Storytelling Igloo encourages children to interact with architecture and design
London-based practice Aberrant Architecture has worked with five north London schools to create an igloo-shaped installation, as part of an initiative to introduce young people to architecture and design.
The Storytelling Igloo project was carried out in collaboration with local arts centre Artsdepot. It saw 140 children between the ages of eight and 14 get involved in building and designing the structure using 3D computer modelling software and CNC moulds.
During the process, the children were encouraged to explore ideas of what it means for a space to be meaningful, as well as learning creative and technical skills necessary to architecture and design practice.
To begin with, the students were encouraged to draw ideas relating to their own identity and sense space on pieces of paper, which were then hand-modelled into prototypes.
"Students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities could relate to universal questions about spaces of pleasure, security, leisure and individual preference," said the architects.
"This process allowed children to compare the relative ease of 'modelling' three-dimensional forms by hand as opposed to digital translations," they continued.
Each bespoke design was then modelled using three-dimensional modelling software, before being transferred into CNC modelled moulds.
The architects then used papercrete ? a construction material made from recycled paper and adhesives ? to form the bricks themselves.
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