Architecture and Interior Design · Interior Design
Design your dream room to scale
Measure a real room, draw it to scale and build a model of a redesigned layout.
- DifficultyEasy
- Estimated time1–2 weeks
- Budget₹250–₹500
- ClassClass 8–12
- TeamSolo or up to 2
- You needHousehold materials
Prerequisites: None beyond your class work
Original · by TechnifyedArchitecture ModelProduct DesignBeginner friendlyLow costWell documented
Overview
Measure a real room, draw it to scale and build a model of a redesigned layout.
Why build this?
Drawing to scale and testing layouts is exactly how an interior designer works.
What you will learn
- How to measure and draw to scale
- How to plan a layout round activities
- How to build a study model
Skills you will use
Safety
- This project uses a blade or sharp tool. Cut away from your body on a cutting mat, and ask an adult to help younger students.
Materials and tools
- Measuring tape
- Graph paper
- Card, foam board and glue
Tools and software
Step-by-step roadmap
Start
You will finish with: a scaled plan, three layout options and a model.
- 1
Prerequisites
Nothing special to know first. Then collect the 3 items in the materials list.
- 2
Learn
- How to measure and draw to scale
- How to plan a layout round activities
- How to build a study model
- 3
Plan
Sketch the design, list every part with its price and decide how you will know it works.
- 4
Build
- Measure the room and everything in it.
- Draw a plan at 1:20.
- List what the room must do.
- Try three layouts with cut-out furniture.
- Build a card model of the best one.
- 5
Test
Run it ten times in a row. Note every failure, fix the cause and test again.
- 6
Document
Photograph each build stage, keep the circuit or drawing, and note what failed and how you fixed it. Report structure
- 7
Present
Demonstrate it working first, then explain how it works and what you would improve. Presentation structure · Viva questions
- 8
Publish
Share a short video, the parts list and the drawing or code so someone else can build it.
Expected outcome
A scaled plan, three layout options and a model.
Other versions of this project
Beginner version
Draw the existing room to scale.
Advanced version
Add a lighting and materials board with costs.
Make this project better
- BasicDraw the existing room to scale.
- This projectDesign your dream room to scale
- AdvancedAdd a lighting and materials board with costs.
Working as a team
Solo or up to 2. Suggested roles:
Report and presentation
Report structure
- Title and aim
- The problem it solves
- How it works (principle)
- Parts list with cost
- Design: drawing, circuit or block diagram
- Build steps
- Testing and results
- Problems faced and fixes
- Limitations
- Future improvements
- References
Presentation structure
- The problem
- The idea
- How it works (one diagram)
- Parts and cost
- The build (photos)
- Live demo or video
- Test results
- What did not work
- Next version
Viva questions
Try answering before you open each one.
What does 1:20 mean?
One centimetre on paper represents twenty centimetres in the room.
How did you decide the layout?
From what the room must do and how people move.
What is circulation?
The space needed to move round the room.
Source and attribution
Original
Written by Technifyed. Free to use for your own school or college project; write the report in your own words. Added 1 Oct 2026.
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