projects and articles by members
My school environment
Project at the Sports
Primary School and
the Sports Secondary
School in Suprasl. ´
School in Suprasl. September 21-28, 2003
Target
To raise the consciousness of today's and future users and co-authors of the built environment through: including architecture in learning activities (lessons and afternoon work); showing chosen examples of local architecture against a background of other cultures; teaching selected ideas, design and presentation techniques; exercising perception and conceptual approaches; proving that participation in positive changes in the built environment is possible; encouraging young people to transfer experiences to own homes.
Participants:
Students from class V of primary to II of secondary school, teachers, representative of the town authorities, Dariusz Smiechowski (leader) - architect, Zofia Bisiak - art historian; with the help of firemen and other volunteers.
Results:
Seven interdisciplinary lessons (with different groups) connecting architecture with specific features of the immediate surroundings and their past and future; afternoon work with a group of 15-20 students and adults: analysis of school surroundings, conceptual work in four groups on selected elements of the plot, modelmaking; material acquisition and realization of the landscaping element by the school entrance; exhibition and presentations during Sunday's Big Event.
