Friday, December 19, 2014

3rd Grade - Visit 2

Third graders continued their exploration of Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio with a focus on how designers transform ordinary things into something extraordinary.

Visit 2 Vocabulary:

Ordinary / Normal
Extraordinary / Extraordinario
Building / Edificio
Texture / Textura
Bridge / Puente
Park / Parque
Desert / Desierto
Climate / Clima

We looked at all sorts of designs by Heatherwick Studio, including a Hairy Building, a Rolling Bridge, and a park with a roof that looked like a desert landscape.

Discussing how imagination can make an everyday object or place into something unique.


 
Sketching our own designs.

  
 Imagining how we could create a building that would represent the United States after viewing Heatherwick's UK Pavilion.