Español We have been working on basic structural concepts and ideas in this activity. They would build one paper pyramid out of square-base small pyramids, and the challenge was to put together as many as they could to build the largest pyramid. As a source of inspiration, we began taking a look to the Giza…Read more Building Pyramids
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Folding Architecture
Español We made this project at the Architecture & Design after school activity we are doing at Endaze International British School. This was an interesting session. The starting point was to build using only one material: paper. They had no glue and yet they were to build a building or structure that would hold up…Read more Folding Architecture
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English ¿Entrarías en un túnel colgante hecho sólo con cinta de embalar? Me refiero a cinta adhesiva, a tiras de plástico que pegan y que usamos para empaquetar y demás…Pues dicho así, probablemente no sea una buena idea. El material por sí mismo no parece que sea resistente como para soportar una persona. Pero en…Read more Inspirados por…Numen/For Use
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Español Tara Donovan. Haze (2003). Rice University Art Gallery. Texas, USA The material Tara Donovan used for this artwork is one of the most popular and unnoticed objects you can imagine: plastic drinking straws. She stacked over two million of them against a gallery wall. The work plays with the idea of the multiple impressions…Read more Inspired by…
LIGHT & DARK
Español We have done this project in the Y2 class at Endaze British International School. It was developed with the teachers as part of the Light and Dark unit they had been working the weeks before in Science. We also used some materials during the activity to reinforced another concept they were learning about in…Read more LIGHT & DARK
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