Class description
The students learn about proportions of homes: height of ceiling, why there is a foundation, partition walls, size of doors, garage door and driveway design. They learn how to measure to scale. During the hands-on session, they build a pre-cut home of foam core board and trim materials, and mount it on a corrugated cardboard platform complete with "grass, driveway, and plants."
Age range: 10 and up
Maximum class size: 15 students
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Recommended reading
BUILDING BIG
David Macauley, Houghton Mifflin, 192 pp, $30
Ages 9 and up
THE WAY THINGS WORK
David Macauley, Dorling Kindersley, paperback book and CD-Rom, $29.95
Ages 9 to 12
THOSE BUILDING MEN
Angela Johnson, Illustrated by Barry Moser, Scholastic Press, 32 pp, $16.95
Ages 4 to 8
ROBERTO, THE INSECT ARCHITECT
Nina Laden, Chronicle Books, 36 pp, $15.95
Ages 4 to 8
IT'S A GREAT WALL!
Michael Webb and Arnold Schwartzman, Watson-Guptill, 160 pp, $24.95
FRANK O. GEHRY Outside In
Sandra Jordan and Jan Greenberg, Dorling Kindersley, 48 pp, $19.95,
Ages 9 and up.
Registration must be completed 2 weeks prior to start of class.
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This page last updated: March 14, 2002 |