhanges (optional)

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If you choose to you can add a small piece on each end of the rectangles to added an awning/overhang onto the final a frame house i choose to do this but it doesn't make a difference if you do or not

Cut It Out

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cut out all along the outside edge

Folding

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Fold along all 4 edges of the bottom the rectangle make sure to get good creases as it will make the final model look cleaner

Tape the Walls

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to tape the walls fold up the triangle and the wall until they meet the put a peice of tape on the inside between the two and do this for booth triangles

Tape the Last Wall

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to tape the last wall just fold it up and put a piece of tape on the outside in the middle and one of each edge to hold it all together and boom your done