After completing the activities, can you answer the following questions? Let us know.
Come and join a construction group for a special meeting to build something magnificent. What are they going to build? A skyscraper! What is a skyscraper? Let’s check out.
After watching the construction journal, can you draw a skyscraper with your memory and imagination? Click here for inspiration.
– Find a drawing tool you like.
– Follow and draw the skyscraper in the video.
– Draw a skyscraper using your imagination.
– Find a drawing tool you like.
– Practice the line drawing techniques in your own way.
– Using the line drawing techniques, draw a skyscraper that you design.
– Find a drawing tool you like.
– Practice the line drawing techniques and pay attention to elements you see on the facade.
– Using the line drawing techniques, draw a skyscraper that you design in 8 minutes.
– Find a drawing tool you like.
– Practice the line drawing techniques and pay attention to elements you see on the facade.
– Using the line drawing techniques, draw a skyscraper that you design in 5 minutes.
An inspiring selection of artifacts tells the story of skyscrapers and their unique context. Check them out in the “supporting materials” below
Refer to https://old.skyscraper.org/
– Read the images, skyscrapers’ names, and terms of the views.
– Find the skyscrapers on maps.
– Research the basic information, design, and construction story of the one you like most.
– Inspired by the questions, tell or write a story of the building you studied.
– Read the images, skyscrapers’ names, and terms of the views.
– Find the skyscrapers on maps.
– Research the basic information, design, and construction story of the one you like most.
– Tell or write a story of the building you studied by answering as many of the questions as you can.
– Read the images, skyscrapers’ names, and terms of the views.
– Find them on maps.
– Research the basic information, design, and construction story of the one you like most.
– Tell or write a 300-word story of the building you studied by answering the questions one by one.
– Read the images, skyscrapers’ names, and terms of the views.
– Find them on maps.
– Research the basic information, design, and construction story of the one you like most.
– Tell or write a 500-word story of the building you studied by answering the questions one by one.
Check out the glossary below, learn the words and grow your architectural vocabulary.
Make flashcards of the vocabulary words with verbal and visual interpretation. Save the flashcards. We will use through the entire camp. You can even play a matching game with the vocabulary words and images.
– Read the glossary and examples.
– Describe the sample vocabulary words in your own words.
– Find pictures of the vocabulary words.
– Read the glossary and examples.
– Describe the sample vocabulary words in your own words.
– Find images of the vocabulary words.
– Learn other vocabulary words in the glossary by searching for images or definitions of them.
– Read the glossary and examples.
– Define all vocabulary words in the list in your own words.
– Find images of the vocabulary words.
– Learn other vocabulary words in the glossary by searching for images or definitions of them.
– Read the glossary and examples.
– Define all vocabulary words in the list in your own words.
– Find images of the vocabulary words.
– Learn vocabulary words beyond the glossary by searching for images or definitions of them.
Observe the photos and fill out the information based on tasks:
where is it?
Who designed it?
When was it built?
Other views? who else is/are involved in?
What is the skyscraper’s shape, structure, materials, interiors, exteriors, etc.?
How was it constructed? How did the city change after it was built? How do people talk about it? What is its historical value?
Refer to https://old.skyscraper.org/
Bird’s Eye View
Front View
Rendering
Street View
Research and identify the following terms.
Skyscraper, Architecture, Design, Engineering, material, structure, space, function, program, proportion, aesthetics, etc.
modern architecture, global architecture, urbanism, etc.
Bird’s Eye view (Aerial View), Street view, Front view, Interior view, Rendering, Blueprint, skyline, etc.
Plan (Site plan, Roof plan, Standard floor plan), Elevation, Section, Detail drawings, etc.
height, shape, base, interior, exterior, space (commercial space, public space, private space), system (mechanical system, structure system), steel, elevator, etc.
Refer to https://old.skyscraper.org/
Congratulations! Did you have fun? We would love to hear and see your daily achievements, feedback, and any stories you had during today’s activities.
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