Architecture Studio: A Model-Building Workshop
Let's explore architecture together in this ongoing club where each week is a new model building challenge. Open-ended, hands-on projects for creative kids.
Heather Korb, Architect
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(156)
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Calling creative kids! This weekly model-building workshop introduces many aspects of making architecture in a fun, interesting and hands-on way. Open-ended projects allow learners to explore, invent and design their own unique creations. Each of the projects start with building or drawing techniques to learn, try and practice. Learners are given a design challenge with examples of how they might accomplish it. They are then free to interpret the project how they wish. Making architecture is a design process- it is never perfect or complete- but it can be a lot of fun and sometimes delightfully messy! This class guides learners through process-driven making with a new, open-ended project each week. The activities in this class help kids develop spatial perception- their ability to think and work in 3 dimensions- an important asset for studying architecture, geography and mathematics. My teaching style is very encouraging, and my goal is to build up my students' self esteem and confidence so that they keep trying, even when things get difficult. I will be there for support and guidance along the way, always cheering them on. PROJECTS: Week of 7/2: Card City - make a pop-up card with a city scene Week of 7/9: Paper Tower - Build a paper tower and design your architecture to include windows, balcony, and stairs. Week of 7/16: Fractal Forest - Learn how to make paper trees and design a forest scene. Week of 7/23: Frame House - Create a 3-dimensional framed house using a kit of parts that you make yourself out of straws and pipecleaners. Week of 7/30: Earth Building- Use a clay, sticks, and string to build an eco-building Week of 8/6: Labyrinth- design and build a maze or labyrinth Week of 8/13: City Skyline - design, color, cut and fold a skyline of skyscrapers Week of 8/20: Tesselation Tiles - learn about patterns in architecture and make your own stencil to create a tessellated pattern. Please see the supply list for each week's supplies. Note on Safety: Students will need to use scissors and sometimes hot glue.
Other Details
Supply List
Supplies are commonly found around the house. Enrolled learners will get a supply list to print. In general, each week students should have white printer paper, cardstock (white and a few colors if possible), markers or colored pencils, tape, glue stick, scissors, ruler, and pencil. Some additional supplies are needed only for certain weeks: For Earth Building: a piece of cardboard (8" x 8" minimum), clay (a small block of polymer clay or whatever is available), string or twine, popsicle sticks and/or toothpicks, pipe cleaners, hot gluegun and glue sticks. For Frame House: Pipecleaners, paper or plastic straws. For Labyrinth: a piece of cardboard (8" x 8" minimum) 2" strips of cardboard precut, hot gluegun and glue sticks.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined January, 2020
4.9
156reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
The teacher is an architect. She teaches in-person model building workshops to kids, using many of these same projects. The projects are adapted for online classes. Reviews
Live Group Class
$20
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 13 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
3-12 learners per class
