Design Your Own Eco Cabin · Week 1

Define Your Cabin

People → Moments → Spaces
Three short steps. Tap, pick, tick. Your brief builds itself as you go, and it saves on this computer as you work.
01

The Portrait

A cabin is a portrait of the people who use it.

02

The Day

You're not designing a building. You're designing moments.

03

The Spaces

Every space must earn its place.

A. How big can your cabin be?

Your budget sets the size. Work this out first, so every space you pick has context.

Currency
Units
Finishes
Step 1

Copy this prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or similar. It updates with your choices above.

Step 2

Enter the low and high rate it gives you.

Step 3

Part of the budget goes elsewhere before the building. Change these if you know better.

AI rates are a planning range, not a quote. Check them with a local builder before you rely on them.

B. Choose your spaces

For each space: choose Must, Want or No. Then pick the size, and how many if it asks. Spaces marked Suggested came from your portrait and your day. The tags show why. Choose open-plan or the separate living rooms, not both.

Keep your brief

I'll send it to the email at the top of this page as a Google Doc you can keep working on. I get a copy too.

Start over and clear everything