Lego House

Mike Carman

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Table of ContentsIntroduction 3

Equipment/Materials Needed 3

Warnings and Cautions 4

Assembly Instructions 4-10

User Test Outcome 11

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IntroductionThe audience I am directing this for is for a variety of ages; I want both young children and college students like myself to be able to follow these instructions to build the Lego House. The purpose of these instructions is to see how well I could explain the assembly of the Lego House I designed. My goal is for those who are interested in building this project to be able to complete it successfully by following the step by step instructions without becoming confused or lost in the process.

Equipment and Materials Needed1. Download Lego Digital Designer from http://ldd.lego.com/

2. Select the white Download LDD tab from the right hand side of the main page underneath the blue Lego block.

3. Select the type of system from which you are downloading (either Mac OSX or Windows) and then click download.

4. Click Run on the pop-up window to start downloading the Lego Digital Designer program. 5. Once the download is complete, follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation of

the Lego Digital Designer program on your computer.6. Materials Needed:

1 green base plate (32x32) 6 red bricks (2x4) 7 red bricks (2x8) 11 tan bricks (2x2) 8 tan bricks (2x4) 12 tan bricks (2x6) 5 tan bricks (2x8) 1 white door (4x5) 4 white window frames (1x2x2) 12 white bricks (2x4) 15 white bricks (2x6) 1 white brick (2x8) 6 black bricks (2x8) 1 black flat tile (2x2)

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Warnings and Cautions Do not keep loose pieces around where small children can reach them. Pieces can easily be

swallowed and/or choked on by small children. Build your Lego house on a sturdy table or counter so the Lego house is not in danger of falling

onto the floor. Do not leave your Lego house or extra pieces on the floor where others could trip over or step

on them. Make sure you check for all pieces before beginning to assemble the Lego house. Do not substitute any missing pieces with non-Lego items.

Assembly and Instructions 1. Choose as place to build your Lego house and place your green base plate there.2. Place two of the red 2x8 bricks together to form a straight line in the middle of the green base

plate.

3. Place another red 2x8 brick perpendicular to the corner of the line formed in step 2.a. Connect a red 2x4 brick parallel to the back of the house and then place a tan 2x2 brick

next to the red 2x4 brick.b. Insert the white door next to the tan 2x2 brick and then place a red 2x4 brick next to the

tan 2x2 brick.

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4. Use another red 2x8 brick to complete the rectangular base of the house. Then place the 2x4 red brick on the back side of the base and follow that with another red 2x8 brick.

5. Repeat the procedure from step 4 by placing a red 2x4 brick on the back corner completely the

second tier on the back row.a. Follow that by placing a red 2x8 brick, a red 2x4 brick, and a tan 2x2 brick completing

the second tier of the left side of the house.b. Repeat this procedure for the right side of the house in order to complete the second

tier of the house.c. After completing the second tier of the house begin with the third tier by placing two

tan 2x6 bricks on the back side of the house.

6. Place a tan 2x4 brick on the back left corner.a. Insert a white window frame next to the tan 2x4 brick then place a tan 2x6 brick on the

other side of the white window frame.b. Place another white window frame next to the tan 2x6 brick and then place a tan 2x2

brick between the white window frame and the door.c. Place another tan 2x2 brick on the other side of the door.

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7. Repeat step 6a and step 6b for the right side of the house.a. Place 2 tan 2x6 bricks on the back row of the house

b. Put a tan 2x4 brick on the back left corner of the house next to the window frame.c. Add a tan 2x6 brick on the other side of the window frame and then a tan 2x2 brick

between the front window frame and the door.

d. Repeat step b and step c for the right side of the house.

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8. Repeat step 7 to add another tier to the house.a. Add a tan 2x8 to right side of the back row of the house.

9. Place a tan 2x8 on the back row and then place another tan 2x8 on the left side of the house.a. Place a tan 2x4 on the front left side of the house over the white window frame.

b. Add a tan 2x8 over the white front door.c. Next to the tan 2x8 place a tan 2x4 over the right white window frame.d. Place a tan 2x8 on the right hand side to complete the base of the house.

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10. Line the top of the house with 6 black 2x8 bricks to start the roof.

11. Line up 6 white 2x6 bricks perpendicular to the back wall of the house.

12. Place 6 white 2x4 bricks perpendicular to the front wall of the house.

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13. Place a white 2x6 brick perpendicular to the front of the house on the right side.a. Add a white 2x4 brick to complete the base of the roof of the house.b. Start the second tier of the roof with a white 2x8 brick in the back middle of the roof.

14. Use 6 white 2x6 bricks to begin to build up the roof in a pyramid shape.

15. Place 2 additional white 2x6 bricks to complete the third tier of the roof.

a. Start the next tier with a white 2x4 brick.

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16. Use 3 white 2x4 bricks to complete the next tier of the roof.

17. Place 1 white 2x4 brick in the center of the roof.a. Stack 2 tan 2x2 bricks on top of each other next to the white 2x4 brick to form the

chimney.b. Put a 2x2 black flat tile on top of the 2 tan bricks stacked on top of each other to

complete the chimney and your Lego House!

YOUR LEGO HOUSE!

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User Test OutcomeI gave my finished Lego House project to two of my teammates so that I could conduct my user test using them as my test subjects one day after practice earlier this week.

Both test subjects liked that I had lots of pictures alongside my instructions to illustrate what they should be doing. I knew when writing out the instructions that some may seem complicated so I purposely inserted lots of visual images of what I was describing to make it easier to understand. The test subjects appeared to appreciate this when surveying the Lego House.

One of the test subjects told me that they appreciated having a list of all the pieces beforehand so they would not get halfway through building the house and realize they were missing a piece.

The other test subject had a suggestion that I could present multiple viewing angles or possibly a zoomed in look for some of the steps so that he could see some of the smaller steps in greater detail.

Both test subjects said that they liked the way the manual was put together with titles that jumped out at you for each section so they could easily find what they were looking for while reading through the manual

A change I made after conducting the user tests was to add a few extra pictures to show smaller steps to minimize the user getting lost in the directions.

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