Adventures in Architecture for Kids - 30 Design Projects for Steam Discovery and Learning

Design Genius Jr.: Adventures in Architecture for Kids uses design thinking to teach kids how buildings are built.

List of contents

Introduction
1 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION
Map Your Home in 2-D
Build a 3-D Model of Your Home
Pasta House
Flexibility and Imagination
Moving Buildings
Dark and Light Material
2 ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY
Indigenous Building with Plants
Indigenous Building with Ice
Design with Water
Architecture for a Flooded City
Improve Indoor Air Quality
Building to Harvest Wind Energy
Transportation: Design a Train Station
3 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Home Garden
Garden in the Dark
Food Market
Playground Design
Placemaking
Architecture for Pets
Architecture for Animals: Flipping a Zoo
Design a Treehouse
4 SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Extreme Climate and Habitable Living Space
Refugee Home
Climate and Home
A Safety House During a Global Crisis
The Future of the Museum
5 CITY PLANNING
Envelope City
Environmental Problems and Causes: Role-Playing Games
Density in Urban Living
Solar Tunnel
Glossary
Contributors
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Index
 

About the author

Vicky Chan founded Avoid Obvious Architects in 2012 with offices in New York and Hong Kong. The firm has been pushing sustainable buildings and cities with a focus on combining art with green technology. His projects have won 38 international awards and have been exhibited in 37 cities. Vicky's projects include master planning for the World Trade Center in New York, Des Vouex Road Central pedestrianization in Hong Kong, and various smart cities design in Canada, China, and India. Vicky founded a volunteer organization that has taught over 6,000 children about sustainable design and architecture. He believes our future will be brighter if children are more equipped with creative and sustainable thinking. He is serving the AIA Hong Kong Chapter as president.

Summary

Design Genius Jr.: Adventures in Architecture for Kids uses design thinking to teach kids how buildings are built.

Product details

• Authors: Vicky Chan
• Publisher: ROCKPORT
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781631599729
• ISBN: 978-1-63159-972-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Design Genius Jr.
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Architecture, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / General, Interest age: from c 7 years, Designed for home learning, Buildings & construction (Children's / Teenage), Educational: Art & design, For home learning / Self-study / autonomous learning, Educational: Art and design, Educational: Design & technology, Educational: Design and technology