Director: Brett Steele AA School of Architecture 36 Bedford Square London WC1B 3ES (1847Director: Christopher Pierce
(2007-
Director: Dolores Victoria Ruiz Littlearchitec@aaschool.ac.uk
Tw: @AAlittlearchi Fb: AA Little Architect (2013-
¿What is Little Architect? Little Architect is an education programme for teaching architecture and the urban environment in primary schools, both in and outside London, led by the Architectural Association S c h o o l o f A r c h i t e c t u r e . W e teach school children aged 5–11 years how to observe, understand and enjoy architecture, and to become active citizens in what we hope will be a more sustainable BEDZed – Low carbon residential scheme.London future. Hackbridge, Borough of Sutton
Architecture? What do we mean when we say Architecture?
Ideas,
Future, Utopia, rehabilitation,
dreams, paper, Drawing, energy , urban Fauna, Landscape, Heritage , a living reuse, creativity,
history book, a museum of contemporary art, P e o p l e, Inhabitant, dialogue, Light, Experiments ,colour, Public space,
streets,
transportation,
climate,
sustainability, senses, remembrance, m e m o r y, s o u n d , c o m p r o m i s e , commitment, buildings....
agreement ...and
Video Summary What is Little Architect?
How do we teach?
We use: Drawing as communication tool Drawing as a knowledge tool Drawing as a creative tool.
60%Theory (Teacher = scaffoldings, critical thinking, socio cultural theories Vigotsky)
40%Hands on Individual (Piaget, Montesori, (freedom, research) & Group ( learning from others, conversation, agreements)
We use links between children´s culture and architecture
“There are in any case many other ways of using the city as an educational resource. For as well as the hard city of buildings, places and artifacts, there is the soft city of human contacts and activities”
R. Buckminster Fuller
Colin Ward. “The child in the city”
(Everything!)
Howard Gardner
Ruth Asawa & SOTA (San Francisco)
Lev Vigotsky & E.V. Ilyenkov
Martin Seligman
Embedding architecture within the curriculum
Past
Present
Future
We can easily study architecture and the city using events and historical characters
The Great Fire of London http://littlearchitect.aaschool.ac.uk/post-disaster-architecture-for-an-imaginary-new-big-fire-of-london/
Ejemplo 1Topic: Florence Nightingale Proyect: “Florence Nightingale life and London evolution� Year 1 Class. (5 years old) St Lukes CofE Primary School. Islington
Florence Nightingale 1820-1910
Example 2Topic: The solar system. Proyecto: “Future cities in other planet-Building regarding climate” Year 5 Class. (9 y 10 years old)Betty Layward Academy. Hackney
Mercury -Temperature (425ºC to -75ºC) -Covered in craters -No atmosphere -One year is just 88 Earth days ( 3 months) - From sunrise to sunset takes a Mercurian year. -Iron
Roden Crater- James Turrel. Arizona
Example 3Topic: Global Goals- Number 4: “Quality education for everybody” Proyect: “Know your school, dream your school and discover a school in The Philippines” Year 2 Class. (5, 6 years old) Netley Primary school. Camden
Netley
Primary School
Today!
Our Year 2 project was linked with Global Goal number 4: Quality Education for Everyone. We worked with Little Architect, from the Architectural Association school of Architecture. We learnt to observe architecture and to design fun and creative buildings. We imagined ourselves in an idealistic, future school environment Teachers: Nina Butcher and Monique Jacobs Coordinator: Natasha Nair Little Architect team: Dolores Victoria Ruiz, Sylvie Taher, Patrick Morris in cooperation with Streetlight and Workshop studio.
Netley
Primary School
Future!
in the
Netley
Primary School
in The
Philippines!
We were given the amazing opportunity to send a video to school. We shared our schools and positive experiences. Through our drawings we showed them everything we like about our school. They liked our reading corners and we loved their buses called “Jeepnies�. In Tacloban it is always sunny and the children are lucky enough to enjoy their lunch outside. We were fascinated with their landscape and how they engage with nature in their daily lives. From our project, we realised that differences should be celebrated and both schools were inspired to think about schools in the future.
“We live in a sight crisis, We have to teach to
observe in the eye era� Dolores Victoria Ruiz Garrido. Little Architect Director. 2014 http://littlearchitect.aaschool.ac.uk/look-at-that-it-is-so-beautiful/
Can you SMELL it?
Can you FEEL it?
Why do we need Little Architect?
Why Little Architect?
Because we, architects, need to build bridges between Architecture and Society. Because we all, citizens, don´t have access to architectural education in our statutory education. Because we need to teach about contemporary architecture and cities to avoid misconceptions about the urban environment. Because we all need more creative thinking for the future.
Some times, after many years utopian drawings become real...
Archigram Instant City. 1969
Jiakun Architects ‘With The Wind’.. Hong Kong 2013
AA Visiting School
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