Project #7: Architecture
This is a Level 2 Eyeball It!® Project. Before doing this project, kids should do Project #3: Sculpture with Found Materials (Junk!). Kids will learn skills and develop ideas that are necessary for Project #7.
This project introduces children to architecture, and guides them through imagining, designing and building a model of their own unique building - their own ideal place to live and/or work, either when they're grown up or now. Uses recycled cardboard (ex: small boxes, flat pieces) and other found materials, plus their art materials.
This is the first Eyeball It!® Project that introduces children to the work of major artists to expand their world-view, their imaginations, and their possibilities. In this project, children meet a diverse group of award-winning architects and see photographs of one building by each architect.
After this new Project is tested, you'll see a Lesson Plan and Read-along.
To see an architect's building, match the colors with the dots below the slideshow. Click a dot to stop the slideshow where you want to.
- Frank Gehry - BioMuseo
- Diébédo Francis Kéré - Gando Primary School/Library
- Jeanne Gang - Rescue Company #2 Firehouse
- Philip Freelon - National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- Zaha Hadid - Haydar Aliyev Centre
- Michael Graves - House at Indian Hill
- Plastic bottle and 3D printed houses
- Animated plan and elevation drawings
