SDI Project Proposal

As i wish to go to the school of Architechture next year, i thought i should base my student directed inquirery on some sort of Architechtural design. Orignially i was going to redesign some renovations for my home, which is i think from the late 1800s, although i am mildly interested in this area i didn't think it was ambitious enough and would not be enough to keep me occupied for the whole year.

Last year i did housing and design. For my major project in that subject i designed a low impact eco home down at my farm. This didn't go to well, and we where only given about 2 months to do it anyway. I want to retry this idea and seeing as i have a whole year i'll be able to make it alot better than my last one. I haven't entierly thought out a enquirey question that can go with this project yet. I was thinking i could not only draw up the designs but also model the house on the computer (either 3Ds max or Google Sketch-up) and also do an actual 3D model out of wood or cardboard.